Special Announcement from thread’s CEO: thread Training Free through June 2021
Tis’ the season to be thankful – and thread is grateful for you! While COVID-19 has impacted our daily lives ...more
November 16, 2020
Winter & Holiday Safety Tips
Alaska’s long, cold winter is back and families, as well as their early childhood education programs, are making preparations. Keeping ...more
November 13, 2020
thread on Results of the Alaska PPE Resource Links Survey
Thank you to the child care programs that participated in the Alaska Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Resource Links Project survey. ...more
November 12, 2020
Child Care Program Office Broadcast: 2020 Market Price Survey Notice
The following broadcast was released by the Alaska Child Care Program Office on Oct. 28, 2020 The Child Care Program Office ...more
October 29, 2020
thread Surveys Alaska’s Child Care Needs during COVID-19
Alaska’s early childhood education system is facing serious challenges in the wake of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Since the pandemic ...more
August 14, 2020
Learn & Grow Revises Policies during COVID-19
Traducción Española Thank you to Learn & Grow early childhood education programs that are working every day to improve the ...more
May 12, 2020
Why Child Care Is So Ridiculously Expensive?
Derek Thompson, staff writer for The Atlantic, explains the three broad reasons early childhood education now costs as much as ...more
December 4, 2019
September is National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month
Did you know that about 1 in 5 (19%) children in the U.S. are obese? September is National Childhood Obesity ...more
August 29, 2019
Juneau Child Care Assessment Results
Alaska’s Child Care Program Office (CCPO), in partnership with thread and the Association for the Education of Young Children-Southeast Alaska, is ...more
June 5, 2019
New Report: How CCR&Rs Help Communities
Child Care Aware of America recently released “Closing the Gap: How CCR&Rs Can Help Communities Meet Their Child Care Supply ...more
June 4, 2019