2026
Community college student parents need child care. Here’s how colleges can help. Liz Bell, January 12, 2026, EdNC.org
North Carolina Task Force on Child Care and Early Education Advances Efforts to Increase Access to Affordable, High-Quality Child Care - Press Release (January 13, 2026)
2025
How the state can find and support child care teachers. Liz Bell, September 22, 2025, EdNC.org
As early childhood apprenticeships increase, leaders say more are needed to support ‘the workforce behind the workforce.’ Liz Bell, September 9, 2025, EdNC.org
Lieutenant Governor Hunt and Task Force on Child Care and Early Education Release Report Proposing Initial Solutions to Child Care Crisis - Press Release (July 1, 2025)
Looking inside child care budgets at NC task force meeting - EdNC (June 3, 2025)
Child care ‘deep dives’ from the second meeting of Gov. Stein’s task force - EdNC (May 6, 2025)
NC Chamber Foundation surfaces child care solutions from across the state and country - EdNC (March 4, 2025)
Report: Addressing North Carolina's Child Care Crisis - NC Chamber Foundation (February 25, 2025)
2024
Early Years Registers First Statewide Early Childhood Educator Apprenticeship in North Carolina - Press Release (November 27, 2024)
HCC Begins Early Childhood Apprenticeship Program - RRSpin.com (July 10, 2024)
2023
Apprenticeship Week segment featuring A Safe Place Childcare in Raleigh - Spectrum News 1 (November 17, 2023)
Economic Development: Training N.C. - Business North Carolina Magazine (October 1, 2023)
School’s back in session. For early childhood education, it was never out - EdNC (September 5, 2023)
North Carolina Working to Attract and Retain Early Childhood Teachers - Beaufort County Now (August 17, 2023)
North Carolina Working to Attract and Retain Early Childhood Teachers/Carolina del Norte trabaja para atraer y retener a los maestros de educación temprana - NCDHHS (August 15, 2023)
FPG hosts informational session on early care and education for Building Bright Futures - University of North Carolina's Frank Porter Graham Child Development Insitute (August 15, 2023)
Governor Cooper Visits Ashe Developmental Day School to Highlight Urgent Need to Invest in Early Childhood Education - Greensboro News & Record (July 9, 2023)
Governor Cooper Visits Ashe Developmental Day School to Highlight Urgent Need to Invest in Early Childhood Education - Watauga Online (July 6, 2023)
Governor Cooper Visits Ashe Developmental Day School to Highlight Urgent Need to Invest in Early Childhood Education - Office of the Governor (July 6, 2023)
Cooper announces new early childhood education apprenticeship program - WFDD (May 15, 2023)
Governor Cooper Announces Building Bright Futures and Recognizes Child Care Provider Appreciation Day - Office of the Governor (May 14, 2023)
Gov. Cooper calls for more funding for early education, state’s Building Bright Futures program - CBS17 (May 12, 2023)