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OSSS receives one-time gift from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott! Read our announcement here. 

Featuring Oakland Starting Smart & Strong

Three Golden Rules for Improving Early Childhood Systems; New America, October, 2024. 

Co-Creation: Approaches to Sharing Power in a Place-Based Initiative; The David and Lucille Packard Foundation, November 2024

Meet Our Partners: Priya Jagannathan; Engage R+D, August 2024

How Oakland Overcomes Racial Disparities in Child Care (Live at KDOL-TV); No One is Coming to Save Us Podcast, Lemonada Media, 2023

In the San Francisco Bay Area, Two New Funds Support Early Care and Education; New America, May 2023

Incorporating Anti-Racist Principles into Preschool Classrooms; New America, April 2022

Seeing a Birth of Hope: Training Teachers in Trauma-Informed Classroom Practice; New America, July 2019​

​Parents Know Best: How Family-Led Data Collection and Advocacy Lead to Increases in Early Childhood Funding in Alameda County; National Institute for Children's Health Quality, 2021
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