Summit Resource Center

On December 9. 2021, this event brought together many early childhood experts, advocates, policymakers, and business and community leaders for a day of information, spark speeches, and design thinking around the issue of early care and learning for Alaska.

Below are resources from this event. Watch this space for more information!

thread Child Care Videos  

• Strengthening Alaska’s Child Care System Now
• I Wish for Child Care….

Untapped Economic Potential

• 2021 Untapped Potential Reports – Breakdowns of US States
• Untapped Potential in Alaska Report (US Chamber of Commerce Foundation)
• Workforce Today, Workforce Tomorrow (US Chamber of Commerce Foundation)
• The Importance of Childcare to U.S. Families and Businesses (US Chamber of Commerce Foundation)
• Essential Care for Essential Workers (US Chamber of Commerce Foundation)
• Alaska’s Early Care and Learning Data Dashboard (thread and The McDowell Group)
  

Spark Speeches

• BIG Strides: News Mexico Child Care & Reform (Sen. Elizabeth Groginsky, Cabinet Secretary for Early Childhood Education, New Mexico)
• A Collective Stride: Reimagining Child Care with More Partnership (Grace Reef, president, Early Learning Policy Group, LLC)

Break Out Session

• Break Out Summary: Participants were divided into 21 groups to discuss/determine the one BIG stride Alaska can take to strengthen its child care system

Initiatives Across Alaska Videos

• Anchorage Preschool Project (former legislator Eric Croft)
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• Initiatives Across Alaska: Juneau, Seward, Nome Eskimo Community