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The Dr. Nancy S. Grasmick Leadership Award in Early Care & Education

About The Award

Every year, the Grasmick Award is given to a champion for children who, through their outstanding record of accomplishments, exemplifies the commitment to young children, their families, their teachers, and child care providers that Dr. Grasmick embodied throughout her career.  

This Year's Recipient

2026

This year’s recipient has not yet been announced.

Past Recipients

Group of four people at the Maryland Family Network award event.
Man and woman at outdoor award event with Maryland Family Network plaque.
Maryland Family Network presents award to early childhood education leaders.
Maryland Family Network representatives at the award event.
Maryland Family Network award presentation at early care event.

In November, Maryland Family Network presented Governor Wes Moore with the Dr. Nancy S. Grasmick Leadership Award in Early Care & Education.

Through his historic investment in the Child Care Scholarship Program, his passionate pursuit of an end to childhood poverty, and the many other ways in which he serves as a champion for young children and their families, Governor Moore has played a preeminent role in advancing quality child care and early learning in Maryland.

“One of the best ways you get people back into the workforce, if you look at the data, is doing things like making historic investments in child care,” Governor Moore told the audience at the Governor Calvert House in Annapolis this morning. “If we want to invest in the future of our state, we invest in our children.”

Check out photos from the event on the Governor’s website.

In June, MFN presented Congressman Kweisi Mfume with the Dr. Nancy S. Grasmick Leadership Award in Early Care and Education. Through his work, Congressman Mfume has played a leading role in advancing quality child care and early learning in Maryland. 

Maryland Family Network has chosen Congressman Anthony Brown to receive the 2021 Dr. Nancy S. Grasmick Leadership Award in Early Care and Education. Through his work in Annapolis and in the U.S. House of Representatives, Congressman Brown has played a leading role in advancing quality child care and early learning in Maryland.