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Dear Friend and Supporter,


The Ounce is excited to announce the release of a new policy brief,
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Expanding High-Quality Child Care for Infants & Toddlers: Lessons from Implementation of Early Head Start-Child Care Partnerships in States .


Access to high-quality early childhood education is essential to the future success of our youngest learners and their families, especially those living in under-served communities. However, the lack of affordable high-quality child care for infants and toddlers is at a crisis level.


Of the 12 million children under age 3 in the U.S., nearly 25 percent live in a family with earnings below the poverty level, with little to no access to quality and affordable child care. In 2014, Congress addressed this challenge by appropriating $500 million to expand access to Early Head Start, which included the creation of a new Early Head Start–Child Care Partnerships program (Partnerships).


Through 2019, the Ounce, an organization focused on providing access to high-quality early childhood education, conducted interviews with leaders in seven states to learn more about the impacts of the Partnerships on state child care policies and systems. Interviewees included government leaders administering a state-level Partnerships grant (Alabama, D.C. and Georgia), and others who supported implementation of Partnerships in their states but did not have a Partnerships grant (Louisiana, Maryland, Oklahoma and Washington).


The Ounce reported its findings and key recommendations in its newly released paper on the impacts of Early Head Start – Child Care Partnerships in expanding access to high-quality infant toddler child care in states.

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Full Report |
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Snapshot


Please join us on Friday, Jan. 24 at noon CST, for a webinar associated with the launch of this paper highlighting several of the featured state partners and our findings.
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In addition, a communications toolkit is available with talking points, sample letter to a legislator, sample social media posts and a template email that can be utilized to engage with partners, programs, etc. about the report,
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We hope you find the Ounce’s policy brief on the impacts of Partnerships on state early care and education policies and systems useful and thought-provoking.


​​​​​Sincerely,
Kristin Bernhard

Senior Vice President

Policy and Advocacy
Margie Wallen

Vice President

National Policy






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