The Latest Grant Updates

The Collaborative shares some exciting news that promises to have a significant impact for our diverse early educator workforce that continues to be disproportionately impacted by COVID-19. Continued

Grant Announcement

The Collaborative is intensifying its efforts to elevate the early childhood workforce for early educators, in particular Black, Indigenous, and Latinx educators who do not have equitable access to professional compensation, higher education and professional development. Today, we are pleased to announce that we will be awarding grants to four organizations who answer this call. Continued

Grantmaking Spotlight: Stories from the field

The Collaborative recently sponsored a national convening hosted by the Alliance for Early Success with leaders in the field to discuss how to better support and strengthen the early care and education profession. Continued

An Update on Our Work

The Collaborative is working to accelerate the progress toward professionalizing the ECE workforce and ensuring every child has access to an early educator who is well-prepared and compensated. Continued

The Collaborative Launch Announcement

We are excited to announce the Early Educator Investment Collaborative, a group of early childhood funders working as one to advance the highest standards of educator quality—and make them possible through equitable access to educator preparation, ongoing professional learning, and compensation that reflects the transformational value of early educators. Continued