In a 16-0 vote the Wisconsin Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee (JFC) unanimously passed YoungStar, the Department of Children and Families’ (DCF) child care quality rating and improvement system, on June 23rd. The JFC’s action approves $10...
The Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) released fact sheets for Head Start and Early Head Start programs for the 2008-09 program year based on programs’ annual Program Information Report (PIR) data. The fact sheets provide snapshots of the...
Yesterday, the full Senate Committee on Appropriations approved (by a 18-12 vote) three FY2011 bills including the Labor, HHS, Ed, and Related Agencies bill, whose mark cleared the subcommittee earlier this week. Comparison of Labor, HHS, and Ed Appropriations –...
The National Center for Research on Early Childhood Education (NCRECE) recently published “Readiness for School Involves and Array of Skills: Let’s Not Forget Fine Motor Development” in its July 2010 issue of In Focus (vol. 1, no. 5). The article...
The Senate Labor, HHS, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee has approved its FY 2011 mark-up which provides$169.6 billion in discretionary funding for the applicable Departments and related agencies. The subcommittee’s mark provides $8.2...
Children’s Budget 2010, the latest annual edition in the First Focus Children’s Budget series, is a comprehensive guide to all federal spending on children as it provides analysis of the over 180 federally funded programs which aim to enhance the...
WHAT: “From Arrest to Homecoming–Addressing the Needs of Children of Incarcerated Parents” Webinar SPONSOR: National Reentry Resource Center WHEN: Wednesday, September 1, 2010 from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. (central) WHERE: Internet DESCRIPTION: This free...
Yesterday, the House Labor, HHS, Education and Related Agencies appropriations subcommittee held its mark-up for the FY2011 Appropriations bill. The bill provides $176.4 billion in discretionary spending for the Labor, HHS, and Education department as well as other...
TheNational Institute for Literacy recently released Learning to Talk and Listen: An Oral Language Resource for Early Childhood Caregivers,the second booklet in its “Cornerstones” series of publications to support research-based early literacy practices. ...
