Bainum Family Foundation

We’re defining the ideal child care and making the ideal real.

INSIGHTS

Public Policy Essentials for the Ideal Child Care System

November 13, 2024

The future is already happening. – Trista Harris The WeVision EarlyEd initiative is committed to demonstrating that the child- and…

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Doing Too Much but Not Enough: The Child Care Quality Conundrum*

July 29, 2024

*Disclaimer: The focus of this blog is quality in early childhood education programs in homes, centers, and school buildings. Constructs…

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Clear and Funded Child Care Options for All: It’s What Families Want

June 17, 2024

For too long, public funding for child care has been provided only during extreme circumstances and to certain families: Men…

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Time Away from Children: Reimagining the Early Childhood Educator Work Schedule

May 9, 2024

The WeVision EarlyEd initiative provides the time and space for “proximity experts,” early childhood professionals and families closest to the child care…

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Ready for the Ideal Child Care System? Let’s Get Clearer About the Basics

March 29, 2024

WeVision EarlyEd is all about defining the ideal child care system and making the ideal real, but are we ready to…

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Tired of Just Navigating Child Care? Let’s Reimagine It Together

February 15, 2024

Like many of you, our partners operating early childhood education programs are navigating the many pain points of the child…

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The child care crisis in the U.S. is long-standing and well documented. WeVision EarlyEd is a catalyst for making the ideal child care real — as defined by those navigating the current child care system: families, educators and administrators.

Their ideal child care:

Focuses on what young children need to grow and develop
Is viewed as a public good and supported by appropriate federal and local funding
Provides clear, affordable child care options for all families
Guarantees consistent, predictable quality with appropriately scaled regulations
Shares decision-making and governance with families, practitioners, and government

WeVision EarlyEd is designed to guide necessary conversations, shift outdated mindsets about child care, demonstrate that the ideal is possible, and advocate for transformative policy changes.

The Work:
Making the Ideal Real — Right Now

WeVision EarlyEd charts a path toward the child-centered and quality-centered child care system families, educators and administrators want. This work includes three interconnected components:

It Is Possible:
Making the Ideal Real

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The child care crisis in the U.S. is long-standing and well documented.

It doesn’t have to be this way.

WeVision EarlyEd is a catalyst for making the ideal child care real — as defined by those closest to the system: families, educators and administrators. This ideal system would feature appropriate and equitable funding; simple and streamlined processes; more consistent quality; and shared policy decision-making.

WeVision EarlyEd is designed to guide necessary conversations and test ideal solutions — beginning with the District of Columbia and then influencing other communities across the nation.

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Bainum Family Foundation

We’re defining the ideal child care and making the ideal real.

INSIGHTS

Public Policy Essentials for the Ideal Child Care System

Doing Too Much but Not Enough: The Child Care Quality Conundrum*

Clear and Funded Child Care Options for All: It’s What Families Want

Time Away from Children: Reimagining the Early Childhood Educator Work Schedule

Ready for the Ideal Child Care System? Let’s Get Clearer About the Basics

Tired of Just Navigating Child Care? Let’s Reimagine It Together

The Work:
Making the Ideal Real — Right Now

Data

Core Shifts

Solutions Lab

It Is Possible:
Making the Ideal Real

The child care crisis in the U.S. is long-standing and well documented.

It doesn’t have to be this way.

Sign up for Udpates!

We’re defining the ideal child care and making the ideal real.

INSIGHTS

Public Policy Essentials for the Ideal Child Care System

Doing Too Much but Not Enough: The Child Care Quality Conundrum*

Clear and Funded Child Care Options for All: It’s What Families Want

Time Away from Children: Reimagining the Early Childhood Educator Work Schedule

Ready for the Ideal Child Care System? Let’s Get Clearer About the Basics

Tired of Just Navigating Child Care? Let’s Reimagine It Together

The Work: Making the Ideal Real — Right Now

Data

Core Shifts

Solutions Lab

It Is Possible:Making the Ideal Real

The child care crisis in the U.S. is long-standing and well documented.

It doesn’t have to be this way.

Sign up for Udpates!

The Work:
Making the Ideal Real — Right Now

It Is Possible:
Making the Ideal Real