The Early Childhood Agenda hosted its fall convening. The meeting, held on Zoom, was a chance to reflect on the progress that has been made and to think about long-term goals. 

To set the stage, Amy O’Leary, Strategies executive director, explained that a strategic planning process that Strategies’ staff conducted in 2021, led to the idea for The Early Childhood Agenda.

“We didn’t have quite that name at that time. But what we knew… is we didn’t just want it to be a budget agenda or a legislative agenda,” O’Leary said at the convening. “We really learned through Covid to see all the different pieces that we knew intellectually, but got to see on the ground, around housing, around food insecurity, about the connection of health, about public awareness.” So as we launched The Early Childhood Agenda, the engagement of the field that we had seen through The 9:30 Call, we knew was possible.”