Why Child Care Affordability Headlines Don’t Reflect What Many Families Actually Pay
Recent analyses of child care affordability have generated headlines showing Vermont among the states with the highest child care costs relative ...
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Town Meeting Week: Ways to Engage and What We’re Watching in Early Childhood Policy
Town Meeting Week is one of Vermont’s most meaningful civic traditions. Communities gather to vote on local priorities, and legislators return ...
BBF Executive Director Morgan Crossman Receives Vermont House Speaker’s Award
Building Bright Futures (BBF) is proud to announce that Executive Director Morgan Crossman has been recognized with the Vermont House Speaker’s ...
Findings from Fall 2025 Child Care Conversations
In fall 2025, Building Bright Futures convened six community conversations with center-based directors and staff, family child care home providers, UPK ...
Get to Know Some of Vermont’s Family Leaders
Family leadership is a central part of Goal #5 of Vermont’s Early Childhood Strategic Plan: Our System Centers Children and Families ...
The Vermont Early Ed Bulletin: Reflecting on A New Act 76 Report
Dear colleagues and partners, This month, Building Bright Futures released the 2025 Act 76 Monitoring Report, and I want to start ...
Our New Report, “The State of Vermont’s Children: 2025 Year in Review”
Yesterday, Building Bright Futures and Vermont’s Early Childhood Data & Policy Center released The State of Vermont’s Children: 2025 Year in ...
Finding Connection in Unexpected Places: A Summer and Fall with Building Bright Futures
As a Nigerian American and first-generation college student from New York City, my path to working in policy was anything but ...
What Is the Impact of the Preschool Development Grant?
With the support of a $23 million Preschool Development Grant, Vermont partners have distributed $8 million to child care programs and ...
Building Better Policy with Family Voice
A critical understanding of data, or data literacy, is essential for working in the field of early childhood policy because of ...
Our Impact in 2025
I’m excited to share our newly released 2025 Impact Report, which highlights the achievements of Building Bright Futures and our 500-person ...
Regional Council Summit Focuses on Substance Use Prevention and Supports
Annually, Building Bright Futures convenes Early Childhood Regional Council members from across Vermont for an in-person event dedicated to an important ...
