Quality Affordable Child Care

In June 2018, the National Governor’s Association (NGA) convened an expert roundtable conversation to review the latest research on early childhood development and current state efforts to support infants and toddlers and their families. In partnership with the Think Babies campaign, NGA recently released a report of that conversation that lays out what state leaders need to do to ensure strong futures for babies and their families.

This blog post from Think Babies state partner, The Children’s Alliance discusses the challenges faced by young parents of young children and how policies like access to quality child care can support them.

This blog post from the Think Babies state partner, The Children’s Alliance summarizes the first Washington State Strolling Thunder event held on July 27, 2018 in Seattle WA.

This article from WPRI covers the recent wing by RI advocates, including Think Babies state partner Rhode Island Kids Count, of increased child care reimbursement rates for high quality programs, with the largest increases for those serving infants and toddlers.

This clip from Legislative Insight shows video coverage of Rhode Island’s May 16^th, 2018 Strolling Thunder event in Providence, RI.

This article from RI Parent Magazine summarizes the first Rhode Island state Strolling Thunder event which took place on May 16, 2018 in Providence, RI.

This article from the Providence Journal highlights information from Rhode Island Kids Count regarding the challenges families face in access to quality affordable child care and the need for policy solutions.

This blog post by MomsRising released in advance of the June 7, 2018 North Carolina Strolling Thunder event features information from Think Babies state partner NC Early Education Coalition about the campaign.

This clip from ABC 11 News shows coverage of the North Carolina Strolling Thunder event that took place on June 7, 2018 in Raleigh NC.

This article from NJ Spotlight features information from the Babies Count report put out by Think Babies state partner, Advocates for Children of New Jersey.