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
- LR378: Child Care Subsidy Reimbursement Rates | October 2022
- 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
- Early Childhood 101
Reports & Research
- Setting Child Care Subsidy Reimbursement Rates (FFN/Pillars Research) | October 2022
- 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
- November 2022: 2022-2023 Policy Leadership Academy (PLA) has convened to build citizen advocates for early childhood policy; Mitchell Clark joins First Five Nebraska; PLA alumni to collaborate up with elementary school principals on early childhood issues; grants are available to expand child care capacity.
- October 2022: FFN testifies at Nebraska legislative hearings on investigating abuse or neglect in licensed child care (LR266), and setting provider reimbursement rates for child care subsidy (LR378); Governor signs proclamation for “We Care for Kids Day”; American Rescue Plan Act grants are available for qualifying child care providers.
- September 2022: New FFN calculator shows how child care costs affect families; Investing in Child Care: Black Hills Energy’s giving strengthens Nebraska early childhood programs; Join our Team! We’re hiring a Public Policy Advisor; early education, business, economic development and government leaders connected at the Thriving Children conference over the importance of early care and learning and keeping communities strong.
Press Releases
- Mitch Clark joins First Five Nebraska | November 4, 2022
- 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