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        January 20, 2026

        The Vermont Early Ed Bulletin: Reflecting on A New Act 76 Report

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        Finding Connection in Unexpected Places: A Summer and Fall with Building Bright Futures

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        What Is the Impact of the Preschool Development Grant?

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        2026-02-12 10:00:00

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Vermont’s Early Childhood Action Plan (VECAP)

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July 16, 2025

News from the Network: Vermont’s Early Childhood Strategic Plan Update

News from the Network is an email series from Building Bright Futures that spotlights BBF’s work across the state of Vermont ...
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July 9, 2025

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 ...
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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 ...
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June 17, 2025

BBF’s Approach to Legislative Advisement in 2025

On June 16, Vermont’s General Assembly officially adjourned and brought the 2025 legislative session to a close in Montpelier. Over the ...
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May 2, 2025

Community Conversations Inform Vermont’s Early Childhood Strategic Plan

“The system should be built to help us, not force us into battles for basic necessities.”— A participant in BBF’s recent ...
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February 20, 2025

Introducing Quorum, Our New Legislative Monitoring Tool

The public policy making process can be unpredictable and confusing. As a result, it can be difficult to stay informed about ...
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June 25, 2024

VECAP Summit Shows Progress Toward Early Childhood Vision

On Monday, May 20, the State Advisory Council and more than 100 community partners gathered virtually (watch the video recording) to ...
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June 29, 2023

News from the Network: VECAP Summit Shows Progress

News from the Network is a series from Building Bright Futures that spotlights the work of Regional Councils, updates related to ...
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August 5, 2021

July SAC Recap: Vermont Early Childhood Action Plan Summit

The Vermont Early Childhood Action Plan (VECAP) is designed to build collective accountability to achieve measurable 2026 goals: 1. All children ...
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January 3, 2021

Lessons from the 2020 Family Engagement Assessment

Creating meaningful partnerships with families leads to better outcomes for children. This is why the BBF Families and Communities Committee, composed ...
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December 7, 2020

BBF Releases Vermont Early Childhood Action Plan and Needs Assessment

Drum roll please… We are so excited to announce the publication of TWO big projects to help Vermont be a better ...
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December 3, 2020

2020 Vermont’s Early Childhood Action Plan (VECAP)

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