STILLWATER, Okla. — Stillwater community leaders sought answers to the question of how policy and economics shape the future of early childhood care and education during a summit hosted at Oklahoma State University’s (OSU) Center for Family Resilience on April 25.
“Raising Resilience: How Policy and Economics Shape the Future of Early Care and Education” was a collaboration between nonprofit Resilient Payne County, Healthy Children, Healthy Communities, the Early Childhood Coalition and OSU’s Center for Family Resilience, in addition to many nonprofits and early childhood advocates. The summit focused on results from quantitative and qualitative surveys, examining Payne County early childhood data to tell the story about the state of babies and toddlers.
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