States Can Begin Applying for Funding through New Preschool Development Grants Program
Today, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a Funding Announcement Opportunity (FOA) for the new Preschool Development […]
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September 20, 2018 Meg Hassan After Senate Passage, Negotiations Underway with House on Bipartisan Opioid Bill
On Monday, the Senate overwhelmingly passed a comprehensive bill with strong bipartisan support in response to the opioid epidemic devastating […]
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September 14, 2018 Charles Joughin Bipartisan Congressional Conference Committee Approves Increases to ECE Funding
Yesterday, a Congressional Conference committee made up of bipartisan representatives from the House and Senate announced it had reached agreement […]
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September 13, 2018 Megan Feldman Weekly Early Childhood Education News Report
September 10-14, 2018 National ‘Broken’ economics for preschool workers, child care sector The Washington Post New Preschool Development Grants Emphasize […]
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September 13, 2018 Charles Joughin An Introduction to Childhood Trauma and Toxic Stress
It is now widely understood that a child’s brain is at its most flexible during the first few years of […]
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September 12, 2018 Megan Feldman Office of Head Start Releases Program Instruction for Head Start and Early Head Start Supplemental Funds
The Office of Head Start (OHS) announced yesterday the availability of additional funds to increase high-quality early childhood program hours […]
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September 7, 2018 Charles Joughin States Can Begin Applying for Funding through New Preschool Development Grants Program
Today, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a Funding Announcement Opportunity (FOA) for the new Preschool Development […]
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September 7, 2018 Megan Feldman Weekly Early Childhood Education News Report
September 3-9, 2018 FFYF in the News Rittling: How New ESSA Preschool Development Grants Will Help States Build a Foundation […]
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September 6, 2018 Charles Joughin ICYMI: Back to School for Early Learners with Promise of Preschool Development Grants
As children across the country start school – many for the first time – it’s important to recognize the federal […]
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September 6, 2018 Charles Joughin House to Begin Conference Process on Federal Funding Package, Including ECE Programs
The House will vote today to go to conference with the Senate on an appropriations package that includes spending allocations […]
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August 30, 2018 Megan Feldman Weekly Early Childhood Education News Report
August 27-31, 2018 National News Child care is broken. Silicon Valley thinks it can fix that, too Quartz Report: U.S. […]
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August 28, 2018 Meg Hassan Lynn Johnson Confirmed as Assistant Secretary for Family Support at HHS
Today, Lynn Johnson was confirmed by the full Senate as the Assistant Secretary for Family Support at the Department of […]
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August 23, 2018 Charles Joughin Senate Passes Bipartisan Funding Bill with Increases for Federal Early Childhood Programs
Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Senate voted today to approve important funding increases for many of the nation’s federal early […]
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August 12, 2018 FFYF Has A New Look!
For the past decade, the First Five Years Fund (FFYF) has worked in partnership to advance numerous policies, programs and […]
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August 7, 2018 Meg Hassan A New Report Shows Benefits of Legacy Preschool Development Grant Program
Last week, the Departments of Education (ED) and Health and Human Services (HHS) released a progress report highlighting states’ progress […]
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August 7, 2018 Meg Hassan Thinking About Early Childhood Policy Beyond the “Silos”
Last week, Project Evident’s Sara Peters and Capita’s Joe Waters published an article that seeks to “reframe our current approach […]