First Five Nebraska has announced the newest members of the Nebraska Early Childhood Policy Leadership Academy, who will participate in the 2025–26 program beginning in October and concluding in March 2026.

An initiative of First Five Nebraska, the PLA is the state’s premier nonpartisan leadership program dedicated to building grassroots momentum for policies that support the care, education and healthy development of young children.

This year’s cohort includes 20 leaders from across Nebraska, representing early care and education, higher education, economic development, public health and other areas of the public and private sectors. Over the course of the program, participants will develop advanced grassroots strategies to organize and mobilize communities in support of local and state

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