Birth to Five Policy Alliance

The Council is pleased to be part of the Birth to Five Policy Alliance, a group of 11 organizations committed to shifting the odds for vulnerable children and their families. With generous support from the Buffett Early Childhood Fund, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and an anonymous foundation, the members of the Alliance are working to ensure that more at-risk infants, toddlers, preschoolers and their families have access to comprehensive early childhood development services that promote early success and school readiness. The Alliance promotes improved bi-partisan public policies nationally and in several states, including: Illinois, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Washington, Kansas, Oklahoma and Colorado.

Other members of the Alliance include:

Center for Law and Social Policy	www.clasp.org
Committee for Economic Development	www.ced.org
Council of Chief State School Officers	www.ccsso.org
Fight Crime Invest in Kids	www.fightcrime.org
National Center for Children in Poverty	www.nccp.org
National Conference on State Legislatures	www.ncsl.org
National Governor’s Association	www.nga.org/portal/site/nga
Ounce of Prevention Fund	www.ounceofprevention.org
United Way of America	national.unitedway.org
Zero to Three	www.zerotothree.org
TBD	TBD