Early Care & Education For more than 15 years, The Women’s Foundation has been a driving force behind advancing early care and education through advocacy and participation and coalition spaces throughout the Washington region. Learn More What We Do To advance Early Care and Education we house the Early Care and Education Funder’s Collaborative […]
After the latest grant round for the Early Care and Education Funders Collaborative, I received an email from the President of one of our new Grantee Partners. It was right before Thanksgiving, and she wrote, “I have so much to be thankful for. You, especially, and The Women’s Foundation will be on my Thanksgiving list […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACT: Anna Sczepanski March 11, 2016 301-585-5034, anna@cfoxcommunications.com District’s Early Care and Education System Needs Strategic Investments Two new reports provide insights into the impact of universal pre-K on the cost and availability of services for infants and toddlers March 11, 2016 – According to two […]
Jennifer Lockwood-Shabat’s Statement on Washington Area Women’s Foundation’s Leadership in New Regional Effort to Strengthen the Early Care and Education Professional Workforce February 23, 2016 – Today, Washington Area Women’s Foundation President and CEO Jennifer Lockwood-Shabat issued the following statement: “I’m pleased to announce Washington Area Women’s Foundation’s investment in the Washington Region Early […]
Jennifer Lockwood-Shabat’s Statement on Washington Area Women’s Foundation’s Leadership in New Regional Effort to Strengthen the Early Care and Education Professional Workforce February 23, 2016 – Today, Washington Area Women’s Foundation President and CEO Jennifer Lockwood-Shabat issued the following statement: “I’m pleased to announce Washington Area Women’s Foundation’s investment in the Washington Region […]
Editor’s Note: Fight For Children was a part of the Early Care and Education Funders Collaborative for four years before leaving in 2014. Skip McKoy, Fight for Children’s Director of Programmatic Initiatives, shares his reflections in this guest blog post. At the end of June, Fight For Children will transition off of the Washington Area Women’s […]
“By pooling our resources with the Collaborative and focusing on systemic change, (our) Foundation is able to have a bigger impact”-Collaborative Investor
Yesterday, the U.S. Census Bureau released the new report Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2010. The report found that in 2010, the median household income declined 2.3 percent to $49,445; the poverty rate rose to 15.1 percent, with 46.2 million people living in poverty; and the percentage of people without […]
Many commentators have written about the current round of negotiations about the federal budget and how budget cuts will affect the poor. Women’s organizations and women columnists (see here and here, for example) have noted the disproportionate focus on cutting programs affecting women’s reproductive health and rights. Few have paid attention, however, to the potential […]
I know it is Women’s History Month and that we are celebrating how our history is our strength. But I have been thinking about our present and our future. And I am feeling cranky because I am tired of: Reading articles about Social Security that do not acknowledge the reality that most people receiving Social […]