Michael Medwick
mmedwick@firstfivenebraska.org
(402) 261-9671, ext. 105
First Five Nebraska
Cornhusker Office Plaza
301 South 13th Street, Suite 600
Lincoln, NE 68508
8/27/20
8/8/20
Midlands Voices: Nebraska child care businesses face enormous challenges, Omaha World-Herald
7/23/20
Campaign boosts child care efforts, McCook Gazette
6/22/20
6/7/20
Grant allows Grand Island Public Schools to add all-day preschool at Howard Elementary, Grand Island Independent
4/29/20
4/22/20
Child care resource and referral website for Nebraska launches, Fremont Tribune
4/21/20
New database designed to help Nebraska parents find child care amid coronavirus, Omaha World-Herald
4/9/20
Talking about social distancing to a toddler, Lincoln Journal-Star
3/4/20
Bill to allow rescue of children left in hot cars advances in Nebraska Legislature, Lincoln Journal-Star
Michael Medwick
mmedwick@firstfivenebraska.org
(402) 261-9671, ext. 105
First Five Nebraska
Cornhusker Office Plaza
301 South 13th Street, Suite 600
Lincoln, NE 68508
Reports
Council for a Strong America: Early Childhood Programs' Scarcity Undermines Nebraska's Rural Communities
Using Tax Credits to Help Address Child Care Challenges
2019 Nebraska Legislative Highlights
2018 Nebraska Legislative Highlights
2017 Nebraska Legislative Highlights
Step Up to Quality - Perspectives on the Year One Evaluation (2016)
2016 Nebraska Legislative Highlights
2015 Nebraska Legislative Highlights
Briefs
Key Provisions of the American Rescue Plan for Nebraska Children and Families
LB351: Revising Step Up to Quality to promote quality, capacity
LB531: The Nebraska Child Care Contribution Tax Credit Act
Nebraska's Prenatal-to-Age-3 Plan
Nebraska's School Readiness Tax Credit
What the 'Fadeout' Effect Really Means for Quality Early Learning
Streamlining Professional Record Keeping in Child Care Licensing
How Do We Know When Nebraska's Children Are Kindergarten-Ready?
Early Childhood 101
Press Releases
Passage of LB351 Promotes Child Care Quality, Capacity in Nebraska
Sara Howard Joins First Five Nebraska
Statewide Messaging Campaign Highights Relationship Between Quality Child Care and Economic Development
Nebraska Wins Nationwide Planning Grant to Expand Services to Infants and Toddlers
First Five Nebraska Launches Early Childhood Policy Leadership Academy
First Five Nebraska Internship Application
Early childhood policy initiative educates, trains Nebraska community leaders
Brochures & Infographics
Early Childhood Professionals Refundable School Readiness Tax Credit
Early Childhood Professionals Nonrefundable School Readiness Tax Credit
Synapses & Skills: The Science of Lifelong Success