Strong Start For Children

NAEYC - news and resources about the Strong Start for Children Coalition and Campaign

The Strong Start for Children Coalition is a united effort of national, state and local organizations to pursue quality early learning settings for all children, particularly low-income children who stand to gain the most from quality preschool and child care programs. Child Care Aware® of America is a national partner in this coalition and supports initiatives that promote early learning, the healthy development of children and working families.

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Get a brief but complete overview of the Strong Start for Children's position on the expansion of high-quality early learning opportunities for children ages birth to five.

President Obama's call for the nation to make unprecedented investments to increase access to pre-kindergarten programs could be a game-changer in our efforts to ensure every child reaps the benefits of high-quality early learning. In his State of the Union address earlier this year, the president called for investing $75 billion over the next decade to provide preschool for 4-year-olds through a partnership with states.

In his fiscal year 2014 budget request, President Obama included proposals for funding a number of grant programs supporting high-quality early learning. We need older Americans to voice their support for these important requests. Here's why. Despite the growing accumulation of research showing that high-quality early education and care is essential to one's ultimate success in life, some remain unconvinced.

The President's Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 budget proposal calls for historic investments to expand access to high quality early learning programs through a comprehensive birth-to-five early education agenda. Through companion investments in the Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services, the President's initiative includes the following: - $75 billion in mandatory funding across 10 years to support universal access to state preschool programs for low- and middle-income families.

Voices for America's Children supports the Strong Start for Children: Building America's Future Campaign because all children deserve a strong start to ensure success in life. Look for more information on the coalition's upcoming Day of Action when organizations nationwide will show their support of the Early Learning Initiative through a host of events.

Strong Start for Children - Building America's Future In his State of the Union address in February, President Obama announced an ambitious agenda for early care and education.

Posted on June 05, 2013 | Today is the Early Learning Day of Action! In April, President Obama proposed his new $75 million early learning initiative that would expand high-quality early learning opportunities for children through age five.

The latest and best tweets on #prekforall. Read what people are saying and join the conversation.

The Obama administration deserves praise for its recent strong support for greater investments in early childhood education. With reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (No Child Left Behind in its current incarnation) stalled in Congress, and the many valid concerns about narrow test-based initiatives that do nothing to address the challenges of children from disadvantaged families, this new direction is a welcome change.

Wednesday is a National Day of Action for Early Learning. Parents, policymakers, and concerned citizens around the country are coming together to voice their support for early childhood education and demand that Congress and the president act now. Every year that we wait to act, a new cohort of children lose out on the benefits [...]

"Spread the word about President Obama's plan to provide high-quality preschool for every kid in America," twittered the White House on Wednesday. We all know that nothing on the planet compares to the awesome power of social media. But it may require more than a hashtag to bring this one home.

Rally4Babies & Online Petition

and Advocacy toolkit that provides resources advocates and community leaders nee to make sure early learning stays on the national policy agenda and the recent preschool proposal becomes a reality

Appropriations committee recognizes the importance of early learning with this post 1.5 billion dollar increase post-sequestration levels for early ed. This funding has a wider range than just the strong start funding but it would fund the strong start bill. NAEYC's explanation

Appropriations committee recognizes the importance of early learning with this post 1.5 billion dollar increase post-sequestration levels for early ed. This funding has a wider range than just the strong start funding but it would fund the strong start bill. NAEYC's explanation

The following state and local organizations support the Strong Start for America's Children Act. Alabama: Jefferson Co. AFT (Leeds, AL) California: 4Cs of Alameda County (Hayward, CA) Abriendo Puer

This webinar with Helen Blank, the Director of Child Care and Early Learning at the National Women's Law Center, will focus on the provisions of the Strong Start Act as well as the benefits of high quality prekindergarten and strong early learning experiences for children, their families, and the current as well as future economy.