The Preschool Promise ...
High-Quality Preschool for Every Child!
Childcare costs have risen nearly 30% since 2020 with the average annual cost now around $14,040 per child.
Los costos del cuidado infantil han aumentado casi un 30% desde 2020, y el costo anual promedio actual ronda los $14,040 por niño.
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Storytelling for Change
Your story has the power to create change. Join us for a 45-minute interactive training designed to help you craft your personal story and connect it to the broader need for early childhood funding and support in Arizona.
In-person and Virtual trainings with First Things First from October 2025 through January 2026.
Click here for dates and registration.
The Zaentz NAVIGATOR
The Zaentz Navigator is a user-friendly, interactive, and innovative digital tool that helps policymakers and leaders learn how cities and states across the country are tackling the same issues they face as they work to structure, finance, expand, and improve early education and care.
The Saul Zaentz Early Education Initiative. (2023). The Zaentz Navigator.
https://zaentznavigator.gse.harvard.edu/
New in 2023
The podcast Making Space for ECE Voices by Stefany Paredes, Community Outreach Coordinator with the
Center for Economic Integrity.
Bringing to light the issues, dilemmas, highlights, and opinions of those in and or around the field of early childhood education. Real questions and real conversations of what is happening in the ECE (Early Childhood Education) scene today.