BBF in the News

2025

• 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)