Feb 17, 2026  
2025-2026 Graduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Graduate Catalog

Leadership for Early Childhood and Family Policy Certificate


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The Graduate Certificate in Early Childhood and Family Policy builds essential policy development and analysis skills. An interdisciplinary lens facilitates an understanding of the impact of early childhood and family policies within a range of systems such as health care, education, family leave, mental health, child abuse and neglect, incarceration of parents, and minimum wage. The importance of the early years and the need for quality services that are distributed equitably and sustainably are integral to a just society. This graduate certificate places individuals at the helm of framing a new era for early childhood policy. This innovative curriculum provides optimum flexibility through four online courses.

For more information about the program, visit: https://online.uky.edu/graduate-certificate/leadership-early-childhood-and-family-policy/no-degree

The Graduate Certificate in Early Childhood and Family Policy requires12 credit hours as follows:

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