The Early Care and Education Consortium is a non-profit alliance of America's leading providers of quality early learning programs. Consortium members operate nearly 9,000 licensed centers caring for and educating nearly 800,000 children every day across the country. The Early Care and Education Consortium is an advocacy voice for child care providers as policies for child care and early learning develop and change across the country.
Take Action! Tell Congress to Finish and Fund Child Nutrition Act Reauthorization!
On August 5, the U.S. Senate passed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act. The bill is paid in part through funds previously directed to SNAP ("food stamps"), a move that has generated controversy among anti-hunger advocates. ECEC and partner organizations are urging the House to take up their version of the bill. Take action and urge your Representative to complete work on a robustly-funded Child Nutrition Act!
Senate Committee Passes Significant Increases to CCDBG and Head Start
On July 30, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved the Labor, HHS, and Education FY2011 funding bill. The bill includes a $1 billion increase for Child Care and Development Block Grant and a $990.3 million increase for Head Start. This is a huge victory! To find out more on the bill, and what's next in the federal funding process, visit our Federal Funding page!
Take Action! Urge Your Legislators to Cosponsor the Children First Act
On July 30, the Children First Act was introduced in the House and Senate. The bill calls for an increase in “mandatory” child care funding by $800 million in FY 2011 and also also ensures that providers receiving funding through the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program would have to meet the same minimum standards for CCDBG-funded providers. Tell your legislators to cosponsor the bill today!
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