This week: Federal funding boost for early childhood
RECENTLY FROM CLASP
December 19, 2019
FY2020 Appropriations Agreement Includes Significant Early Childhood Investment
It’s a billion-dollar week for child care and early education: the FY 2020 funding bill that the Senate passed today and the House approved on Tuesday increases the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) by $550 million, Head Start by $550 million, and Preschool Development Grants by $25 million. We estimate the $550 million CCDBG increase could allow for up to 33,600 additional children to receive child care—not nearly as many as the House’soriginal $2.4 billion proposal but still an important step forward. The bill now heads to the president’s desk for his action.
Making equitable gains in preventing Adverse Childhood Experiences or ACEs requires intervening at the structural level to address systemic racism and oppression.
On December 5, the Trump Administration finalized a harmful rule that will take food assistance away from over 700,000 people struggling to find or sustain work, and require millions more to report their hours of work each week.
Over the past year, we have seen a revolution in how advocates engage in the notice and comment period as multiple partner organizations coordinated incredible responses to regulatory threats to immigrants by the Trump Administration.
