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…
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 jobs that ensure that other parents can work. In recognition…
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. As part of the development of the FJ Gillmor Subdivision,…
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 Department of Workforce Services posted a notice of change…
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 or eligibility criteria. These books are delivered directly to children’s…
Utah Is Still Denying Access To Child-Care Subsidies For U.S. Children Living With Undocumented Immigrant Parents
As was recently featured in KPCW’s story, Utah has responded to federal guidance instructing them not to check the citizenship status of the parents when qualifying families for the federally-funded…
Utah’s Prenatal-To-3 State Policy Roadmap
The University of Texas’ LBJ School of Public Affairs’ Prenatal-to-3 Policy Impact Center recently issued its 2021 policy roadmaps for each state. Utah’s roadmap is available here. Unfortunately, Utah is…
The Market Is Failing Early Childhood
“Children, their parents, and the economies in which they operate are all better off when societies provide easily accessible, high-quality child care and early education options. ”— U.S. Dept. of the…
Early Care And Education Deserve Public Support
As Congress debates the numerous proposals to support care infrastructure, one thing is clear: we are missing a collective opportunity to invest in our youngest citizens. Part of President Biden’s…
Maternal Mental Health And Suicide–Utah Can Do Better!
The Maternal Mental Health Leadership Alliance recently distributed their fact sheet about maternal mental health and suicide and it is sobering. Although this fact sheet estimates that one in five…
Early Childhood Experts Highlight Needs in Summit County
Children from birth to age three are in the most critical period of brain development, and unfortunately, caregivers in roles of supporting this age group often find themselves under-supported when it comes to finding…
Utah’s Unacceptable Childcare Gap
The Bipartisan Policy Center recently evaluated the childcare gap across 35 states. and calculated Utah’s gap to be over 64%, double the average of 31.2%. It found that there are…