OPSR Foundation Releases RFP for $250,000 Statewide Marketing Campaign to Expand Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library in Oklahoma The Oklahoma Partnership for School Readiness (OPSR) Foundation is accepting proposals from qualified marketing firms and/or individual marketing professionals to plan and execute a comprehensive mark...

RFP Announcement! The Oklahoma Partnership for School Readiness Foundation has released an RFP for a $250,000 statewide marketing campaign to expand Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library in Oklahoma

👉 Learn more / submit a proposal: www.okschoolreadiness.org/post/opsr-fo...

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library | OPSR The Oklahoma Partnership for School Readiness (OPSR) is the official home of the Dolly Parton's Imagination Library in Oklahoma. Enroll your child or donate to provide free books to Oklahoma kids. Dol...

This #GivingTuesday, give the gift of reading.

Just $31 supports a child in Oklahoma with 12 free books through Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. 📚✨

A small gift = a big impact.

👉 Donate here: www.okschoolreadiness.org/dolly-parton...

We’re so grateful to @Flogistix for supporting the Canadian County Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library and its local affiliate, the Friends of the El Reno Library!
Your gift helps bring free books and a love of reading to children across Canadian County. 📚💙
#DollyPartonImaginationLibrary #Flogistix

👏 Thank you to 270+ participants & facilitators Jill Molli & Angela Fraley for making OPSR’s Conscious Discipline® training a huge success! 🌟 #EarlyChildhood #OPSR

New Grant Opportunity from OPSRF
We’re funding short-term, high-impact projects that strengthen family engagement across the early childhood system.
-Apply by Sept. 8, 2025
-Awards from $50K to $500K
-Funded by the Preschool Development Grant B-5
Learn more: www.okschoolreadiness.org/post/opsrf-a...

Researchers - Join OPSR in October to present your latest findings at the 2025 Oklahoma Early Childhood Research Symposium!

Families with young children: we have a new opportunity for you to share your story about accessing and receiving support services for your infant or toddler. If you are interested, please read more about it in the flyer. Our trusted partners would love to hear from you!

OPSR is excited to announce Dr. Cynthia Osborne as our Keynote Speaker for the 2025 Early Childhood Research Symposium coming in October!

Teachers' Lounge | OPSR The Teachers' Lounge provides information to child care providers about new accreditation rules, deadlines and resources.

In conjunction with new changes to the state’s QRIS system, OPSR has made available $500,000 in grants to support Oklahoma Child Care providers seeking national accreditation! learn more: www.okschoolreadiness.org/teachers-lou...

Thank you to lawmakers for taking a positive step in supporting the Child Care Workforce. The bipartisan work of legislators on SB676 will help provide subsidized child care for child care providers - a huge benefit for our ECCE system!

CONTACT YOUR SENATORS TO APPROVE FINAL PASSAGE OF SB676!

OPSR is in Washington, D.C. for Child Care Aware of America's annual symposium and Capitol Hill visits, meeting with Rep. Bice and other members of the Oklahoma delegation. #childcarestrong #problemstoprogress #StephanieBice

Yesterday, OPSR celebrated our incredible Thrive Network Ambassadors—volunteers dedicated to supporting Family Child Care Home providers across Oklahoma. 💙 We honored 6 Ambassadors whose service helped grow the network to 870+ members since its launch in 2023. #okthrivenetwork

Attention 5-Star Child Care Programs!
Oklahoma Human Services reminds you that the deadline to submit your national accreditation application is April 10th!
Don’t miss this important opportunity—submit your application on time to maintain your 5-star status.

Register today for the Strengthening Families Together Convening hosted by Oklahoma Human Services, Oklahoma State Department of Health, and Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth. Register at www.tinyurl.com/convening10.

Short state funding, Oklahoma is losing child care providers For years, Oklahoma has only minimally contributed to a state program to help low-income families access child care. Advocates say without additional state funding, the industry won’t be able to meet ...

Check out this great new article by Kayla Branch at The Frontier, featuring OPSR's Carrie Williams, on the ongoing child care crisis in Oklahoma.
www.readfrontier.org/stories/shor...

Honor Phil Dessauer Jr.'s legacy with the OPSR Public Policy Fellowship! College juniors and seniors can gain hands-on experience advocating for Oklahoma’s children, plus earn a $2,500 stipend. Apply by March 3 for this impactful semester or summer internship! Learn more: bit.ly/4aYkDW0

Costs putting quality, affordable childcare out of reach for many Problems attaining childcare have been weighing on workers' engagement in the labor force.

Costs putting quality, affordable childcare out of reach for many kansascityfed.org/ten/costs-pu... via
@kansascityfed.bsky.social

OPSR at the Hunt Institute’s 2025 Oklahoma Legislators Retreat!
We were honored to present at this year’s retreat, where our Executive Director, Carrie Williams, engaged with Oklahoma legislators about the critical need for state investment in early child care and education.
#OKLR25

NEW DATA: Childcare costs remain an almost prohibitive expense We updated our National Database of Childcare Prices with data from 2019-2022 and found that U.S. families spend between 8.9% and 16.0% of their median income on full-day care for just one child.

Cost of child care for one child can be more than rent in some US counties blog.dol.gov/2024/11/19/n...

OPSR was created to help Oklahoma families access the early care and education, family support, and health and mental health services they need to support their children during their most critical period of development from birth through age five.

Learn more at www.okschoolreadinees.org