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ECEC Radio
A media resource that delivers to the child care and early learning provider community important information about the issues impacting quality child care and education today.
Past Interviews:
• Sustaining Child Care Programs Through the Recession. J. Scott Cotter, President and CEO of Child Development Schools, Inc. and Dr. Mildred Warner, Professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning at Cornell University.
• Proposed Early Learning Challenge Fund. Dr. Ruth Friedman, Senior Education Policy Advisor with the House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor.
• The Child and Adult Care Food Program. Gerry Henchy, Director of Nutrition Policy and Early Childhood Nutrition at the Food Research and Action Center.
• Managing the New Child Care Conundrum. Eric Karolak, Executive Director of the Early Care and Education Consortium.
Policy Matters, a bimonthly column by ECEC for the Exchange.
Celebrate your advocacy, September/October 2010
The Dog Days of Summer, July/August 2010
Making Progress: Developments on Capitol Hill, May/June 2010
FY 2011 Federal Budget Process Begins with Bold Proposal, March/April 2010
A New Year: The Outlook for Child Care Funding and Legislation, January/February 2010
Getting Legislators Out of the Statehouse and into Your Program, November/December 2009
Challenging States to Improve Quality: A New Federal Proposal, September/October 2009
State Budgets and Federal Stimulus: A First Look, July/August 2009
Child Care and Child Nutrition, May/June 2009
Child Care and the Economy, March/April 2009
Making Their Voices Heard, January/February 2009
Looking Back: The 110th Congress, November/December 2008
The State Budget and Your Budget, September/October 2008
Public Policy and You, July/August 2008
Early Care and Education Consortium E-News: Recent Issues
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August 2010
• Federal Funding Update: Increases Proposed for Child Care; Senate Passes Child Nutrition Act, House Still Must Act; Congress Passes Much Needed State Fiscal Relief
July 2010
• House Committee Passes Significant Increases to CCDBG and Head Start; Child Nutrition Legislation Action in the House of Representatives; States Still Waiting as Time Runs Out for Congress to Provide Fiscal Relief; Pennsylvania Completes Budget, Major Cuts to Early Learning Programs Avoided; California Budget Conference Committee Continues to Meet, Approves Cuts to Some Child Care Programs
June 2010
• Child Nutrition Legislation Action in the House of Representatives; The Dog Days of Summer: Congress' Workload Stacks Up and States Await News of Fiscal Relief; Help Get Families Working Again: Sign the Petition to Support Investments in Quality, Affordable Child Care; Pennsylvania: Hundreds Jam Capitol to Rally for Early Learning Programs; California Budget Conference Committee Continues to Meet, Approves Cuts to Some Child Care Programs; Arizona Child Care Advocates Send Video Message to Governor, Legislators; Advocacy and You: Using Videos to Spread Your Message; The Child Care Bureau: Child Care's Home in the Federal Government. Listen to ECEC's Latest Radio Broadcast Today
Presentations and Testimony
"The News from DC: Federal Early Care and Education Issues-How and Why They Should Matter to You." One Goal Summer Conference (FL). July 22, 2010.
"Federal Early Care and Education Updates: The Latest News from Washington, DC." TLCCA Spring Conference. April 10, 2010.
"Adocacy Basics." TLCCA Spring Conference. April 9, 2010.
"Written Comments of Eric Karolak, Executive Director of the Early Care and Education Consortium." Early Learning Stakeholders Meeting, U.S. Department of Education. January 29, 2010.
"Out of the Capitols and into the Classrooms: Hosting Elected Officials at Your Child Care Program." NAEYC 2009 Annual Conference. November 21, 2009.
"A Vision for the Child Care and Development Block Grant." NAEYC 2009 Annual Conference. November 19, 2009.
"Resources and Reform: Federal Update." Child Development Policy Institute Fall Forum. October 6, 2009.
"Child Care: What's Happening at the Federal Level?" Massachusetts Association of Day Care Agencies 8th Annual Management and Administration Conference. October 2, 2009.
"Early Care and Education at a Crossroads: The View from Washington." California Alternative Payment Program Association Annual Conference. September 16, 2009.
"Child Care Providers and Early Learning Coalitions: Policy and Practice to Improve Access and Quality." Florida One Goal Summer Conference. July 23, 2009.
"Testimony of Eric Karolak, Executive Director of Early Care and Education Consortium on the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services and Ohio Department of Education SFY 2010-2011 Early Learning/Child Care Budget," Ohio Senate Finance and
Financial Institutions Committee. May 14, 2009.
"Perspectives on Meeting the Early Childhood Workforce Challenge," National Smart Start Conference. May 8, 2009.
"Understanding the Cost of Infant and Toddler Care – Why is it so expensive and what can be done to impact cost
and maintain quality?" North Carolina Early Education Association Audioconference. March 23, 2009.
"Breaking Down Barriers to Quality Pre-K," Pre-K Now Satellite Conference. December 10, 2008.
"Recent National ECEC Policy Trends," Child Development Policy Institute Fall Forum. October 21, 2008.
"Testimony to the United States Department of Agriculture Food & Nutrition Service, Mid-Atlantic Region Child Nutrition Reauthorization Listening Session," August 6, 2008.
"Opportunities and Challenges in State-funded PreK and Beyond," 2007 NAEYC Annual Conference. November 2007.
"Investing in Early Education: Paths to Improving Children's Success," House Education and Labor Committee. January 23, 2008.
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