Category: Early Childhood
Early Childhood Care and Education Is Essential to the Functioning of Our Community
Did you know that 77% of Utah residents live in a childcare desert, where access to affordable childcare is limited…
Aspen Kids First Program Helps Families That Don’t Qualify For Other Subsidies
KPCW’s Leslie Thatcher interviewed Aspen’s Kids First program co-manager Nancy Nichols this morning. You can listen to the full interview…
2022 Kindergarten Entry Scores Still Show Disparity In School Readiness
Improving school readiness and closing the opportunity gap are two of the critical priorities of the Early Childhood Alliance. In…
2023 Legislative Priorities And Child Care Advocacy Day On The Hill
As the Utah state legislature prepares to convene next Tuesday, the Early Childhood Alliance has been working alongside other early…
Childcare Subsidy Application Tutorial
This week the amazing staff of Holy Cross Ministries’ Promotora Outreach Program gave an overview and answered questions regarding Utah’s…
Support Full-Day Kindergarten Funding As Part Of The Weighted Pupil Unit
As part of the Utah Full Day Kindergarten Now! Coalition, the Early Childhood Alliance is advocating for full state funding…
Summit County Public School First-Grade Enrollment Numbers Continue To Decline
Although driving around town, it may seem like more people are here, in reality, the first-grade enrollment numbers at public…
Supporting Pregnancy With The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
As reproductive rights have become an issue across our nation, one of the few areas of general agreement is often…
What Do Utah Working Parents Want?
The Kem C. Garner Policy Institute issued a report of their statewide survey of Utah Parents’ preferences for work/life balance.…
Funding Investments In Early Care And Education
Since the Inflation Reduction Act did not contain any additional funding for early childhood care and education, the two ideas…
Why Are Summit County Child-Care Centers Closing?
With the recent announcement of the upcoming expected closure of the Park City School District Child Care Center and the…
Helping Children Thrive: The Power of the Collective
Access to childcare is an essential part of our community fabric. Yet, too many families in our community cannot…
Thank You Office Of Child Care For The Youth And Early Care Workforce Bonus
These past few years have been very hard on the early care and education workforce. These are difficult, demanding, high-exposure…
Thank You Summit County For Investing In Child Care
Thank you Summit County for recognizing that child care is a vital need in our community, worthy of public investment. …
Child Care Is A Public Good That Requires Public Dollars
High-quality, affordable, and accessible childcare is a public good that benefits us all, whether or not we have young children.…
It’s No April Fools’ Joke: Mixed-Status Families Are Now Eligible For The Child-Care Subsidy
All children with a legal approval to reside in the United States (through U.S. citizenship or otherwise) are now eligible…
PCSD School Readiness Data Shows Improvement, But Opportunity Gaps Persist
Each year, kindergarten students across Utah take the Kindergarten Entry and Exit Profile, known as the KEEP, as one way…
Let’s Solve Two Issues With One Home By Prioritizing Early Childhood Workforce Access To Affordable Housing
Even in these polarizing times, one thing we can all agree upon is that it is expensive to live in…
Pregnancy Medicaid Expansion Is Essential
Representative Lesser’s Pregnancy and Postpartum Medicaid Coverage bill (House Bill 220), makes two important changes to support the health of…
Mixed-Status Families Can Apply For Child-Care Subsidies In Utah Starting In April
In response to numerous public comments, Utah has revised its rules regarding eligibility for child-care subsidies. On December 1, 2021,…
Utah’s Kids Deserve A Statewide Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library Program
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library mails free, age-appropriate, high-quality books each month to children under age five, without any other restrictions…
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