Looking Back on a Year of Family Leadership
Building Bright Futures (BBF) works to empower families and elevate their voices. Family leadership is an important part of Vermont’s Early ...
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Our New Report, “The State of Vermont’s Children: 2024 Year in Review”
On Monday, Building Bright Futures and Vermont’s Early Childhood Data & Policy Center released The State of Vermont’s Children: 2024 Year ...
BBF & RAPID 2025 Family Needs Survey
The RAPID Survey Project is an ongoing national survey of households with children under 6 designed to gather essential information on ...
Establishing a Baseline: Vermont’s Early Childhood Spending Inventory
In 2022, Building Bright Futures led an effort to compile a statewide Early Childhood Spending Inventory by assembling data on state ...
Our Impact in 2024
The newly released 2024 Impact Report provides an overview of Building Bright Futures’ finances, recognizes our donors, and outlines the ways ...
Addison County Hosts Early Childhood Summit with Focus on Collaboration
Ashley Bessette was a major contributor to the Addison Regional Council Planning Team for the recent Early Childhood Summit in Addison ...
BBF Announces Additional VECF Grant Recipients
BBF is excited to announce additional recipients of Vermont Early Childhood Fund (VECF) grants. VECF funds support creative solutions that will ...
State Advisory Council Endorses 2025 Policy Recommendations
Last week, the State Advisory Council (SAC) formally endorsed the Policy Recommendations of Vermont’s Early Childhood State Advisory Council Network for ...
Vermont Makes Strides in Strengthening Early Childhood Services
Good news for Vermont families with young kids! The state is using a special federal grant to improve the system of ...
News from the Network: Fall Events and Forums
Fall is here, and Building Bright Futures’ Regional Councils have been busy convening and building community across the state. Central Vermont ...
Focus on Equity at Fifth Annual Statewide Regional Summit
For five years now, Building Bright Futures Regional Managers have brought together Regional Council members from across the state around a ...
Sharing the Results of Our Network Partner Survey
Earlier this year, we sent out our annual BBF Network Partner Survey asking for feedback on our partners’ experiences with the ...
