Neighborhood Villages

How We Helped a Grassroots Nonprofit Become a National Voice for Child Care Reform.

The Impact Needed

Neighborhood Villages set out to fix a child care system in crisis. Through a long-term public affairs and communications strategy, CTP helped transform that mission into a movement. We positioned the nonprofit as a trusted authority in early education reform — leveraging media, thought leadership, and storytelling to elevate its impact. From the State House to national outlets, we helped bring urgency to the issue and legitimacy to the organization, influencing both public opinion and public policy in Massachusetts and beyond.

The Story We Told

A group of Neighborhood Villages staff pose with local policymakers in business attire.
A group of Neighborhood Villages staff poses with Senator Elizabeth Warren.
Three preschool aged children enjoy a snack from colorful bowls in a bright classroom.
Two Neighborhood Villages teachers play and smile with a child while sitting outside at a picnic table.
A Neighborhood Villages teacher plays with preschool and toddler aged children on a colorful blanket inside a bright classroom.
A Neighborhood Villages teacher colors with her student using markers in a bright classroom.
A group of volunteers unpacks supplies from boxes inside a loading dock.
A teacher and a group of preschool aged students look at a laptop inside a classroom. The students sit on pillows shaped like flowers.
3 Neighborhood Villages staff pose in front of a banner and balloons branded with the Neighborhood Villages logo.
4 women from Neighborhood Villages pose on stage with purple backlights. The stage shows a presentation titled "Make A Circle"
Attendees of a small conference look toward the front of a crowded room in an industrial building. There is a presentation on screen and balloons that say "Welcome to Playtopia"
A group of staff and volunteers cheer and wave blue and white pom-poms inside an auditorium.
A large group of men and women pose in front of a banner with the Neighborhood Villages logo at an event.
A moderator asks questions of two woman in a panel at the Boston Globe's Working Mother's Summit.
Boston Globe Working Mother’s Summit – Boston Globe Working Mothers Panel
A promo image noting that a new episode of the Neighborhood Villages podcast, titled "No one is coming to save us," is available to listen to.
Snippet from Season 5 of “No One Is Coming To Save Us” with Binal Patel here

The Difference It Made

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total media placements in 2024

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unique monthly media impressions

Positioned

Neighborhood Villages as a national leader on child care reform

Elevated

child care as a statewide policy priority

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