Rep. Gwen Moore Retains Seat on House Budget Committee
Wisconsin Congresswoman Gwen Moore (D-Milwaukee) has received a prized permanent seat on the House Budget Committee which is now chaired by fellow Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan (R-Janesville). House Democrats lost many revered committee assignments following...
Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Support Breastfeeding
Surgeon General Regina M. Benjamin released a Call to Action to Support Breastfeeding on January 20, 2011 which outlines steps that can be taken to remove some obstacles faced by women who want to breastfeed their babies. The Call to Action identifies ways that...
2011 HHS Poverty Guidelines
Below you will find the 2011 U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) poverty guidelines as published in the Federal Register on January 20, 2011. The guidelines and related information may also be accessed at ASPE.hhs.gov.
Sargent Shriver, Architect of Head Start, Dies at 95
Businessman, lawyer, and public servant Robert Sargent "Sarge" Shriver, Jr. died Tuesday, January 19, 2011 at age 95 after several days of hospitalization. Shriver was best known for his roles as the first director of the Peace Corps during the Kennedy administration...
Revised Head Start Child Outcomes Framework
The Office of Head Start (OHS) recently published a revision to the Child Outcomes Framework for Head Start originally released in 2000. The revision, renamed The Head Start Child Development and Learning Framework: Promoting Positive Outcomes in Early Childhood...
Fulfilling the Promise: Supporting and Educating Parents
WHAT: 16th Annual Statewide Conference for Parent Educators & Home Visitors, Fulfilling the Promise: Supporting and Educating Parents SPONSORS: UW-Extension Family Living Programs, Child Abuse Prevent (CAP) Fund, Dept. of Health Services' Div. of Public Health,...
DHS Webcast: Update on Maternal, Infant, and Child Home Visitation
WHAT: Update on Maternal, Infant, and Child Home Visitation Webcast SPONSOR: Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) WHEN: Thursday, January 6 at 1:30 p.m. WHERE: Via the web. Please use this link to access the webcast. DESCRIPTION: The Federal Health Care...
Congress Passes Continuing Resolution for FY 2011 Appropriations through March 4, 2011
Yesterday, in a 79-16 vote the Senate passed HR 3082, a short-term continuing resolution (CR) for FY 2011 appropriations which authorizes continued government operations through March 4, 2011. This CR replaces the previous CR which expired on December 21. The House...
Omnibus FY 2011 Appropriations Bill Fails
Late last week Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid pulled the FY 2011 Consolidated Appropriations Act from the Senate floor, eliminating any chance for the passage of an omnibus spending bill in this 111th Congress. The omnibus contained much needed funding for Head...
2011 WHSA Conference “Head Start: Paving Our Way to Excellence”
Register for the 9th Annual Wisconsin Head Start Association (WHSA) Training Conference, Head Start: Paving Our Way to Excellence, February 14-16, 2011 at the Kalahari Waterpark Resort & Convention Center in Wisconsin Dells.
Take Action Now: Call Your Senators About the Omnibus Bill!
Word coming from the advocacy efforts in D.C. indicates that the long shot of achieving an Omnibus Appropriations bill in the Senate is actually still moving forward! The especially good news is that this bill contains an increase of $840 million over FY 2010 levels...
Senate Proposes Omnibus Spending Bill for FY 2011
As a substitute to the House approved long-term continuing resolution (CR), the Senate has released an omnibus FY 2011 spending bill, the FY 2011 Consolidated Appropriations Act. The omnibus bill includes an increase of $840 million for Head Start over FY 2010 enacted...
JFC Approves 2nd Round of YoungStar Implementation Funding & Five-Year Plan
The Joint Finance Committee (JFC) has approved $4 million dollars for the second round of funding for YoungStar, Wisconsin's childcare quality rating and improvement system (QRIS), which will be used for the continued implementation of YoungStar. The JFC also...
House Passes Third Continuing Resolution . . . What’s Next?
Last week, the House passed (212-206) a third continuing resolution (CR) for FY 2011 appropriations. This third CR differs from the first two in that if passed by the Senate would be a long-term, full-year resolution. Like the first two CRs, the new CR would freeze...
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