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. 

The Grasmick Leadership Award has been given annually since 2011. Past recipients have been Congressmen Anthony Brown, Steny Hoyer, and Kweisi Mfume, Senator Barbara Mikulski, Senate President Bill Ferguson, Speaker of the House Adrienne Jones, State Delegates Sheila Hixson and Maggie McIntosh, State Senators Nancy King and Richard Madaleno, Dr. William E. "Brit" Kirwan of the University of Maryland, and Dep. Asst. Sec. for Early Childhood Development, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Linda Smith.