Overview

This webinar expands on the policy brief Using Cost and Financing Studies to Build Sustainable Early Childhood Systems, co-authored by Lynn A. Karoly (RAND), Simon Workman (Prenatal to Five Fiscal Strategies), Theresa Hawley (Center for Early Learning Funding Equity), and Christopher Doss (RAND), with guidance from Kathryn Tout (Child Trends).

The discussion explores how cost and financing studies can help policymakers, advocates, and researchers better understand the true cost of early childhood care and education (ECCE), identify funding gaps, and support long-term systems building.

Using national, state, and local examples, presenters discuss lessons for designing equitable, high-quality ECCE systems and using cost studies to inform policy and investment decisions.

Read the policy brief here.