Early Care & Education

Working for quality, affordable childcare, preschool and early education support for all families who need it.

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  • “For the first nine month of my son's life I was lucky to have my mother watch him. When my mother decided to go back to school I had to find daycare. My husband and I are both employed full time, but we can barely afford childcare and we do not qualify for any assistance.”

    —Sara

    Oregon

  • “I've had to pay ridiculous amounts of tuition to find decent pre-K education. I look for small child to adult ratios and well-qualified teachers. I also like to see clean and attractive play spaces both indoors and outdoors...”

    —Bree

    Washington

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Early Care & Education

State of the Union: Don’t Lose the Family Amidst the Headlines

Posted January 27, 2010 by Ellen Galinsky

In listening to the political commentators prepare for the State of the Union Address tonight, most of them are telling the President that he must reframe the discussion, have courage, and focus on jobs, jobs, jobs.
I think that the President is doing something quite courageous that SADLY may be missed in the media dissection of, [...]

Posted Under: E: Excellent Childcare

Hungry children can’t wait!

Posted January 9, 2010 by Sarah Francis

‘I ask why they don’t have any energy, and they say they haven’t had enough to eat,’ Jackson said. ‘Then I talk to their mothers and they tell me there’s no food in the house. It breaks my heart every day,’ says program director Rita Jackson.”Washington Post
1 in 4 children in our nation are [...]

Olympia, WA day one

Posted December 3, 2009 by cecily

To start, I am a 25 year old mommy of three, all under the age of 6!!  As most parents do I think my little ones are amazing and I wanted to be as active as I could in their educations and lives.  I got started in Head Start a year ago and with my [...]

Posted Under: E: Excellent Childcare
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