Welcome to the North Carolina Early Education Coalition
We are dedicated to advancing the quality and affordability of early care and education for young children, their families and communities.
Early Childhood Issues
Learn more about the issues impacting North Carolina's young children, their families, and their educators.
Network of Professionals
Become a member of the Coalition and join a statewide network of early childhood advocates.
Issue Spotlight
Increase Child Care Assistance for Working Families with Young Children
Children’s development and learning in the earliest years lay the foundation for all of the years that follow. But children in our state are missing out on critical early care and learning experiences, since few working families can afford the high cost of quality child care. Child care subsidy assistance helps low-income families pay for child care so that they can work or attend school while providing their children with access to high-quality early education during a critical time in their development.
What can you do?
- Learn more about this issue
- Contact your legislators
- Click the button below to sign a petition to increase funding for child care assistance
It's time to Think Babies™ NC!
Think Babies™ NC is a statewide initiative to ensure that North Carolina’s youngest children, ages 0- 3, benefit from effective public policies, programs and funding to promote a solid foundation for what they need to thrive: healthy beginnings, supported families, and quality early care and learning experiences.