LIIF Board Vice Chair Jessica Sager and Janna Wagner, child care leaders and co-founders of All Or Kin, are the recipients of the 2024 The Heinz Award for the Economy. The Heinz Award judges indicated that “independent analyses show that All Our Kin’s work contributes to the creation of thriving, neighborhood-based, early learning environments. All Our Kin-trained providers generate high scores on assessments, which correlates strongly with positive outcomes in terms of children’s cognitive, social and emotional skill development and attitudes toward learning.”
Read The Heinz Award article.
Numbers don’t drive our economy – people do. When we provide quality child care to families in their own communities, when we make sure educators have the tools to run a business, and when we advocate for those educators to get a living wage, everyone wins. Children are supported, parents can work and the economy thrives.
LIIF Board Vice Chair Jessica Sager