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 or nonexistent? And when childcare programs are available, the average…
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 here. Over thirty years ago, the voters in Aspen added…
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 reviewing the Kindergarten Entry and Exit Profile (KEEP) results for…
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 childhood advocates to promote the needs of our youngest Utahns…
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 childcare subsidy program. More information about the childcare subsidy is…
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 for optional full-day kindergarten (FDK) programs that serve all interested…
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 schools in Summit County have steadily declined since 2019. Since…
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 the need to support pregnant women. After being reintroduced each…
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. As to be expected, parents want lots of choices when…
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 with current Republican support are reforming the child tax credit…
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 closing of AristoCats in Kamas last year, many community members…
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 find nor afford child care. According to the family budget…