Laura's Blog Clinton Macsherry to Retire from Maryland Family Network After nearly 25 years leading Maryland Family Network’s (MFN) advocacy and public policy efforts, Clinton Macsherry will retire on December 31, 2024. We need your help Executive Director Laura Weeldreyer makes an appeal to stakeholders to participate in MFN's Strategic Planning Survey to ensure 15 years of future success for Maryland Family Netowrk Navajo Laughing Ceremony In the Navajo tradition, the person who makes a baby laugh for the very first time must make a meal for the baby’s entire family. Join Me for Skolnik 2024 Child care providers, parents, and educators know the value of high-quality early childhood education and health. But what do economists think? Welcome Mike Herschenfeld Welcome Mike Herschenfeld This is one of the ways policy making is supposed to work. This is one of the ways good public policy is supposed to work: we find a promising idea, we pilot it, we collect and evaluate results, and when the results warrant, we build on that success. Meet Our New COO -- Tiera Chin Today we're turning the blog over to MFN's new Chief Operating Officer Tiera Chin so you can get to know her. Welcome Tiera! Evening in Annapolis for Child Care I was honored to join child care providers from across the state, to say thank you to legislators for investing in child care but also to remind them how important child care is to our families, our economy, and our future. It's a really big deal This week Governor Moore introduced his 2025 budget plan, and it included a combined $488 million to support the Maryland Child Care Scholarship Program (CCSP). That would make it Maryland’s largest ever investment in child care. It’s a really big deal.
