Childcare Stabilization Grant Tapering Will Be Severe
With the ARPA stabilization grants ending in September of 2023, the state of Utah has said that it would invest some of its ARPA discretionary funds as a means to…
Park City Cares About Kids
The Early Childhood Alliance advocates treating early care and education as the public good that it is. (As a refresher, please visit prior blogs on this topic here, here, here,…
Get To Know Your Local Nonprofits, Sign Up for Grantee Site Visits!
The best way to see the impact of your dollars in the community is by attending our annual Community Fund site visits from Feb. 7 to April 27. Last year, Park City…
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…
Women’s Giving Fund Membership Rises to 2,022 in 2022
Park City Community Foundation adds 338 new members and $338,000 to the fund to better support local women and children.
Thanks for Making Live PC Give PC a Huge Success!
From the bottom of our hearts, Park City Community Foundation thanks all of you who made Live PC Give PC a great success on November 4, 2022. A TOTAL OF…
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…