Overview

In this CELFE webinar, panelists discuss new findings on state early care and education funding and how early care and education systems across the United States are financed. The session explores the extent to which state early learning systems rely on federal funding, highlights emerging insights from the Shortchanged Project’s state-by-state funding analysis, and considers how advocates can use funding data to engage stakeholders and advance early learning policy goals.

Presenters:

• Theresa Hawley, Ph.D. – Executive Director, Center for Early Learning Funding Equity (Host)
• Joan Lombardi, Ph.D. – Principal Advisor and Adjunct Professor, Stanford Center on Early Childhood
• Megan Carolan – Executive Vice President of Policy Research, Institute for Child Success
• Michelle Bezark, Ph.D. – Senior Policy Researcher and Shortchanged Project Lead, Center for Early Learning Funding Equity