Early Educators Make Time for Wellness

In the field of early childhood education (ECE), no two days are ever the same. Alaska’s early childhood educators are ...more

February 9, 2023

Gift Bags Celebrate New Babies, Provide Parents with Resources

Thousands of babies born this year in Anchorage and their parents will be taking home a gift bag full of ...more

January 26, 2023

April 1 is Go Blue Day

April is designated as Child Abuse & Neglect Prevention Month nationally. During this month, and throughout the entire year, thread ...more

March 28, 2022

Help Grant Alaska’s Wish for Affordable, High-Quality Child Care – Pick.Click.Give. to thread

Nothing makes us happier than families finding the child care they need and want. Throughout the year, five days a ...more

January 7, 2022

Child Care is Struggling through COVID –Pick.Click.Give. to thread to help

For many families, the pandemic has introduced new challenges balancing the need to work, provide child care, supervise virtual schooling, ...more

March 17, 2021

thread Awards Additional $940K in COVID-19 Support to Child Care Statewide

thread, Alaska’s Child Care Resource & Referral Network, recently awarded $940,000 to 260 licensed early childhood and afterschool/school-age education programs ...more

January 14, 2021

Action Alert: Ask Congress to Speak Up for Child Care

In January, a new session of the U.S. Congress will begin, but the current Congress still has work to do ...more

December 7, 2020

Reminder: 2020 Child Care Market Rate Survey

Child Care Programs – there’s still time to complete the 2020 Child Care Market Rate Survey! The Institute of Social ...more

November 30, 2020

Child Care Matters

For many families, the pandemic has introduced new challenges balancing the need to work, provide child care, supervise virtual schooling ...more

November 25, 2020

Celebrating the Holidays in a Big, but Smaller, Way

The COVID-19 pandemic has been stressful and isolating for many people, and  “COVID fatigue” has set in.  Gatherings during the upcoming holidays ...more

November 20, 2020