Building Bright Futures

First Years Campaign launches 4/25! Let's Grow Kids!

Apr 15, 2014

LET’S GROW KIDS: FOCUS ON THE FIRST YEARS CAMPAIGN   A statewide campaign of Vermont organizations and individuals funded by a collaboration of private foundations seeks to raise awareness about the importance of the earliest years in the lives of Vermont’s children. Click here to get involved or join

Article: Daycare more expensive than College http://www.motherjones.com

Apr 12, 2014

Read the Article: http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2014/04/daycare-more-expensive-college-map      

VT’s Race to the Top – Early Learning Challenge Grant Learn More...

Apr 05, 2014

Learn more about Vermont’s recent Race to the Top grant in the amount of $36.9million dollars. See a recent presentation made to Building Bright Futures State Advisory Council on March 24, 2014. VT’s RTTT-ELC Power Point Presentation

Vermont’s Early Childhood Framework & Action Plan Learn More...

Mar 29, 2014

Vermont’s 2013 Early Childhood Framework, released at the Governor’s Early Childhood Summit last October, together with the 2014 Early Childhood Action Plan, propel Vermont one step closer to realizing our collective vision:  the promise of every Vermont child.        

To see the newly completed action plan, visit  VT Early Childhood Action Plan

Read: Adverse Effects of Toxic Stress on Young Children

Research shows that traumatic stress early in life impacts brain development and has negative consequences throughout childhood.

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