August 6, 2026 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 ... Read More
August 6, 2026 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 ... Read More
May 28, 2026 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, ... Read More
May 5, 2026 Grand Rounds Panel Explores Data Privacy in Vermont’s Early Childhood Systems “We are all impacted by data privacy, or lack thereof, and it’s producing negative impacts, really compelling us to have this ... Read More
March 13, 2026 New Data on Vermont’s Universal Pre-K Shared with House Human Services On Wednesday, Dr. Morgan Crossman and Dora Levinson testified before the House Committee on Human Services, sharing the latest data and ... Read More
December 8, 2025 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 ... Read More
August 20, 2025 Celebrating Progress on Data Access and Integration Made Possible by the Preschool Development Grant The Preschool Development Grant (PDG) is investing $23 million in Vermont’s early childhood system from 2023 through 2025. This federal grant ... Read More
July 2, 2025 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 ... Read More
June 25, 2025 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 ... Read More
February 13, 2025 Watch Our Short Video on Vermont’s Child Welfare System This year, the data spotlight in The State of Vermont’s Children focuses on Vermont’s child welfare system. This system is in ... Read More
January 15, 2025 Our New Report, “The State of Vermont’s Children: 2024 Year in Review” On Monday, Building Bright Futures and Vermont’s Early Childhood Data & Policy Center released The State of Vermont’s Children: 2024 Year ... Read More
December 17, 2024 Establishing a Baseline: Vermont’s Early Childhood Spending Inventory In 2022, Building Bright Futures led an effort to compile a statewide Early Childhood Spending Inventory by assembling data on state ... Read More