Bay Area Early Childhood Funders

The Early Childhood Funders (ECF) are an informal affiliation of foundations, donors, and corporations with a common interest in funding projects that support young children and their families. Membership is voluntary, members meet three to four times a year to broaden their knowledge of the early childhood field and to share insights, grant-making opportunities and informational resources. Click here for the PDF brochure about the Early Childhood Funders. Click here for a membership list.

For more information about the Early Childhood Funders please email us at ecf@4children.org or call 415-733-8576.

In the interest of providing information to ECF members, the following reports and articles are available on this website as well as information about the Quality Child Care Initiative.

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• Play in the Early Years: Key to School Success, May 2007
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• Childhood Matters Play PSA, February 2008, MP3 format

• Early Literacy Development: Research Overview & Key Elements, by Daniel Meier, October 2007, MS Word format

• Developing Children’s Communicative Literacy Through Co-Inquiry Projects, by Shareen Abramson, Ph.D, October 2007, MS PowerPoint format

• Wall Street Journal: Catch 'em Young, By James J. Heckman, January 2006, MS Word format

• The Alliance for Childhood – A Call to Action on the Education of Young Children, January 2006, MS Word format

• The Alliance for Childhood – endorsement form for the Call to Action, January 2006, MS Word format

• County Level Estimates of the Effects of a Universal Preschool Program in California, By the RAND Corporation, January 2006, pdf format

• Set for Success: Building a Strong Foundation for School Readiness Based on the Social-Emotional Development of Young Children, October 2005, pdf format

• Shortchanging Teachers, Shortchanging Children, by Marcy Whitebook, May 2005, MS PowerPoint format

• Ready for School – A report of skill levels of Santa Clara County kindergartners, March 2005, pdf format

• Improving Quality Child Care for Infants and Toddlers, January 2005, MS Word format

• Laying the Foundation for Successful Prekindergarteners by Building Bridges to Infants and Toddlers, January 2005, MS Word format

• Exceptional Returns: Economic, Fiscal and Social Benefits of Investment in Early Childhood Development, October 2004, pdf format

• A Description of Selected Early Literacy Programs in the San Francisco Bay Area, July 2004, pdf format

Quality Child Care Initiative: A Project of the Bay Area Early Childhood Funders

In 1997, the ECF created the Quality Child Care Initiative (QCCI) to promote the need for quality child care in response to welfare reform. Over five years, in two separate funding rounds, QCCI raised more than $4 million and issued over 80 grants aimed at building a sustainable child care workforce, strengthening advocacy for child care, creating new and improved child care facilities, and making child care more accessible to families.

The following documents and reports describe QCCI activities and lessons learned from the Second Round of grantmaking. The entire report is available, as well as an Executive Summary, and the individual chapters of the report detailing the grantee funding areas. The report from Round One of funding is also available. They are hosted by Action Alliance for Children on behalf of the Early Childhood Funders.

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• Final Report on the Second Round of the Quality Child Care Initiative, prepared by Social Policy Research Associates, October 2003.
  
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  • Full Report
  • Executive Summary
  • Chapter One: Overview of the Quality Child Care Initiative
  • Chapter Two: QCCI Support for Local Compensation and Retention Initiatives
  • Chapter Three: QCCI Support for Advocacy/Parent Voices
  • Chapter Four: QCCI Support for Training and Leadership Development
  • Chapter Five: QCCI Support for Facilities Development
  • Chapter Six: QCCI Support for the Development of Centralized Eligibility Lists
  • Chapter Seven: Evolution of QCCI as a Funders' Collaborative
  • Chapter Eight: Conclusion
    
    
• Quality Child Care Initiative Overview and Lessons Learned: PowerPoint presentation, October 2003, PowerPoint format
  
  
• Report on the First Round of the Quality Child Care Initiative, April 2001, pdf format
  
  
• Benefits of the Quality Child Care Initiative as a Funder Collaborative, October 2004, MS Word format

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