The original House version of the Federal 2011 budget would have cut $1 billion, or 15%, of the national Head Start budget, and would have cut the child care budget by $39 million. Fortunately, early care and education got a significant victory in the final compromise package worked out by the House, Senate and President [...]
Posts Tagged ‘President Obama’
Early Education Fares Well in the 2011 Federal Budget
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Budget, CCDBG, child care, Early Childhood Education, ECE Legislation, Head Start, President Obama on April 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This Mother’s Day, Mom Says “Invest in Young Children!”
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Budget, child care, Early Childhood Education, federal funding for early education, Head Start, President Obama on May 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Every day, mothers invest their time, attention, and love in young children. This year on Mother’s Day, in recognition of this investment, contact Congress and ask them to make a similar investment to promote the well-being of young children across the nation! Earlier this year, President Obama released his budget request for fiscal year 2011. [...]
Early Education Could Get a Federal Boost
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Budget, child and dependent care tax credit, child care, child care and development block grant, Early Childhood Education, Early Learning Challenge Fund, ECE Legislation, President Obama, promise neighborhoods on March 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Earlier this year, President Obama released his budget request for next year (fiscal year 2011). The President called for a ‘freeze’ of total federal discretionary spending over the next three years. Despite this freeze, he has proposed significant increases in discretionary spending on programs that impact children (a $6.12 billion increase over last year)! With [...]
March Forth Today for Children
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Budget, child care, Children Learning, Early Childhood Education, ECE Legislation, ECE Professionals, Families Earning, March Forth, President Obama on March 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Today, on March 4th, please join thousands of advocates to “March Forth” in support of increased funding for child care, Head Start and child nutrition. This year’s action theme — “Families Earning, Children Learning” — reminds Congress of the importance of these programs for children, parents and our economic recovery. Ready to join the action? [...]
Early Learning Challenge Fund Passed by House Committee
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged child care, Early Childhood Education, Early Learning Challenge Fund, ECE Legislation, ECE Professionals, President Obama on July 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 (H.R.3221), which contains a provision for the Early Learning Challenge Fund (beginning on pg. 125 of the bill), was passed yesterday by the US House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor. As part of President Obama’s earlier plan to invest $10 billion over 10 years [...]
Early Learning Challenge Fund to be Discussed
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged child care, Early Childhood Education, Early Learning Challenge Fund, ECE Legislation, ECE Professionals, President Obama on July 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
U.S. Representative George Miller (D-CA) recently introduced the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 (H.R.3221) into the House of Representatives. This bill restructures student loan procedures and uses the savings to invest in other areas of education. This legislation includes substantial investments in early childhood education through an Early Learning Challenge Fund. In [...]
Federal Early Education Bills to Watch
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged child care, Early Childhood Education, ECE Legislation, ECE Professionals, President Obama on May 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Since our earlier blog entry on federal early education bills, many more have been introduced into the United States Congress. Here are 5 more Federal bills to watch: 1. S.839/H.R.2184- The Prepare All Kids Act of 2009. This bill-which was introduced in both houses-would provide grants to states to help them create/expand/enhance voluntary, universal preschool [...]
What’s in the 2010 Federal Budget?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Budget, child care, Early Childhood Education, ECE Legislation, ECE Professionals, President Obama, promise neighborhoods on May 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last week, President Obama and his administration released their proposal for the fiscal year 2010 (October 1, 2009- September 30, 2010) federal budget. Investments in early education, which have long been part of President Obama’s vision for reforming education (see previous blog entry), were prominent in the proposal. Although the proposal includes a decrease in [...]
Early Education: Funding Increases and Program Cuts
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Budget, child care, Early Childhood Education, ECE Legislation, ECE Professionals, President Obama on May 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Earlier this week, Pre-K Now released a report discussing proposed 2010 pre-k funding in all 50 states. The report, entitled “Leadership Matters: Governors’ Pre-K Proposals Fiscal Year 2010,” paints a hopeful picture for the early education community. Despite widespread budget deficits, there are significantly more governors (27 vs. 5) who proposed to increase or stabilize [...]
Federal Education Plans Include Building “Promise Neighborhoods”
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Early Childhood Education, ECE Legislation, President Obama, promise neighborhoods on May 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In his budget outline, President Obama has included plans to create “Promise Neighborhoods” in up to 20 cities across the nation. These innovative programs will be modeled after the highly successful “Harlem Children’s Zone” in New York. The Harlem Children’s Zone program takes a holistic approach to improving children’s lives and combating poverty through education, [...]
