AllAllField EventFunder EventMembers Only EventRaising Child Care Fund Event August 2, 2023 Funder Huddle | Proposed Changes to Child Care & Supporting Stakeholder CommentThe federal Administration for Children and Families has released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) which proposes important changes to the Child Care and Development Fund that would help families and providers. For families: the NPRM would limit parent copayments… July 25, 2023 Places & Spaces: ECFC Member Huddle on Place-Based Grantmaking StrategiesOn this month’s state and local ECFC member huddle, we discussed place-based grantmaking strategies and what makes it successful. Michelle Martin, Field Coordinator, The Ford Family Foundation in Oregon shared an example of work with the Douglas County Child Care… June 28, 2023 ECFC/RCCF Power Building Series: Becoming a Philanthropic Partner to Movement BuildersIn this Power Building series event, we will discussed funder opportunities and challenges for moving a power-building, race equity focused agenda within philanthropy. We were joined by Frances Kunreuther, Co-Executive director, and Deepa Iyer, Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives, of… June 20, 2023 Places & Spaces: ECFC Member Huddle on Funder Action on State AdvocacyOn our first monthly state and local ECFC member huddle, we focused on state and local funders working together on early childhood and early learning advocacy in their state. ECFC members – Al Castle, from the Samuel N. and Mary… May 17, 2023 ECFC/RCCF Power Building Series – After the Win: Sustaining Power to ImplementBuilding power is needed both to make social policy change and to implement changes with fidelity to the vision of organizers. Community organizers help by tracking and influencing implementation, linking new services/rights to the people who would most benefit, and… May 3, 2023 ECFC Spring 2023 Member Meeting: Detroit Learning Tour, Lessons from Hope Starts HereThis content is for members only. Members, please log in. April 26, 2023 ECCF/RCCF Power Building Series: What can Early Childhood Learn from Power Building for Reproductive Justice?This session in the ECFC/Raising Child Care Fund Power Building Series included perspectives from organizers and a foundation leader in the reproductive justice movement. Long before the Dobbs decision, a group of philanthropists began pooling resources to support power-building in… April 13, 2023 Understanding and Advancing Funder Partnership with ParentsECFC and FFL hosted a discussion with philanthropy and parent co-creators of The Philanthropic Self-Reflection Tool for Equitable Parent Partnership to explore how how funders can apply it their work and support authentic relationships with parent leaders and community-based grantees…. April 6, 2023 Early Childhood in the Era of Climate ChangeClimate change threatens many of our early childhood goals, including children’s physical and mental health, family well-being, and school readiness. At the same time, young children are incredibly valuable in the climate fight because of how their healthy development is… April 5, 2023 Early Childhood Facilities Design and Financing, Detroit PreviewAs a preview to ECFC’s May 2023 meeting in Detroit, ECFC was joined by Jonathan Hui, The Kresge Foundation, and Kirby Burkholder, IFF a lead partner in utilizing best practices in facility design to create safe and inspiring early childhood… March 29, 2023 ECFC/RCCF Power Building Series: Progress in State Child Care OrganizingThis second session in the ECFC/RCCF Power Building series explored 2022 progress in state child care organizing featuring wins and base building progress. We were joined by organizing partners: Lorena Garcia, Colorado Statewide Parent Coalition Ellicia Lanier, Urban Sprouts Montessori… March 22, 2023 ECFC/RCCF Power Building Series Kickoff: Frameworks and ConceptsThe ECFC/RCCF Power Building series launched with an introduction of frameworks and concepts of power-building as theory of change and the elements of movement building that must be strong to create conditions conducive to transformative policy change. Participants had an… 123456789101112131415 Load More
