Early Care and Education Consortium

A one size fits all preschool system can’t accommodate families’ diverse needs—they need options to find the program that’s “just right.”💙

needs a preschool system.

Families come in all shapes & sizes. So should preschool options.

🌞UNIVERSAL: we all get what we need
⛔️Uniform: we all get the same, even if it doesn't fit



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Representative Haley Stevens sent a letter to Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin, asking for to with the to make available to struggling & to expand criteria to make new programs established by the , like the Main Street Loan Facilities & Primary Market Corporate Credit Facility, accessible to providers. “ services are absolutely critical to our during this as well as the post-crisis phase”. https://stevens.house.gov/media/press-releases/stevens-urges-treasury-federal-reserve-support-struggling-child-care-providers

Stevens Urges Treasury, Federal Reserve to Support Struggling Child Care Providers

Expanding access to quality supports working families and helps break the cycle of poverty. Groundwork Ohio shows how expanding access in Ohio can help families thrive.

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Quality matters. Nathan’s Law is moving Missouri toward safe, quality childcare.

Opinion: A new era of child care has come to Missouri and we should embrace it - The Missouri Times On June 26, 2007, then 3-month-old Nathan Blecha was being cared for in a child …

In the coming decades, the ratio of seniors to those of working age will be twice as great as it was in the 20th century. It is more critical now than ever to invest in our children, who will make up our future workforce.

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Children’s early learning and development happens so quickly that when they lack consistent care and education arrangements, adults may miss opportunities to build on children’s emerging skills. https://t.co/hyK599kef6 https://t.co/JQyFsADcKf

Even though they comprise 25% of the population, kids receive less than 8% of the Federal Budget. Children’s Budget 2017 takes a comprehensive look of where that 8% goes.

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School’s out! And that means parents are scrambling to secure to keep children safe, engaged, and learning during the summer months https://t.co/yY6LqfhlyM https://t.co/llDBGlffNq

House Votes to Cut Children's Health Insurance Funding as Advocates Keep Watch https://t.co/NPIkiSq7my via

House Votes to Cut Children's Health Insurance Funding as Advocates Keep Watch Last week, the House of Representatives voted to approve a package revoking $7.1 billion in funding reserved for the Children's Health Insurance Program. What would be the impact of the cuts, and what will the Senate do next?

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Child care represents one of the most significant expenses in household budgets and is unaffordable for many middle and low income families. https://t.co/pEzQ4wv7V7 via https://t.co/ocuEe718Tc