Child and Family Policy Center
Linking research and policy on issues vital to children and families and advocating for evidenced-based strategies to improve child outcomes.
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National Initiatives

Build Initiative

CFPC is the national evaluation partner for the Build Initiative, which supports a learning community of nine states seeking to develop comprehensive early learning systems through public and private partnerships. CFPC is tracking progress in each of the nine states based upon a theory of change developed in the state. CFPC and the Build Initiative collaborated on the monograph Building an Early Learning System: The ABCs of Planning and Governance Structures , published by the State Early Childhood Policy Technical Assistance Network.

 

The Build Initiative was created by the Early Childhood Funders' Collaborative (ECFC), a consortium of national and local foundations that have substantial grantmaking programs in early childhood care and education. Funders of the Build Initiative are:

The George Gund Foundation

The Irving Harris Foundation

The Joyce Foundation

The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

The W.K. Kellogg Foundation

The Lucent Technologies Foundation

The A.L. Mailman Family Foundation

The Robert R. McCormick Tribune Foundation

The McKnight Foundation

The David and Lucile Packard Foundation

The William Penn Foundation

Rockefeller Brothers Fund

The Caroline and Sigmund Schott Foundation

The Schumann Fund for New Jersey