Minnesota's Early Childhood Education Investments: Landscape Analysis of Minnesota's American Rescue Plan 2021 Investments Into Early Childhood Education

The goal of this study was to understand the impact of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds on increasing wages and retention of the early childhood education workforce. The report includes: 1) a description of how Minnesota invested ARPA funds into the early childhood workforce and potential contributions to wages and retention of the workforce and 2) a comparison of Minnesota’s investment and workforce with five other states.