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Legislative Session Updates

Posted: February 14, 2025 https://youtu.be/0oZcUegkXJI Happy Valentine’s Day!    Biz Harris, MELA Executive Director, shares a brief legislative update as of February 14, 2025. For more information on the bills we are following, check out the Prenatal to 5 bill Tracker. Posted: February 5, 2025 Here is a quick update about the legislative session and the … Read more

2025 Early Childhood Capitol Day

We are so thrilled for the amount of people that have RSVP’d for the morning tracks that we reached max capacity! It is all because of your amazing support of the early childhood community.  The morning sessions may be full, but at 1:00 p.m., we will gather together to be introduced in either the Senate … Read more

MELA Reflects on 2024

Dear Partners and Friends, As we enter the new year, we at the Mississippi Early Learning Alliance (MELA) want to reflect and celebrate all the ways we supported our partners working to improve the lives of Mississippi’s youngest children. In 2024, we saw growing awareness around the importance of affordable, accessible child care for families, … Read more

What’s Happening at the Capitol: A Mississippi Prenatal to Five Update

https://youtu.be/4dvahk67xDs There has been a lot of activity at the Capital this fall, so we wanted to send a quick video update for those of you who may not have been able to attend. Basically, the video is four minutes that recaps five days of meetings! The update focuses on what has been disussed related to … Read more