Head Start Helps
The Head Start Program was the kick start I needed in my life. (Robert H.)
2-year budget appears set; Hubs bill moves to Ways & Means
The voices of Head Start volunteers and advocates have had an impact in Salem as the session nears its halfway point. For the moment, legislative leaders have agreed to a full two-year budget for Head Start programs. Going into the session, only first-year funding was guaranteed.
That’s progress, but the session is a long way from over and a major change in the governance of early childhood programs has yet to be settled.
HUBS Report
ADEQUACY OF COMMUNITY BASED COORDINATORS OF EARLY LEARNING SERVICES (HUBS) REPORT
The report presented to the Early Learning Council in January from the HUB workgroup does not adequately outline how the funding will flow from allocation by the legislature to the
Head Start Response To The Governor's Budget
We appreciate that the Governor's budget recognizes the critical role Oregon Pre-K plays in preparing children for kindergarten. The budget funds Oregon Pre-K at $132.8 million over the next two years, which is a
Developmental Screening in Your Community
New Book Available
"Developmental Screening in Your Community: An Integrated Approach for Connecting Children to Services"
Book reviews:
“This book serves a very important function in bringing together information from the fields of psychology, education, medicine, social work and law on the broad subject of developmental-behavioral screening and Child Find. It provides a more in-depth description of screening tools, models of community systems for screening and referral and challenges to implementation than other sources have done.
No Cuts to Children's Programs: CALL CONGRESS TODAY
As you may have heard, at the start of the year, the Congress passed a tax agreement that raised the top tax rate back to the level it was in the 1990s. The Congress also extended the Child Tax Credit and the Earned Income Tax Credit and guaranteed that benefits will go to every family with children, including those too poor to have to pay federal income tax. And Congress did this without cutting any federal program that benefits the health, education, and safety of children. In previous Federal Children’s Watches, we talked about how the automatic spending cuts slated to go into effect at the beginning of the year would harm Head Start, child care, special education, and dozens of other children’s programs. Those cuts were delayed two months.