1. All on Board for Children Learning Community
Webinar
How Tax Policy Is Linked to Quality Early Care and Education
Insight Center for Community Economic Development
April 22, 2008

2. INSIGHT CENTER FOR COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (Formerly the National Economic Development and Law Center)
Who we are: Insight Center is a 39 year old national research, consulting and legal non-profit organization
Our Mission: Helping vulnerable people and communities become, and remain, economically secure
How we work: We partner with a diverse range of colleagues to develop innovative strategies and programs that result in systemic change
Focus Areas: Early care and education
Building community, communal, and individual financial assets
Workforce Development

3. All on Board for Children Initiative (ABC)
Funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, The ABC Initiative has identified the following objectives to advance the early care and education (ECE) field:
1. Create and lead a national learning community
2. Help build state infrastructures
3. Develop an effective message strategy that lays the groundwork for a policy agenda
4. Develop state and national policy agendas

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5. Today’s Webinar
GOAL: For participants to come away with the information, resources and insight needed to determine if embarking on a tax policy strategy in your state is the right course to take
PRESENTERS:
Louise Stoney: Co-founder of the Alliance for Early Childhood Finance, and a partner in the Linking Economic Development and Child Care Project.
Amy Matsui: Senior Counsel at the National Women’s Law Center
Geoffrey Nagle: Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Tulane University School of Medicine and the Director of the Tulane Institute of Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health.