Learn & Grow Revises Policies during COVID-19

Traducción Española Thank you to Learn & Grow early childhood education programs that are working every day to improve the ...more

May 12, 2020

Why Child Care Is So Ridiculously Expensive?

Derek Thompson, staff writer for The Atlantic, explains the three broad reasons early childhood education now costs as much as ...more

December 4, 2019

September is National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month

Did you know that about 1 in 5 (19%) children in the U.S. are obese? September is National Childhood Obesity ...more

August 29, 2019

Juneau Child Care Assessment Results

  Alaska’s Child Care Program Office (CCPO), in partnership with thread and the Association for the Education of Young Children-Southeast Alaska, ...more

June 5, 2019

New Report: How CCR&Rs Help Communities

Child Care Aware of America recently released “Closing the Gap: How CCR&Rs Can Help Communities Meet Their Child Care Supply ...more

June 4, 2019

Proposed Program Changes: Child Care Licensing Program

BROADCAST TO ALL LICENSED CHILD CARE PROVIDERS FROM THE CHILD CARE PROGRAM OFFICE The Child Care Program Office (CCPO) has received additional ...more

May 3, 2019

Thanking Alaska’s Earthquake Champions

Every day, Alaska’s early educators are doing amazing work for our children. This was especially true during and after the ...more

April 23, 2019

Family Friday

The Week of the Young Child (WOYC) draws to a close today with Family Friday. Today we celebrate families and ...more

April 12, 2019

Artsy Thursday

We’re celebrating the Week of the Young Child (WOYC) and today’s theme—Artsy Thursday—is all about children getting creative. The best ...more

April 11, 2019

Work Together Wednesday

It’s Work Together Wednesday—time to build something together! When children build together, they explore math and science concepts and develop ...more

April 10, 2019