Stephan reflects on his time in Montgomery attending The Alabama Experience - the annual conference of the Alliance for Early Success.

Our 2023-2024 Progress Report highlights key victories and crucial partnerships over the past year.

Last month, we conducted our annual member survey and received 182 responses from engaged members of our community.

In what unique ways are communities in different areas of the state experiencing common issues? This was the question guiding our work as we embarked on stakeholder engagement activities across Washington state late last month.

As part of our work to address the youth mental health crisis, we recently sent a letter to Senator Cantwell in support of legislation to empower parents to make decisions about how their children use social media and the internet.

In this post, we’ll discuss what is contributing to those leading rankings, and we’ll share some of the advocacy we’re doing to continue pushing for progress in in these areas, particularly for children furthest from opportunity.

Earlier this month, the Annie E. Casey Foundation published its 2024 KIDS COUNT® National Data Book, which ranks states in overall well-being and across four categories.

This year, we selected eight legislators who demonstrated leadership and commitment in advancing policies that will promote racial equity, health equity, economic justice, and improved early learning and childcare.

Washington is making progress in terms of overall child wellbeing. However, our state still has plenty of room to improve, especially in terms of education and economic well-being.

Every legislative session, Children’s Alliance works with advocates from across the state to advance policies that support Washington’s kids and families. On June 6, many of the bills we advocated for during the 2024 legislative session will go into effect.

Dr. Stephan Blanford reflects on our conversation with bestselling author Ijeoma Oluo at this year’s Voices for Children event.

To celebrate Child Care Provider Appreciation Day, we spoke to Lois A. Martin, MA, Director of Community Day Center for Children, about what brings her joy, the importance of racial equity in early learning, and the challenges that child care providers face.

Our state’s preschool programs score highly in the National Institute for Early Education Research’s State of Preschool report. Now lawmakers need to take steps to ensure more families can access them.

We are excited to announce that Stephanie Thorpe has taken on the position of Children Alliance Board Chair! Learn more about her in our short interview.

We made important steps forward this legislative session, particularly in the areas of youth behavioral health and child care affordability. Read our full report to learn about the progress of all of our top priority legislation.

Session is wrapping up, and bills are starting to reach the finish line. We are excited to highlight some of the significant bills that passed the Legislature in 2024.

In the early hours of the morning of February 15, with a blanket of unexpected snow on the ground, hundreds of advocates from across Washington made their way to our state capital for Have a Heart for Kids Day.

We are midway through the 2024 legislative session! Our policy team provide an update on the status of our priority bills.

Week two of the 2024 legislative session is at an end. Here’s a quick recap of the progress some of our top priority bills have made so far.

Our state’s capital gains tax has raised more revenue than expected to fund schools and early learning. However, a small group of ultra-wealthy individuals have decided that our children are not worth their dollars, and have filed an initiative to repeal the tax.