Publications & Resources
First Five Nebraska publishes policy and issues briefs, original research and other resources to keep you informed and up to date on a variety of early childhood topics.
Legislative Highlights & Testimony
- LB702: Reauthorize the School Readiness Tax Credit
- LB782: Provide funding for the Nebraska Perinatal Quality Improvement Collaborative (NPQIC)
- LB854: Require notice to the Nebraska Dept. of Health and Human Services in certain cases of alleged out-of-home child abuse or neglect
- LB868: Change requirements for the refundable School Readiness Tax Credit
- LB890: Change the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act
- LB929: Require submission of a Medicaid state plan amendment or waiver to extend postpartum coverage
- Nebraska Legislative Highlights 2022
- Nebraska Legislative Highlights 2021
- Nebraska Legislative Highlights 2020
Policy & Issue Briefs
- Investing ARPA funds to strengthen Nebraska’s early childhood professional workforce | October 2021
- Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER) | September 2021
- Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds for ECE | July 2021
- Key Provisions of the American Rescue Plan for Nebraska Children and Families | March 2021
- LB351: Revising Step Up to Quality to promote quality, capacity | February 2021
- LB342: Strengthening the Sixpence Early Learning Fund | February 2021
- LB531: Nebraska child care contribution tax credit act | February 2021
- Nebraska’s Prenatal-to-Age-3 Policy Goals | 2021
- Nebraska’s Prenatal-to-Age-3 Plan | 2020
- Nebraska’s School Readiness Tax Credit | 2020
- What the ‘fadeout effect’ really means for quality early learning | December 2018
- NECPRS: Streamlining professional record keeping in child care licensing | October 2018
- How do we know when Nebraska’s children are kindergarten-ready? | August 2017
- Early Childhood 101
Reports & Research
- LR162: Efficacy of the School Readiness Tax Credit | February 2022
- Innovative Financing Solutions to Expand Quality Early Care and Education in Nebraska | August 2021
- Using Tax Credits to Help Address Child Care Challenge | February 2021
- Council for a Strong America: Early Childhood Programs’ Scarcity Undermines Nebraska’s Rural Communities | February 2021
- The Bottom Line: Economic Impacts of Inadequate Child Care in Nebraska | August 2020 Overview | Full Report
- Step Up to Quality – Perspectives on the Year One Evaluation | 2016
Business & Economic Development Resources
English
- Understanding LB840 funding for child care
- Business leadership in child care advocacy
- No cost/low cost ways to support working parents
- How to talk to your employer about child care
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Newsletters
- April 2022: An active legislative session for early childhood; new series debuts on how businesses can strengthen local child care; new FFN video on using LB840 funding to build child care capacity; Policy Fellows programs builds connections between research, practice and policy
- March 2022: Funds for child care amended into state’s American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) bill; Policy Leadership Academy culminates with senator visits; guest blog post: “Waiving ‘hefty’ subsidy copayments would help families”; free Learning Begins at Birth aimed at new parents
- February 2022: Update on early childhood bills moving through the Legislature; guest blog by Dr. Ann Anderson Berry on maternal depression and how LB905 will help families and children; Policy Leadership Academy day at the Capitol talking with senators about current legislation
Press Releases
- LB1203 proposes investment of ARPA dollars in initiatives to strengthen Nebraska’s early childhood system and professional workforce | January 20, 2022
- LB485 becomes law, widens access to subsidized child care and transitional child care assistance for working Nebraskans | May 27, 2021
- Passage of LB351 promotes child care quality, capacity in Nebraska | April 7, 2021
- Appropriations Committee’s budget proposal includes strategic investments in infants and toddlers | April 1, 2021
- Sara Howard joins First Five Nebraska | February 1, 2021
- Statewide messaging campaign highlights relationship between quality child care and economic development | July 20, 2020
- Nebraska wins nationwide grant competition to expand high-quality prenatal-to-age-three services to Nebraska’s infants and toddlers and their families | April 16, 2019
- Early childhood policy initiative educates, trains Nebraska community leaders | January 28, 2018