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Congress Set to Approve Critical Funding Increases for Key Federal Early Childhood Education Programs
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressional leaders released their final FY2023 omnibus spending package, which includes prioritizing more than $2.8 billion in funding increases for core federal early learning and care programs, …
Bipartisan Path Forward For Year-End Package Lies in Early Learning & Child Care
WASHINGTON – Last night, top congressional appropriators announced that they struck a deal on a funding framework for the year-end FY2023 omnibus spending package. The First Five Years Fund (FFYF) joins …
Ahead of End-Of-Year Deal, Bipartisan Lawmakers & Members-Elect Agree Congress Must Work to Double Funding for CCDBG
As negotiations for the FY2023 spending bill continue, House and Senate members from across the aisle, members-elect for the 118th Congress, and leading national organizations agree that Congressional Appropriators must …
Data Finds Child Care Prices Continue to Rise Ahead of Midterm Elections, Outpacing Inflation
WASHINGTON – The average annual price of child care in America has increased nearly 220% over the past three decades — considerably faster than other essential family expenses — with …
Congress Passes Continuing Resolution, Keeping Early Learning & Care Programs Funded into December
WASHINGTON – Today, Congress passed a bipartisan continuing resolution (CR) to keep the federal government funded until December 16, 2022, including a temporary extension of critical funding for the core …
ACF Releases Guidance to Increase ECE Workforce Compensation and Supports
On September 12, the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) released three information memoranda that emphasize sustainable strategies to support the workforce across three federal funding streams: Head Start, Child …
50-State Analysis Shows Impact of Insufficient Child Care Funding
WASHINGTON – As Senate Democrats advance a reconciliation package that has been stripped of any funding for child care, new analysis of all 50 states from First Five Years Fund (FFYF) shows …
Lawmakers Cannot Abandon Working Families and Their Promises to Solve Child Care Crisis
WASHINGTON – Women, working families, and America’s youngest learners are set to be cast aside entirely as Senate Democrats move forward with a budget reconciliation framework which has purged all funding …
JOINT STATEMENT: Senate Must Make Good on Promise to Solve Child Care Crisis
WASHINGTON – In response to movement on a reconciliation package framework that excludes any funding for child care and early learning, 26 prominent national organizations issued the following statement calling …
85 National Organizations Call On Congress to Include Child Care in Reconciliation
WASHINGTON – Today, the First Five Years Fund (FFYF), National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) and a coalition of 85 leading national organizations sent a letter to Members of Congress highlighting the urgent …
House Appropriations Committee Approves Bill With Proposed FY2023 Funding Levels for ECE Programs
Today, the House Appropriations Committee voted to pass the FY2023 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (LHHS) bill, which provides funding for many of the core federal …
