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Put yourself in the shoes of a student who speaks another language — an American-born child of immigrants in Los Angeles, an “unaccompanied minor” who recently arrived in Phoenix, a child of refugees in a rural town in Maine.

Foundation for Child Development Grants in Action As a member of the Early Educator Investment Collaborative (The Collaborative), we are proud to share that the The Collaborative recently announced $9M in grants to support public systems innovations in increasing wages and benefits for the early care and education (ECE) workforce.

New York, NY – The Foundation for Child Development (FCD) is proud to announce the appointment of five distinguished leaders to its Board of Directors.

Child poverty more than doubled from 2021 to 2022, children and their parents are now losing health care coverage, and child care programs across the country are at heightened risk of closure — all because successful pandemic-era policies have ended or are ending.

The Foundation for Child Development works at the nexus of research, policy, and practice to improve the lives of young children.

New York, NY — Today, the Foundation for Child Development (the Foundation) announced that Mary Grecco has joined its senior leadership as vice president of finance and administration.

The Foundation for Child Development is currently accepting proposals for its 2024 Young Scholars Program (YSP). YSP supports scholarship for early-career researchers.

The Foundation for Child Development invites you to attend four sessions highlighting our work at the American Educational Research Association’s 2023 Annual Meeting in Chicago, April 13 – 16. The 2023 theme is “Interrogating Consequential Education Research in Pursuit of Truth.” Compensation for the Workforce: The History, The Policies, Attempts At Increase, and the Teacher’s POV Date and Time Thursday, April 13, 2:50 – 4:20PM CDT Symposium Session Description Compensation for the early care and education (ECE) workforce is predicated on a history of racism, sexism, and classism that has plagued the United States for centuries.