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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
2009 Updates
- 12/09/09 - Alert: Call White House on Children's Budget
- 10/06/09 - New reports; Updated NAEYC position statement; Federal update
- 09/18/09 - House passes the Early Learning Challenge Fund
- 09/15/09 - Early Learning Challenge Fund Alert
- 08/12/09 - Funding bills moving forward for Fiscal Year 2010; New guidance on H1N1 virus
- 07/22/09 - Early Learning Challenge Fund moves forward; New NAEYC tool on QRIS and cultural competence
- 07/17/09 - Early Learning Challenge Fund legislation introduced
- 06/23/09 - NAEYC/DEC position statement on inclusion; Developing data systems; Improving child care subsidy policies
- 05/27/09 - Teacher Quality Partnership Grants application available; New reports released
- 05/11/09 - President releases detailed budget request
- 05/01/09 - Worthy Wage Day; Congress passes Budget Resolution
- 04/21/09 - New guidance on ARRA and new policy reports
- 04/13/09 - Child Care Stimulus Guidance issued; updated report on state prek programs
- 04/08/09 - ARRA funding updates: Kellogg/ECS report on linking "ready kids to ready schools"; Maryland's school readiness report
- 03/31/09 - Budget Resolution Alert
- 03/17/09 - New ARRA webpage; President signs final spending for Fiscal Year 2009 Appropriations
- 02/19/09 - President signs Economic Recovery & Reinvestment Act
2008 Updates
- 10/06/08 - Congress passes Continuing Resolution
- 08/01/08 - Higher Education Act Passes with EC Provisions
- 04/23/08 - Congress Honors Week of the Young Child; CCDBG Report
- 03/21/08 - Federal Budget Moving Forward
- 02/05/08 - President's Budget Request Leaves Child Care and Other Programs Behind
- 01/23/08 - New Reports to assist your advocacy
