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Expanding access to affordable child care is economic necessity worth $12 billion

Report details how strengthening Arizona’s child care system could generate over $12 billion in annual economic output. Read More

A funding opportunity was made possible by an Arizona Child Care Infrastructure Grant to support child care providers.

Family resource centers normalize the concept that families need support and are the perfect climate to help prevent child abuse and neglect.

The week runs April 6-12 and is an annual nationwide celebration that focuses attention on early learning and its educators.

The preschool program is currently funded through 11 grants from a combination of partners, along with federal pandemic relief funding.

Chad Gestson wants to help Arizona’s influential leaders understand why early childhood education is essential to the economy.

Home-based child care providers, like Camila’s Playhouse, are a home away from home where children are treated as members of the family.

The breakfast, Early Education is Everyone’s Business, brought together more than 600 business leaders and educators to champion the cause.

Arizona child care providers received nearly $60 million to improve their facilities increasing access to early childhood learning spaces.

The award recognizes someone who has significantly contributed to the quality and access of early education in Tucson and southern Arizona.