Framework for Connecticut's Statewide System of Early Childhood State and Local Partnerships

This report explains the need for and the benefits of a statewide early childhood intermediary organization in Connecticut.

The Role of Family Support in an Integrated Early Childhood System

This report explains the process of helping families get what they need to support their child's development.

Does Quality Early Childhood Education Lead to more Successful Lives as Adults?

This report explains how early childhood education leads to more successful lives as adults.

The First 1,000 Days: The Case for Paid Leave in America

This report presents the case for a comprehensive paid leave policy in the U.S.

COVID-19 Transmission in US Child Care Programs

This report discusses COVID-19 transmission risk in U.S. child care programs.

How the 116th Congress Supported Childcare

Smart Start

North Carolina Partnership for Children- Smart Start (NCPC) is a thriving network of 74 nonprofit local partnerships that serve all 100 North Carolina counties. NCPC ensures fiscal and programmatic accountability and coordinates a statewide network to create better outcomes for children and families.

How Universal Home Visiting Models Can Support Newborns and Their Families

This report examines the benefits of universal home visiting programs, using Family Connects as a model.

The State of Working Connecticut

This report examines wage inequality in Connecticut's labor market.

Childcare in 25 States: What We Know and Don't Know

In order to produce comprehensive, nationally comparative data on the child care gap, BPC originally set out to map child care access in all 50 states. However, when the coronavirus pandemic prompted stay-at-home orders in March, BPC halted their original research design. This report and accompanying interactive maps represent the results from 25 states.

The Build Initiative- Community Systems Development Tool Kit

The Community Systems Development Toolkit supports the hands-on implementation of collaborative systems work at the local level, providing resource tools that cover the full spectrum of community systems and coordination work.

2020 CT Behavioral Health Plan for Children Progress Report

This report discusses the promotion of the emotional well-being of children in CT.

Ten Steps for States to Take Regarding Child Care

Governors and leaders of health care systems have made it clear that child care is an ``essential service,” without which we will not be able to effectively respond to this pandemic. Given that reality, state and federal governments are obligated to support its continued existence across states and settings, including programs who support families with child care subsidies, and those who do not.

Mapping the Redesign and Funding for a Better Child Care System

Since the beginning of the pandemic, Congress has approved over $52 billion to support the child care system through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act; the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations (CCRSA) Act; and most recently through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). While these funds have focused on stabilizing this essential industry, the various pots of child care funding in ARPA — in addition to annual federal Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) funds and any state funds — provide a unique opportunity to lay the foundational infrastructure that centers racial equity to transform the child care system as we know it.