BBF Announces 2025 VECF Grant Recipients
Building Bright Futures is excited to announce the recipients of our Vermont Early Childhood Fund (VECF) awards for 2025! The fund ...
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Regional Councils Identify Areas of Focus for the Year Ahead
Building Bright Futures’ 12 Early Childhood Regional Councils are an essential component of the BBF Network, allowing us to hear directly ...
Continuous Improvement Survey Results from the BBF Network
Each year, we survey the BBF Network of 500+ early childhood professionals, parent leaders, and community partners requesting feedback on our ...
New Data Brief on Interagency Collaboration
BBF has collected data on the state of collaboration among early childhood partners and can now report on those results. As ...
BBF’s Approach to Legislative Advisement in 2025
On June 16, Vermont’s General Assembly officially adjourned and brought the 2025 legislative session to a close in Montpelier. Over the ...
Save the Date: Regional Council Summit on Oct. 16 in Montpelier
We hope you’ll join us for the 6th Annual BBF Statewide Regional Council Summit, an in-person event dedicated to addressing the ...
Participate in the 2025 BBF & RAPID Family Needs Survey
“Access to paid family leave would have made my pregnancy and maternity leave so much less stressful and would have improved ...
BBF Urges Action as Federal Budget Threatens Vital Supports for Vermont Families
As Vermont’s Early Childhood State Advisory Council, Building Bright Futures (BBF) is deeply alarmed by the White House’s FY2026 discretionary budget ...
Community Conversations Inform Vermont’s Early Childhood Strategic Plan
“The system should be built to help us, not force us into battles for basic necessities.”— A participant in BBF’s recent ...
Head Start at Risk: The Vital Need for Proactive Funding Solutions
As Vermont’s Early Childhood State Advisory Council named in the Federal Head Start Act, Building Bright Futures (BBF) is deeply concerned ...
Help BBF Improve by Taking a Brief Survey
Please complete the annual Building Bright Futures (BBF) Network Partner Survey by Friday, May 9. It will take just 5 minutes. ...
Video and Highlights from Our Act 76 Grand Rounds Panel
In March, five experts joined our Early Childhood Grand Rounds panel to talk about Vermont’s Act 76, Vermont’s landmark child care ...
