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2012 Updates

• 5/18/12- Your Calls Made a Difference: U.S. Senate Rejected Motions to Proceed for Three Harmful Budget Proposals
• 5/16/12- Tell your Senators TODAY to VOTE NO on a budget that would slash child care, Head Start and other important funds!
• 4/27/12- U.S. Senate Resolutions Recognize Week of the Young Child and Dia de los Ninos; NAEYC and Alliance of Early Childhood Teacher Educators Release New Publication
• 4/20/12- Budget Debate Moves Forward; U.S. Department of Education Revised Guidance on Using Title I for Young Children; Zero to Three State Baby Facts
• 4/11/12- Second Round of Early Learning Challenge Grants Announced; NIEER Releases 2011 State Preschool Yearbook: Harmful Trend on Access and Quality
• 4/5/12- Federal Budget Update; Rebuild America Act Introduced: Promotes More High-Quality, Affordable Child Care
• 3/27/12- Tell Your Members of Congress to Vote NO on the Dangerous Ryan Budget Plan
• 2/17/12- President's Budget Request Emphasizes Early Childhood Investments
• 2/9/12- NAEYC State Developments Report; Coaching and Quality Assistance in State QRIS Report; Full-Day Kindergarten Report; Convention on Rights of the Child Ratification Petition

2011 Updates

• 12/16/11- Exciting Week for Early Childhood: Grants Awarded Today for Race To The Top - Early Learning Challenge; FY12 Appropriations Almost Done and Looking Good for Early Childhood 
• 11/23/11- Next Steps After No Super Committee Deficit Reduction Agreement; Linda Smith Incoming Deputy Assistant Secretary at HHS; U.S. Office of Child Care Memoranda on Continuity of Care and Background Checks
• 11/16/11- Secretary Duncan Proposes New Office of Early Learning; Head Start Re-Designation Final Rule Announced
• 11/01/11- NAEYC Early Childhood Recommendations in P-12 Committee Bill Moving to Floor; Updated NAEYC  Policy Statement on QRIS; NWLC Releases Report on State Child Care Subsidy Policies
• 10/20/11- NAEYC's ESEA Recommendations Introduced by US Senator Casey; NY Times Op-Ed on Early Childhood Education; Head Start Fellowships Program Applications; NCCP Early Childhood State Policy Profiles
• 9/19/11- President's Jobs Bill Highlights Education; U.S. Census Data on Poverty Released; Early Childhood 2010 Report Now Available
• 9/08/11- Part C Regulations Released; Invitation to Participate in MSNBC's Town Hall and Teacher Lounge for Early Childhood Educators; Celebrate International Literacy Day
• 8/31/11- NAEYC Resources to Help States as They Work on RTT-Early Learning Challenge Applications and Watch NAEYC on C-SPAN and MSNBC
• 8/15/11- Governor's Proclamation Encourages NAEYC ECADA Accreditation; New NAEYC Child Nutrition and Obesity Prevention Resource; NCLR Report on Dual Language Learners
• 8/05/11 - NAEYC’s Call to Action Recommendations Introduced in Two Bills to Amend the Elementary & Secondary Education Act; Additional Legislation to Address Dropout Prevention through High-Quality Early Childhood Education
• 8/02/11 - Debt Vote is Not the Last Action for Advocates
• 7/12/11 - NAEYC Submits Comments with Others on Draft Criteria for Early Learning Challenge Grants
• 6/28/11 - Call President Obama: Hold Firm on Fair Budget and Protecting Children & Families
• 4/14/11 - Call Your U.S. Representative Today to Vote NO on 2012 Budget Resolution—Creates Greater Deficits for Children
• 3/14/11 - Senate Rejects Drastic Cuts of HR 1; House Prepares New Bill for Funding Through April 8
• 3/07/11 - Call or Email Your Senators March 7 and March 8
• 2/24/11 - Your Senators Need to Hear From You! Call February 24
• 2/15/11 - Call Your U.S. Representative to Oppose Drastic Cuts in H.R. 1 to Children, Education and Families
• 2/07/11 - Letter to Congress - Don't Cut 300,000 Children from Child Care and Head Start

2010 Updates

• 12/22/10 - Congress leaves with an "Incomplete" for 300,000 children; Teaching Ambassador Fellowship application
• 12/14/10 - Funding for Early Learning: Call Your Senators Today!
• 12/06/10 - Funding and tax bills update; Child Nutrition reauthorization passes; NAEYC resources on early childhood data systems
• 11/30/10 - Call the White House Today, November 30
• 11/15/10 - Call Congress Today, November 15
• 10/29/10 - Federal Office of Child Care; National Training and Assistance Centers; Paper and Webinar on Infant Toddler Early Learning Guidelines
• 10/04/10 - Congress leaves for a month with temporary flat funding; NWLC report on state child care subsidy policies
• 08/16/10 - Early Learning Interagency Policy Board announced; NACCRRA report on cost of child care
• 07/29/10 - Senate subcommittee appropriations; Children's First Act of 2010; 2010 KIDS COUNT Data Book
• 07/16/10 - Fiscal Year 2011 Appropriations process moving forward in House
• 07/09/10 - Off-Campus Community Service Program funding opportunity; New resources from Child Trends and NCLR
• 06/18/10 - New QRIS Resources from NAEYC; Home Visiting Federal Funding Opportunity
• 06/14/10 - Alert: Call Your Senators to Help Stabilize Jobs and Child Health
• 05/28/10 - Child Care Funding; State Preschool Yearbook; State Longitudinal Data Grants; Childhood Obesity Task Force Report
• 03/19/10 - Update on the Early Learning Challenge Fund
• 03/03/10 - Alert: Call Congress on March 4th
• 02/18/10 - Recommendations on federal legislation; NAEYC/NGA brief on building a professional development system; Children of Immigrants Data Tool
• 02/01/10 - President's budget request places priority on early childhood investments

 
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