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How States Are Using PDG B-5 Building Grants to Improve Access to Child Care
The BUILD Initiative, ZERO TO THREE, and Start Early, recently released a new brief highlighting the strategies states are using to improve access to child care in their Preschool Development …
Blog Series: How States are Using PDG B-5 Grants
The BUILD Initiative, ZERO TO THREE, and Start Early, recently released a new set of briefs highlighting the strategies states are using to improve child care in their Preschool Development …
How States Are Using PDG B-5 Systems Building Grants to Support Infants and Toddlers
The BUILD Initiative, ZERO TO THREE, and Start Early, recently released a new brief highlighting the strategies states are using to support infants and toddlers in their Preschool Development Grant …
The First Five Things To Know About: Preschool Development Grants Birth through Five (PDG B-5)
Today, 26.8 million people in the workforce – or one out of every six – rely on child care so they can work or go to school. Child care is …
FFYF Submits Feedback on 21st Century Community Learning Centers Guidance
Last week, FFYF submitted feedback on the U.S. Department of Education’s (ED) draft non-regulatory guidance for the Nita M. Lowey 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC). 21st CCLC grants …
FFYF Comments on Early Care and Education in ESRA Reauthorization
In April, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) released a Request for Information seeking input on policies the Committee should consider in the upcoming reauthorization of …
Report: States are Making Progress in Creating Integrated ECE Systems
Last week, the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) released a state-by-state report analyzing the integration and efficiency of early care and education (ECE) systems. This report serves as a follow-up to …
Early Learning and Child Care: Unaffordable, Unattainable, Unsustainable
Parents and employers rely on affordable, quality child care to support a robust workforce – but it’s often out of reach for too many Child care is an integral pillar …
The Necessity of MIECHV Reauthorization: Economic Benefit
The fourth and final part of FFYF’s blog series on the necessity of MIECHV reauthorization focuses on economic impacts. Given the evidence demonstrating the effectiveness of MIECHV, the program presents …
The Necessity of MIECHV Reauthorization: Parents’ Benefit
As the third part of FFYF’s blog series on the importance of MIECHV reauthorization, this blog focuses on the many ways in which parents benefit from home visiting programs. Home …
FFYF Statement on Bipartisan Introduction of The Jackie Walorski Maternal and Child Home Visiting Reauthorization Act of 2022
WASHINGTON – Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal (D-MA) and Ranking Member Kevin Brady (R-TX), alongside Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone (D-NJ) and Ranking Member Cathy …
