Join Us for Child Care Conversations This Fall
In fall 2025, Building Bright Futures convened community conversations to understand how Vermont’s early childhood system was functioning following the implementation ...
Early Care and Education
BBF to Host Early Childhood Candidate Forums This Fall
In the next few weeks, Building Bright Futures will host a series of in-person regional candidate forums across Vermont. All are ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 the Early Childhood Workforce in the Strategic Plan
Today’s post is about Goal 4 of Vermont’s Early Childhood Strategic Plan 2030: All Children Are Supported by a Well-Prepared, Well-Supported ...
The Importance of Opportunity and Access in the Strategic Plan
Last month, we wrote about Goal 2 of Vermont’s Early Childhood Strategic Plan 2030, All Children Are Raised in Safe, Healthy, ...
Vermont Early Ed Bulletin: Child Care Affordability, New Act 76 Data, and More
This month, we’re sharing a piece we think is especially timely: our analysis of why child care affordability headlines often don’t ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
