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In my search of the website this evening, I was lucky enough to stumble onto an article about how President Obama has now put forth a 2014 budget proposal that substantiates the need for investment in early learning!

In the article, it summarizes how the President is allocating funds, spread out over a 10 year period, that will help fund early childhood education programs such as Early Head Start. Also, the plan would provide $200 million in 2014 specifically to create more high-quality child care options for babies and toddlers with working parents, using Early Head Start’s quality benchmarks, expertise, and resources (Zero to Three.org, 2013). Furthermore, the budget allocates funds for families to have access to these types of high quality early childhood education programs.

Even more exciting, the budget proposal also allocates funds for more home visiting programs. The article reminds us that parents are benefiting and welcoming home visitors into their homes. Also, it is clearly shown with research that these types of home visiting programs are helping parents with resources and reliable information about early learning.

All in all, the proposal is said to be rooted in research done on children in regards to how babies are wired to learn. The article reminds us that those who do not have access to high quality early childhood education can quickly fall behind and therefore have long lasting gaps that appear even before their first birthday!

Resources

Zero to Three.org

http://www.zerotothree.org/public-policy/press-release-presidents-budget-proposal.html