Transcript Early Childhood Development Powerpoint presentation

Early Childhood Development
Investing In America’s Children
• Investing in America’s children is an
investment in America’s future
• Supplying early childhood development
programs can help break the cycle of poverty
• Parents need access to reliable child care in
order to work
• We focus our efforts on
quality early education
and child care
Investing In America’s Children
James Heckman, a
Nobel-prize winning
economist, found that
every dollar invested in
Head Start yields
between $7 and $9 as the
program's alumni enter
the work force and start
contributing to the
economy.
Heckman Equation
Video:
Dr. James Heckman
“Why Early Investment Matters”
Video:
Ounce of Prevention Fund
“Change the First Five Years
and You Change Everything”
Early Childhood Development
Research shows that pre-school and early education
programs :
• Offer most promising way to ensure school
readiness
• Contribute to decreasing
student achievement gap
• Can have long-term positive
effects (ex. consistent
employment, college education,
less use of public assistance )
Head Start
Federally funded program, provides
comprehensive child development services to
disadvantaged preschool children (ages 3-6)
and their families. These services include:
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School readiness and cognitive development services
Frequent medical screening, immunizations, and dental
services
Healthy nutritional assistance
Referral services for a range of individual child and family
needs
An opportunity for parents to participate in school decisionmaking
Head Start
• In 2010, due to the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009, Head Start received
a $2.1 billion increase in funding
• In 2010, Head Start served 949,003 children,
about 20,000 more than in 2009.
• Even with this increase, Head Start still serves
less than 50 percent of children eligible for the
program
Early Head Start
Federally funded program with a mission to promote
healthy prenatal outcomes for pregnant women, enhance
the development of children ages 3 and under, and
promotes healthy family functioning. These services
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Quality early education both in and out of the home
Parenting education
Comprehensive health and mental health services, including
services to women before, during, and after pregnancy
Nutrition education
Family support services
Early Head Start
In 2010, Early Head Start received $1.1 billion
from the increase ARRA gave to Head Start.
• Early Head Start served120, 433 children and
13,538 pregnant women, an increase of 40,000
participants.
• Nationally, Early Head Start still serves less
than 4 percent of children eligible for the
program.
Child Care
Affordable and quality child care is crucial to
parent’s productivity at work and children’s
intellectual development
Vital for working families, especially low-income
families who want to move out of poverty
But, the cost of child care is often too expensive
for low income and moderate-income working
families
Child Care
Funding for the Child Care and Development Block
Grant (CCDBG) comes from three sources:
1. CCDBG funding is included at a mandatory level
specified in the welfare law
2. Congress annually appropriates a discretionary
amount
3. States may choose to use part of their federal
welfare block grant. The amount varies from year to
year and has decreased dramatically because of
states’ fiscal crises.
CCDBG currently serves one in six children
eligible.
Fiscal Year 2011 Funding Baseline
• Head Start: FY 2011 budget included an increase of $340
million for Head Start over the FY 2010 levels, this meant that all
children currently in Head Start- including those funded by
ARRA will remain enrolled. [See state-level data in CLASP’s
state fact sheets ].
• A $100 million increase in the Child Care and Development
Block Grant (CCDBG) from FY2010. The bill provides $2.227
billion in total for the CCDBG. NWLC Report
2012 Policy Goals
• Continue to build support for these services
by requesting:
• $325 million increase in Head Start and Early
Head Start Funding
• $825 million increase in CCDBG Funding
• Funding for recompetition, an incentive to
increase quality of care by allowing the
centers to compete and having the best
centers receive funding
• Expansion for Early Head Start
Early Childhood and the
President’s Budget Proposal
• For Fiscal Year 2013, the President requests
• $8.1 billion for Head Start and Early Head Start,
which will be about an $85 million more than
was allocated in FY 2012
• $2.3 billion for CCDBG , an increase of $825
million.
• Both increases will help maintain current services,
and support these programs reaching more
eligible participants
FY 2013 Deficit Reduction
Obstacles
House Republican Budget: The House Republican
Budget would eliminate slots for about 200,000
children in 2014, according to an analysis by the
National Education Association
Sequestration (Automatic Cuts): Even if Congress
does nothing, a new Coalition on Human Needs
report finds that 75,000 children would lose Head
Start services with automatic cuts scheduled to be
enacted this year.
What Congress Must Do This Year
• Increase funding and expand service levels for Head Start,
Early Head Start and CCDBG in FY 2013. This will support
these programs reaching more eligible families, increase
both worker quality and quality of life for Childcare workers,
and quality of care for children.
• Key Players – House and Senate leadership, and:
Senate Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations
Subcommittee Chairman Tom Harkin (D-IA) and Ranking Member Thad
Cochran (R-MS).
o House Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations
Subcommittee Chairman Danny Rehberg (R-MT) and Ranking Member
Rosa DeLauro (D-CT).
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Make Your Voice Heard!
TAKE ACTION: Call Senate offices and ask for the aide who
handles early childhood development programs -- specifically
Head Start and child care. Tell them (in person or in voicemail)
that you are a constituent, why you care about these
programs, and:
1. Urge them to protect funding for child care, Head Start, and Early Head
Start to help us build a smarter, healthier, and stronger America.
2. Specifically, ask that they work to sustain funding for Head Start/Early
Head Start and child care. And, urge others in your community to do
the same.
3. Tell them you want the senator to reject the House's cuts and work with
Senate leaders to make early childhood development a priority.
How You Can Get Involved
1. Get involved in RESULTS!
2. Make your voice heard: lobby Congress, generate media
coverage, educate others.
3. Submit your story of how early childhood programs have
played an important role in your life, the life of those you
work with, or in the life of your business at:
www.halfinten.org.
The time to stand up for these programs and the people
they support is NOW.
RESULTS/RESULTS Educational Fund
1730 Rhode Island Ave NW
Washington DC 20036
RESULTS Early Childhood Development Campaign Contacts:
Meredith Dodson, [email protected], (202) 782-7100, x116
Jos Linn, [email protected], (515) 288-3622
www.results.org