Building Solutions & Creating Opportunity: A Summit on the Economic Impact of Early Care & Learning

Schedule

Tue Oct 28 2025 at 08:00 am to 05:00 pm

UTC-08:00

Location

Marriott-Anchorage | Anchorage, AK

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Join us for thread’s 6th Summit on the Economic Impact of Early Care & Learning: Building Solutions & Creating Opportunity. ❤️👇
Hear from local and national leaders, get the latest updates on the Governor’s Child Care Task Force recommendations, and discover innovative solutions from communities across Alaska. 🙌 Whether you’re a business leader, policymaker, or community advocate, this summit is your opportunity to help build a stronger, more resilient child care system in Alaska. 💥
The Summit agenda is ✨NOW AVAILABLE:✨
⭐️ Opening Session: How Are the Children? How Are the Educators?
Hear the latest data on how children and early educators are doing and why their well-being is the foundation for building lasting solutions.
⭐️ Session 2: Meeting Alaska's Child Care Challenge
Explore the ongoing child care crisis in Alaska through data and powerful video storytelling. Hear what thread is doing to lead change.
⭐️ Session 3: State Leadership in Action
Get updates on the Governor’s Child Care Task Force recommendations, recent legislation, and how state-level actions are creating opportunity for child care.
⭐️ Session 4: Child Care Beyond Alaska
Learn about efforts advancing child care, including inspiring policies and innovations from across the country.
⭐️ Session 5: Child Care Is Economic Infrastructure
Hear how leading economists, labor experts, and policy analysts are identifying persistent barriers in child care and the strategies we can use to overcome them to better meet the needs of today’s families and businesses.
⭐️ Session 6: Solutions That Shine - Part 1
Discover bright spots and local solutions across Alaska and beyond that are growing and strengthening child care.
⭐️ Session 7: Solutions That Shine - Part 2
Hear how targeted action in business, policy, and early childhood workforce sectors is building child care solutions and driving real change.
⭐️ Closing: Be the Change for Alaska’s Children
Stay involved, build solutions, and be part of creating opportunities for child care in Alaska!

Learn more:
https://www.threadalaska.org/thread/business-community/economic-impact-summit/building-solutions-creating-opportunity/
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Marriott-Anchorage, 820 W 7th Ave, Anchorage, AK 99501-3407, United States

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