November 25, 2024 Addison County Hosts Early Childhood Summit with Focus on Collaboration Ashley Bessette was a major contributor to the Addison Regional Council Planning Team for the recent Early Childhood Summit in Addison ... Read More
October 31, 2024 Vermont Makes Strides in Strengthening Early Childhood Services Good news for Vermont families with young kids! The state is using a special federal grant to improve the system of ... Read More
October 30, 2024 News from the Network: Fall Events and Forums Fall is here, and Building Bright Futures’ Regional Councils have been busy convening and building community across the state. Central Vermont ... Read More
August 13, 2024 Data Brief | Special Accommodation Grants: Increasing Equitable Access to High-Quality Child Care for Children with Specialized Needs In August 2024, BBF released a new data brief through Vermont’s Early Childhood Data & Policy Center on Special Accommodation Grants ... Read More
July 18, 2024 Child Care Center Rebuilds After a Devastating Fire May 8, 2023, started out as an ordinary day for the Bickford family. That afternoon, Anneka Bickford was taking one of ... Read More
July 9, 2024 Grand Rounds Seminar Explores Preschool in Vermont On June 18, 2024, Building Bright Futures Executive Director Dr. Morgan Crossman moderated a Vermont Early Childhood Grand Rounds Seminar titled ... Read More
January 16, 2024 Report on Act 76 Monitoring Act 76 is a law about child care and early education. It went into effect on June 20, 2023. With the ... Read More
March 8, 2023 Watch our Short Video on Vermont’s Early Care and Education System On January 9, Building Bright Futures presented a virtual briefing on The State of Vermont’s Children: 2022 Year in Review. This ... Read More
February 17, 2023 Testifying in the Vermont Senate on Early Care and Education Bill This week, Building Bright Futures’ Executive Director Morgan Crossman had the opportunity to give testimony to the Vermont Senate Committee on ... Read More
September 29, 2022 VECF Spotlight: Training Tomorrow’s Educators in Rutland County At the Rutland County Parent-Child Center (RCPCC), college and high school students are getting hands-on training in early childhood education with ... Read More
July 1, 2022 Vermont’s Child Care and Early Childhood Education Systems Analysis (ECSA) Vermont’s Child Care and Early Childhood Education Systems Analysis (ECSA) was required by Act 45 (An Act relating to child care ... Read More
July 1, 2022 Now Available: Vermont’s Child Care and Early Childhood Education Systems Analysis Final Report The Vermont Child Care and Early Childhood Education Systems Analysis final report is now available. Click here for Final Report. Report ... Read More