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Acknowledgments
This forecast was created by Katie King, Katherine Prince, Jason Swanson and Maria Romero of KnowledgeWorks, in collaboration with Joe Waters of Capita. Todd Garvin created the design, Julie Mader-Meersman created the illustrations and Kate Westrich managed the production and release.
Many thanks to Buffet Early Childhood Fund, Voqal, The Grable Foundation, First Five LA, Reach Out and Read Carolinas and Greenville First Steps for their financial support and dedication to young children and their families; to Nicholtown Children and Family Collaborative, Omidyar Network, World Forum Foundation and Wu Yee Children’s Services for organizing convenings of parents and experts across domains to support the research for this forecast; to the participants of those convenings for their time and insights; to Karen Avery, Sara DeWitt, Dorothy Fleisher, Steven Mintz, Dipesh Navsaria, Sara Schapiro, Jessica Schumer, Karen Smith, Linda Smith, Helene Stebbins, Katharine Stevens, Shannon Vallor, Brad Wilcox and David Willis for the time and knowledge shared during interviews; to Grady Powell for his support in early framing of this forecast; and to KnowledgeWorks and Strive Partnership colleagues Mike Ball, Cris Charbonneau, Rolando Fernando, Heather Gerker, Jillian Kuhlmann, Jesse Moyer, Angie Okuda and Emily Smith for their feedback on the content.
