Early Childhood Coalition Priorities
These downloadable resources include details about early childhood programs and services, investments in child care facilities, policy option packages, and more.
2024 Legislative Agenda (English)
Agenda Legislativa 2024 (Español)
Oregon’s Early Childhood Programs Explained
Early Childhood Facilities Investments
For Advocates
Resources for advocates/Recursos para defensores
Comparte su historía | Una guía para abogacía
Share Your Story | A Guide for Advocacy
For Policymakers
With strong leadership, we can move toward a child-centered early learning and care system that prioritizes every child’s diverse strengths and needs, starting at birth. We need leaders to commit to building an equitable childhood system that works for all Oregon kids, so young children, families, and communities can thrive.
Legislative Agendas
See our priorities from previous legislative sessions.
Latest on Policy from Children’s Institute
Our Response to Proposed Changes to How We Calculate Poverty
Dana Hepper is Children's Institute's director of policy and advocacy. Below is her public comment on behalf of CI in response to the Trump Administration's proposed changes to how we calculate the federal poverty threshold. The Children’s Institute is writing in...
We Can’t Address Poverty by Changing the Definition of ‘Poor’
You may have read last month that the Trump administration has a plan to lower the poverty rate in America. The plan doesn't do anything to help low-income families. Instead, the administration is seeking to change the way we calculate the "official poverty...
Massachusetts Takes Note of the Student Success Act
The recently passed Student Success Act includes $400 million in investments in early childhood programs and services. This is big news, and not just for Oregon. Strategies for Children, a Massachusetts organization devoted to increasing funding for children from...