Topic: Head Start & Early Head Start

• New Report Demonstrates Inequitable Access to Head Start Services

• Spotlighting Contributions of Latinx Educators and Inclusive Programs in the ECE Field

• Congressional Briefing Highlights New Research on Early Head Start’s Impacts

• ACF Releases Guidance to Increase ECE Workforce Compensation and Supports

• FFYF’s 2022 Child Care & Early Learning State Fact Sheets

• Administration Expands Eligibility Criteria for Head Start Programs

• FFYF Co-Hosts Congressional Briefing Highlighting Importance of Federal ECE Funding

• Appropriations and Budget Reconciliation: Understanding Federal Early Learning & Care Funding Opportunities

• FY2022 Appropriations Omnibus Includes Increases for Existing Early Learning & Care Programs

• Child Care and Pre-K in the Build Back Better Act: A Look at the Legislative Text

• On Capitol Hill, Secretaries Cardona & Becerra Emphasize the Long-Term Value of Early Learning Investments

• Advocates Call for Increased FY2022 Appropriations for Early Learning and Care Programs

• FFYF Hosts Congressional Briefing on Federal ECE Programs Ahead of FY22 Appropriations

• Following Senate Passage, American Rescue Plan with $39 Billion in Child Care Relief Poised to Become Law

• Child Care and Early Learning in the Senate Version of the American Rescue Plan