| 1977 - 1987 |
The Bush Foundation establishes and supports four centers in Child Development and Social Policy at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), the University of Michigan, the University of North Carolina and Yale University, providing annual grants of approximately $275,000 to each university. |
| 1991 - 1992 |
The Bush Foundation’s Board of Directors identifies very young children at risk of learning and developmental problems as a programmatic priority. State leaders and child development experts, in a series of consultations with Foundation staff, recommend a long-term Bush Foundation investment in training and support for caregivers as a promising strategy for reversing a pervasive pattern of low-quality childcare for infants and toddlers. |
| 1993 |
The Foundation awards planning grants to establish or improve statewide systems of training for infant/toddler caregivers based on the highly regarded Program for Infant/Toddler Caregivers (PITC) developed by J. Ronald Lally and Peter Mangione at WestEd in collaboration with the California Department of Education. |
| 1994 - 1995 |
The Bush Foundation Infant/Toddler Development Program launches with grants to state governments in North Dakota and Minnesota to provide PITC training to infant/toddler caregivers. |
| 1998 |
The program expands with a grant to South Dakota state government for providing PITC training to infant/toddler caregivers. |
| 2000 - 2001 |
The Foundation’s Directors review the experiences and lessons of the program in each of the states, including Native American reservations; the Board approves a Successor Infant/Toddler Grantmaking Program to strengthen and sustain the initiative’s early accomplishments. |
| 2002 |
The Foundation grants support to four pilot projects in Minnesota and on reservations in North Dakota aimed at developing and implementing innovative ways of supporting infant/toddler child care provided by family, friends and neighbors. |
| 2004 |
A Foundation grant enables South Dakota State University to establish the South Dakota Institute for Infant Toddler Care and Development. The Institute is the first and only infant toddler resource center established by the Foundation. Its mission is to develop and provide training and technical assistance to trainers of infant/toddler caregivers in collaboration with PITC. |
| 2007 |
Doug Powell, consultant to the Bush Foundation, publishes “Who’s Watching the Babies?” |
| 2008 |
Infant/Toddler Caregiver Training based on PITC is fully integrated into state government-supported systems in Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota. |
