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OCTOBER 2020
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The Early Educator Investment Collaborative Awards Grants in Response to COVID-19
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A ([link removed]) s a member of the ([link removed]) Early Educator Investment Collaborative, ([link removed]) the Foundation for Child Development ([link removed]) is pleased to share its announcement of $660,000 in awards ([link removed]) to the Child Care Relief campaign, Raising Child Care Fund, Urban Institute, and Yale University’s Edward Zigler Center in Child Development and Social Policy.

The awards are in response to COVID-19 and the many longstanding inequities experienced by the early childhood workforce (ECE) and brought to the fore during the pandemic. COVID-19 disproportionately impacts Black, Indigenous and Latinx communities, and exacerbates already entrenched inequities, including those of early childhood educators.
Read The Collaborative’s Press Release ([link removed])
“As a collaborative, we are very pleased that these COVID-19 Response Grants provide an opportunity to address issues of social justice and inequities experienced by early educators, especially those of color,” said Jacqueline Jones, President and CEO of the Foundation for Child Development. “It is a critical time to support research and advocacy that can advance ECE policy and the status of the workforce."

The Collaborative is made up of eight major U.S. funders: Ballmer Group ([link removed]) , Bezos Family Foundation ([link removed]) , Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation ([link removed]) , Buffett Early Childhood Fund, ([link removed]) David and Lucile Packard Foundation ([link removed]) , Foundation for Child Development ([link removed]) , Heising-Simons Foundation ([link removed]) , and Stranahan Foundation ([link removed]) . Its goal is to help all early educators achieve their full potential as professionals, and to ensure that each child is prepared for success in school and life.

The Collaborative’s position on the urgency of supporting the early childhood workforce – as a matter of helping families and fueling our economic recovery – can be found in this recent op-ed ([link removed]) .
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