What do I have in common with Shakira?

Shakira has made early childhood development a priority! And I like to think I have helped make it a priority in the Washington metropolitan

What to make of all this child care talk and why should we all care?

Over the last couple of weeks, there has been a lot of dialogue both on the regional and national level about what early care

Early Care and Education Funders Collaborative now seeking proposals to promote access and quality!

The Recovery Act will invest $1.1 billion in Early Head Start programs, which will include up to 10 percent for training and technical assistance and up

Early Care and Education Funders Collaborative awards first grants!

The Early Care and Education Funders Collaborative is thrilled to announce grants totaling $300,000 for area nonprofit organizations to expand access to and improve the quality

Professionalizing child care would be good for kids and for working mothers.

Lack of access to high quality child care is one of the biggest missing pieces to welfare-to-work efforts. The care available to most low-income

Child care: A sound investment even in this time of economic uncertainty.

All the jurisdictions in the region are in the midst of budget cuts to fill huge budget shortfalls. All around us is gloom and

The Women's Foundation releases first RFP on early care and education!

On October 15, 2008, The Women’s Foundation held a Community Briefing on the importance of early care and education. Craig Pascal, Senior Vice President/Territory

Early Care and Education Collaborative makes its debut in the Washington Business Journal!

I was thrilled to open the Washington Business Journal last week to see the work that we’re doing to form a collaborative around the

Why child care is good business.

Quality child care is critical in the development of local economic development. Investments in quality child care programs that support parents, promote the health

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