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Hunt Institute, 2021
The Build Back Better (BBB) framework would create an ambitious $400 billion early childhood initiative -- funding both universal prekindergarten for 3- and 4-year-olds and initiatives designed to improve affordability, quality, and compensation within the child care arena. On November 19, 2021, The Build Back Better Act (H.R. 5376) was passed in…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Child Care, Educational Quality, Preschool Children
Matthews, Hannah; Schulman, Karen; Vogtman, Julie; Johnson-Staub, Christine; Blank, Helen – Center for Law and Social Policy, Inc. (CLASP), 2015
In November 2014, with broad bipartisan support, Congress reauthorized CCDBG [Child Care and Development Block Grant] (the major federal child care program) for the first time since 1996. The new law strengthens CCDBG's dual role as a major early childhood education program and a work support for low-income families. This implementation guide is…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Federal Programs, Program Implementation, Child Care
Best, Jane; Cohen, Courtney – Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL), 2013
Interest in early care and education (ECE), also referred to as an early childhood education, has escalated in recent years. The interest is bipartisan, as evidenced by the multiple ECE-related bills already introduced by the 113th Congress. Further, 39 states have implemented prekindergarten (pre-K) programs. In 2013, 27 governors mentioned ECE…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Preschool Children, Child Care, Educational Quality