Authors

• Caitlin McLean
• Lea J. E. Austin
• Anna Powell
• Sophia Jaggi
• Yoonjeon Kim
• Jenna Knight
• Silvia Muñoz
• Marisa Schlieber

Acknowledgements

The 2024 Early Childhood Workforce Index is generously supported by the Heising-Simons Foundation, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the Bainum Family Foundation, the Alliance for Early Success, the W. Clement & Jessie V. Stone Foundation, and the David and Lucile Packard Foundation.

The Index web site was built by and designed in collaboration with Benjamin Kuehn and Niat Semere.

The Index could not have been accomplished without the contribution of CSCCE staff and students:

• Abby Copeman Petig
• Ana Fox-Hodess
• Annie Dade
• Brandy Jones Lawrence
• Claudia Alvarenga
• Cynthia Dunn
• Elena Montoya
• Elisabeth Shin
• Elizabeth Pufall Jones
• Hopeton Hess
• Hyeonjeong Lee
• Ivy Phan
• Krista Olson
• Marcy Whitebook
• Penelope Whitney
• Tobi Adejumo
• Wanzi Muruvi

We especially appreciate the advice and perspective provided by a panel of early childhood educators:

• Ada Vasquez
• Aleatha Groomes
• Ashley Jones
• Chamika Jackson
• Cralana Copper
• Emma Gillespie
• Gloria Valentin-Denson
• Lida Barthol
• Liz Scully
• Marie Canoles
• Rosalinda Rosas
• Stephanie Reese
• Tammy Danhoff

We additionally wish to extend our gratitude to the following individuals who provided relevant information and/or reviewed drafts of the Index:

• Albert Wat, Alliance for Early Success
• Allison Krauss, National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER)
• Alyssa Fortner, Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP)
• Angela Butel, Minnesota Department of Children, Youth, and Families
• Anna J. Markowitz, UCLA School of Education and Information Studies
• Ashley C. Williams, Jumpstart
• Audrey, Kasselman, DC Action
• Candida Hunter, First Things First
• Carola Oliva-Olson, EDvance College
• Christina Warren, Administration for Children and Families, Region 9
• Corrine Hendrickson, Corrine’s Little Explorers Family Child Care and Wisconsin Early Childhood Action Needed
• Dawn Pauls, Child Care Aware of Minnesota
• DJ Lebo, Early Learning Coalition of Flagler & Volusia
• Eloise R. Sanchez, Pacific Resources for Education and Learning (PREL)
• Emma E. Gillespie, Early Educator
• Emma Kurth, Minnesota Children’s Cabinet
• Gloria Valentin-Denson, The Children’s Garden
• Julie Nicholson, Children’s Funding Project
• Julie Rogers, T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® National Center
• Kimberlee Belcher-Badal, National Workforce Registry Alliance
• Lygia Stebbing, President EDvance College
• Marisa Fear, Strategies for Children
• Mary Beth Phillips, Administration for Children and Families, Region 9
• Meghan Salas Atwell, NAEYC
• Melissa Boteach, National Women’s Law Center
• Melly Wilson, Pacific Resources for Education and Learning
• Michelle Roberts, Washington State Department of Children, Youth & Families
• Michelle Sarche, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Colorado School of Public Health, Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health, Tribal Early Childhood Research Center
• Natalie Renew, Home Grown
• Nicole Rose, Washington State Department of Children, Youth & Families
• Pete Weldy, Administration for Children and Families, Region 9
• Rebecca E. Gomez, Heising-Simons Foundation
• Ruqiyyah Anbar-Shaheen, DC Action
• Sara Amadon, Child Trends
• Sara Vecchiotti, Couch Family Foundation
• Sarai Cook, Children’s Funding Project
• Savannah Hunter, UC Berkeley Labor Center
• Shengwei Sun, National Women’s Law Center
• Shonda Laurel, Office of Child Care Administration for Children and Families, Region II
• Stephanie Schmit, Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP)
• Theresa Hawley, Center for Early Learning Funding Equity at Northern Illinois University
• Tiffany Ferrette, Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP)
• Tiffany N. Lee, Washington State Department of Children, Youth & Families

We extend special thanks to the 100+ state representatives who gave their time and effort to review and provide commentary on workforce policy information for their state.

The views presented in this report are those of the authors and may not reflect the views of the report’s funders or those acknowledged for lending their expertise or providing input. 

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