KU and Child Care Aware advocate for nation’s youngest learners
September was a busy time for Knowledge Universe’s Government Relations, Subsidy, and Region 9 teams as they joined with Child Care Aware to advocate for the importance of high-quality early childhood...
View ArticleKU Government Relations prepares for a busy 2015
As 2015 begins, the Government Relations team is gearing up for an exciting year in state and national policy. You may have heard about the recent passage of the Child Care and Development Block Grant,...
View ArticleLegislative Action Day
KinderCare leaders in Texas at the capitol in Austin for Legislative Action Day. In early February, Texas KinderCare leaders visited Austin, the state capital for Legislative Action Day. District...
View ArticleCD speaks to leaders, asks for continued subsidy support
Every child deserves access to high-quality early childhood education, regardless of their family’s income level. KU employees are no strangers to children’s advocacy – check out what they did to show...
View ArticleChampions shines in D.C.
Champions and Knowledge Universe leaders headed to Washington, D.C. March 8 for two events focusing on after-school care and education. Champions representatives led training and workshops at the...
View ArticleNAEYC event leads to center hosting senator
Senator Smith shows his support for pre-k. When Amber Berkemeijer, director of a nationally accredited KinderCare center in Bridgeville, Pennsylvania, attending a National Association for the Education...
View ArticleChild Nutrition Program up for reauthorization
Every five years Congress reviews the laws governing the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), and if needed, make some important regulatory changes. When the child nutrition programs were last...
View ArticleState Senator visits Champions for Lights On Afterschool
Champions students and Champions COO Dan Figurski (right) show off robot NAO to the State Senator The Champions afterschool program at Coral Academy-Windmill Elementary in Henderson, Nev., had a...
View ArticleKinderCare kids meet the “President of Pennsylvania”
Children from Londonderry Road KinderCare in Harrisburg met Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf on a visit to the state capitol building. Center Director Curt Gussler is no stranger to Harrisburg’s Capitol...
View ArticleVIPs visit their youngest constituents
Summertime means a break from work – even for elected officials, though they tend to spend their summer breaks visiting voters in their home districts. For a few elected officials, summer 2017 meant a...
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