White Papers: Safeguard Funding for Community-Based Organizations Offering Youth Development Programs
Children’s growth doesn’t begin and end with the school day. For many foster youth, homeless youth, youth involved in the justice system, low-income youth, and children of color, community organizations […]
White Papers: Implement an “Automatic Opt-In” for the College Bound Scholarship
Effective advocacy by the Tacoma-Pierce County community prompted Gov. Jay Inslee to issue an Executive Order creating a temporary opt-in for the College Bound Scholarship, but legislative action in the 2021 session is needed to ensure that this path to college for students from low-income families becomes permanent state policy.
White Papers: Stabilize K-12 Budgets to Protect School Readiness
During the pandemic, anomalous and unpredictable fluctuations in student enrollments are creating a misleading picture of expected enrollments in 2021, which will affect the calculations of the Office of the […]
White Papers: Lasting Investments in Quality Early Learning Opportunities
Each of Washington’s 460,000 children under the age of 5 deserves the chance to enter kindergarten ready, healthy, and with the support they need to begin a lifetime of learning. […]
