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Congressional Appropriations Letter: Support Funding for Head Start Programs

February 27, 2020
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Congressional Appropriations Letter: Support Increased Head Start Funding for FY21

February 27, 2020
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FFYF and Congressional Pre-K Caucus Host Bipartisan Briefing to Highlight Federal ECE Programs

February 27, 2020

This afternoon, First Five Years Fund, in conjunction with the bipartisan Congressional Pre-K Caucus hosted a briefing on federal funding for early learning and care programs, including: the Child Care …

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BREAKING: 26 States Awarded Preschool Development Grant Funding for 2020

December 20, 2019

Washington, D.C. – The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that 20 states have been awarded three-year renewal grants through the Preschool …

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Congress Passes FY2020 Funding Bill with More Than $1 Billion Increase for Early Learning and Child Care

December 16, 2019

On December 19th, Congress passed the FY2020 government spending bills to fund the government through the remainder of the fiscal year. Included in the legislation is over $1 billion in …

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Congress Passes Bipartisan Bill to Boost Early STEM Learning Funding

December 11, 2019

WASHINGTON – Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed the Building Blocks of STEM Act, a bipartisan, bicameral bill that instructs the National Science Foundation (NSF) to consider age distribution when …

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Small Business Loans and Child Care Providers

December 10, 2019

Whether it’s in a home, church, school, stand-alone center, or part of a larger office building, families rely on licensed child care providers in any number of settings to care …

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Bipartisan Legislators Urge Support for Robust Head Start Funding

December 3, 2019

Recently, a group of bipartisan legislators led by Congressmen David Trone (D-MD) and Denver Riggleman (R-VA) urged the Democratic and Republican leaders of the Labor, Health and Human Services, and …

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October is Head Start Awareness Month!

October 3, 2019

This October, FFYF is honoring Head Start Awareness Month — an important opportunity to reflect on and appreciate this critical federal early learning program. Since its founding in 1965, Head …

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FFYF Joins Call for Specific Improvements to Head Start Designation Renewal System

October 2, 2019

Last week, FFYF joined with advocates to provide comments on proposed changes to the Head Start Designation Renewal System (DRS), which the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) uses to …

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Head Start Supports Children and Families, Read the Story of One Family from Washington State

September 5, 2019

As Congress returns from the district work period and continues their efforts to pass legislation to fund the government before the end of September, we know our elected leaders will …

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Early Head Start – Child Care Partnership Program Overview

July 2, 2019

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