Early Childhood Resource Guide (2026)
This compilation is a companion resource to The Bridgespan Group’s funder guide: Critical Ways Philanthropy Can Help Every Young Child and Family Thrive. The compilation is a starting point for donors, their staff, and advisors—whether you’re new to early childhood or […]
Investing in Our Future: Critical Ways Philanthropy Can Help Every Young Child and Family Thrive (January 2026)
The Bridgespan Group’s guide, Investing in Our Future: Critical Ways Philanthropy Can Help Every Young Child and Family Thrive, offers a clear, field-tested guidance for funders committed to ensuring that all children and families flourish in the earliest years. Funded […]
H.R.1: One Big Beautiful Bill Act: Big Changes and the Consequences for Babies and Families (Aug 2025)
On July 4, 2025, President Donald J. Trump signed H.R. 1, a sweeping bill referred to as the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”, into law (P.L. 119-21). The impact on babies will be long-lasting: many families will lose ground as a result […]
SNAP & Nutrition: 2025 Budget Reconciliation & Appropriations
The Food Research & Action Council (FRAC) provides up to date resources and news on Budget Reconciliation & Appropriations actions around the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and other nutrition programs, and impacts on states. Author: Food Research & Action […]
Medicaid: State-by-State Effects of the 2025 Budget Reconciliation Law
On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed the Congressionally-passed budget reconciliation law, known as “One Big Beautiful Bill,” into law, which will drastically cut federal funding for Medicaid and hamstring states’ ability to fund their portion of the federal-state partnership. […]
Map tool: Multi-State Initiatives for Early Childhood Policy Advocacy
Across the country, more and more multi-state supporters of early childhood programs are deploying increasing support and resources for policy advocacy. From research and toolkits to training to funding, these initiatives are working to fill the void in all 50 states, […]
Toolkit: State Resources to Respond to the Federal Tax Bill (Dec 2025)
The federal tax and budget bill — H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) — includes many harmful policy changes that strip access to essential health, food, education, and safety net programs for communities across the county in order […]
The Care Imperative: Why Investing In Care Grows America’s Economy (2025)
A better, more affordable country for all of us is possible, within reach, and necessary if we are to secure a brighter future for families everywhere. This report makes the case for building the care economy as a path to […]
Funder Messaging Toolkit: Making the Case for Supporting Immigrants in Your Grantmaking (2025)
Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants & Refugees (GCIR) has developed a messaging toolkit to support funders who seek to make the case for supporting immigrants in their grantmaking. The toolkit has compelling talking points linked to universal values and shared priorities, […]
Child Separations and Families Divided: America’s History of Separating Children from Their Parents (2018)
This article highlights that the practice of family separation has been an integral and prolonged aspect of U.S. history, often targeting communities of color, and extends beyond the Trump administration’s “zero-tolerance” immigration policy. Author: James Herbert Williams, published in Social […]
Family separation – a timeline 2017-2022
Long before the Trump administration implemented its “zero tolerance” immigration enforcement policy in 2018, it was already separating children from their parents as part of a “pilot program” conducted in the El Paso, Texas, area and along other parts of […]
History of Family Separation (1500’s to Present)
This timeline provides brief summaries of historical events and eras – including slavery, Native American boarding schools, mass deportation of Mexicans and Mexican Americans (1930’s-40’s), Japenese Internment Camps and comparison to present day other historical events – intended to, or […]