All Our Kin (CT)

Children’s early years lay the foundation for future learning, behavior and health and have a huge impact on brain development into adulthood. Unfortunately, there is an acute lack of high-quality, affordable child care, especially for infants and toddlers. All Our Kin works to increase the supply, quality, and sustainability of home-based family child care programs, which often serve the children and families facing the greatest barriers to accessing care. With the support of Family Prosperity, All Our Kin created recommendations for state and local leaders about how to build thriving family child care systems that meet the diverse needs of all families. Now, through our inaugural Family Child Care Policy Cohort, we are working with 10 teams of state and local leaders across the country to implement those recommendations. By leveraging the data, stories, and lessons learned through our direct service work to influence policy, All Our Kin is well positioned to transform opportunities for thousands of young children, their families, and their child care providers.