How States Can Increase Access to Benefits for Early Educators

This National ECE Workforce Center research-to-practice brief outlines strategies state and local administrators can use to increase access to benefits like health care, retirement contributions, paid time off, and paid planning time. This brief expands on a previous brief, Benefits Offered to Center-Based Early Care and Education Educators, by considering what educators say they need for benefits and outlining actionable considerations for state and local administrators interested in connecting early educators with benefits.