In early 2019, the Roundtable fielded a survey of funders to explore children and family policy priorities and strategies. The results provide insight into some of the ideas most on the minds of funders. We are releasing survey results in a periodic blog post. Policy Opportunities Survey Results — Race and Gender Equity Of the…
Policy and Advocacy Starting Place: Coalition Building Contributed by: Nancy Jost, Director of Early Childhood, West Central Initiative For more than 15 years, the West Central Initiative (WCI) has worked to improve early childhood education in 9 counties (Becker, Clay, Douglas, Grant, Otter Tail, Pope, Stevens, Traverse, Wilkin) and a native nation (White Earth Nation) in west…
Many charitable foundations are grappling with how to evaluate advocacy. Just how do you figure out which strategies are truly making a difference? How do you know what works? This teasing out of cause and effect, of evaluating the efficacy of advocacy strategies, is the work of monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL). Traditional approaches to…
Funding advocacy can have the feel of going for a wilderness mountain hike on an extremely dark and foggy night. We know there’s much to be gained, potentially, and, there are some potential pitfalls. Is there a map? Might we end up on private property? Get fined? What if the property is guarded by a…
In early 2019, the Roundtable fielded a survey of funders to explore children and family policy priorities and strategies. The results provide insight into some of the ideas most on the minds of funders. We are releasing results in a perioidc blog post. Policy Opportunities Survey Results — Issue Areas Of the more than 30…
Budgeting for the Next Generation: Does the Budget Process Prioritize Children?
The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget looks at how the federal budget impacts the lives of children.
With contributions from Randy Capps. Approximately how many children in the US have at least one parent who is an unauthorized immigrant? Are there states or regions more heavily impacted by this? Key facts: About one quarter of all children in the US have an immigrant parent. That’s 18 million children. Of these children, 5.1…
With contributions from Wendy Cervantes, Hannah Matthews, and Rebecca Ullrich Q&A with CLASPWhy does the impact of immigration policies on young children matter? Why does it matter for child care and early education providers? CLASP decided to conduct this research at the beginning of 2017, after the Trump Administration announced a series of executive orders that…
Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) presented a webinar on health in immigrant families as they face rapidly changing immigration policies today. Check out GCIR’s resources on immigration and health here!
For our first webinar together, we delved into research on the importance of family stability for positive child outcomes. We heard from field experts on what we have learned so far and what programs and policies work to provide stability in uncertain times. We talked with funder leaders about policy strategies to stabilize children’s lives. And, we talked together about the goals and plans for the Roundtable.