Early Childhood Tools & Resources

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

Learning Together 2014
Learning Together

Learning Together

Learning Together explores how parents, child care providers and school staff at Earl Boyles Elementary School, one of our Early Works sites, came together to participate in a series of Mind in the Making classes. Read Report...

Leading the Way 2014
Leading the Way

Leading the Way

Leading the Way is the story of why four Oregon superintendents — Bob Stewart of Gladstone, Maryalice Russell of McMinnville, Jon Peterson of Pendleton, and Don Grotting of David Douglas — embraced early learning. The report was released at our 2014 Make It Your...