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This document is a house bill to support early learning titled Strong Start for America's Children Act of 2013.

The purpose of this guidance document is to support families, early childhood programs, and States by providing recommendations from the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Education (ED) for preventing and severely limiting expulsion and suspension practices in early childhood settings.

The purpose of this policy statement is to set a vision and provide recommendations to States, local educational agencies (LEAs), schools, and public and private early childhood programs, from the U.S. Departments of Education (ED) and Health and Human Services (HHS) (the Departments), for increasing the inclusion of infants, toddlers, and preschool children with disabilities in high-quality early childhood programs.

March 24, 2023 Dear Colleague Letter on Funding to Test for and Address Lead in Water in Early Care and Education Settings

Dear Colleague Letter shared on July 13th, 2022 on investing CCDF, PDG B-5, Tribal Home Visiting, and Head Start funds to support the ECE workforce. 

This session will include experts in U.S. Privacy Laws including FERPA, HIPAA, the Confidentiality rules under IDEA and the Protections for the Privacy of Child Records under the Head Start Regulations and will guide grantees through crucial discussions, considerations, resources, exemplar practices and pitfalls to avoid when it comes to the sharing of data across data systems and organizations.

This webinar  focuses on strategies to use new federal funds to sustain a mixed delivery system. Elizabeth Gaines, executive director of the Children’s Funding Project gives an overview of federal funding. This webinar provides recommendations on processes and strategies to take regarding federal funds and features a panel of state leaders who discuss their strategies and experiences.

The PDG B-5 TA Center reviewed applications from the 23 awardees of PDG B-5 renewal grants to synthesize the birth through five system funding strategies, including how multiple funding streams interact and flow to providers, children, and families. A Review of Fiscal Strategies in PDG B-5 Renewal Grants highlights specific state funding examples and how these strategies support the overall goals of the PDG B-5 grant. This report also includes insights from state leaders on how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the second year of federal PDG B-5 funding. 

This toolkit of curated resources contains introductory information for those who are initially considering a focus on governance by providing definitions, a short overview, and materials about key facets of governance including varying approaches and models. For those who are already considering governance reforms, we provide more in-depth materials that include a guide for those looking at governance structures and deeper dives examining different aspects of governance in states. The concluding section provides information on systems frameworks, as a reinforcement that governance is one of several critical elements for achieving an equitable early childhood system at the state level.

This report analyzes the Preschool Development Grant Birth through Five (PDG B-5) renewal applications from 23 states that received federal funding to support state efforts to expand access to high-quality early learning experiences. These experiences occur in a wide range of settings, including centers, family child care homes, Head Start and Early Head Start programs, state preschool programs, and home visiting services. This analysis specifically focuses on the role of partnerships in Grantee states’ proposals. All 23 states proposed partnerships—with a range of organizations from advocacy organizations to institutions of higher education (IHEs) and for multiple purposes.