Child Care Affordability Analysis
This analysis is the most robust picture we’ve been able to paint of how policy change and investment have increased child ...
Basic Needs
Vermont Early Ed Bulletin: Special Edition on Child Care Affordability
Welcome to The Vermont Early Ed Bulletin, your source for current data and resources related to Act 76 and early childhood ...
What We Heard at the Strategic Plan Summit
On May 18, more than 100 Vermonters gathered at Zenbarn in Waterbury Center for the 2026 State Advisory Council and Early ...
New Fact Sheet Shows Vermont Families Struggling
Building Bright Futures believes that good policymaking starts with hearing from the people who are affected most. That’s why, in 2025, ...
RAPID Fact Sheet
BBF partnered with the RAPID Survey Project at Stanford University to ask Vermont families: What does daily life actually look like? ...
The Importance of Food, Housing, and Other Basic Needs in the Strategic Plan
Have you taken a look at Vermont’s Early Childhood Strategic Plan 2030? This is Vermont’s plan on how we want to ...
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 ...
Feeding Vermont’s Children Cannot Wait
When the federal government shuts down, the consequences ripple into every corner of daily life. For Vermont families who rely on ...
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 ...
Elevating the Most Urgent Early Childhood Needs
We are excited to share BBF’s innovative approach to identifying and communicating needs across Vermont’s early childhood system. We’ve combined 12 ...
BBF Announces Additional VECF Grant Recipients
BBF is excited to announce additional recipients of Vermont Early Childhood Fund (VECF) grants. VECF funds support creative solutions that will ...
Our Statement on GA Emergency Housing Program Crisis
At Building Bright Futures (BBF), we are committed to ensuring that children and their families have what they need to support ...
