About me
Kayla Goldfarb is a Policy Manager with Start Early. Her work on the Illinois Policy Team at Start Early is focused on strengthening the statewide home visiting system, supporting the inclusion of young children with delays and disabilities across Illinois’ early learning environments, and expanding a statewide system universal newborn support services. She co-facilitates the National Home Visiting Summit Advocacy & Policy Community of Practice, focused on providing state and national advocates with sound policy information and outreach strategies to promote greater state and federal investment in effective home visiting services for children and families in need across our nation. Kayla has been with Start Early since 2019, having prior worked on early childhood and family economic security policy with the Connecticut Association for Human Services. She holds bachelor’s degrees in political science and global studies from the University of Minnesota, as well as a master’s degree in public policy from the Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota.