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2013 Updates

• 3/21/13- Big Funding Decision in Senate- Email Your Senators Now!
• 3/15/13- Update on Federal Funding Bills
• 3/13/13- Call Your U.S. Senators Today and Tomorrow Morning on Key Funding Amendment!
• 2/25/13- Call Your Members of Congress Today and Tomorrow to Prevent Harmful Sequestration/Cuts Starting on March 1
• 2/14/13- White House Releases More Details of President's Early Childhood Education Agenda; NAEYC's Continuum of Learning Act Introduced Today With Bipartisan Support
• 2/13/13- President Puts Forward Early Childhood as a Highlight of His Agenda in the State of the Union; Countdown to the Sequester
• 1/10/13- Highlights from the Fiscal Cliff: Unfinished Part of Deal Leaves Open Potential for Large Cuts to Child Care, Head Start, Education and Other Programs in 2 Months

2012 Updates

• 12/18/12- NAEYC Statement on Violence Against Children
• 11/27/12- Head Start, Child Care, Other Funding at Risk- Call Your Senators for National Call-In Day (Nov. 28)
• 10/17/12- NWLC Report Shows Downward Slide of State Child Care Assistance Policies; New Policy Brief from the SRCD on Using Research in Policy and Practice
• 9/18/12- Sequester/Automatic Cuts Report: What Current Budget Decisions on the Hill Mean for You; CLASP Report on Financing Comprehensive Services; Apply for a Policy Fellowship with the SRCD
• 8/1/12- Call Your U.S. Representative on Tax/Budget Vote for This Week
• 7/27/12- Senate Votes Against Extension of Tax Cuts for More Than $250,000 Earners; Bill to Make Infant/Toddler Child Care Set Aside Part of Statute; Federal Reserve Chairman on the Value of Early Childhood Education
• 7/20/12- Federal Funding Alert: U.S. House and Senate Votes as Early as Next Week Will Determine the Fate of Deficit-Creating Tax Cuts
• 7/3/12- Federal Funding Update: Senate Appropriations Committee Mark-Up for Labor/HHS/Education Programs
• 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

 
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