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unities for children ages birth to five, particularly tho in low-income families, in order to achieve better education health, social and economic outcomes for all. This coalition of organization supports the following principles for the overall initiative and its components:
Overarching Principles
∙ Every age from birth through kindergarten is important and every component of the initiative listed
below is critic江湖儿女影评
al to children’s success in school and in life
∙ Families are important and require support and engagement in each component
∙ Each component of this initiative derves incread financia鸡怎么养
l resources for greater access and
quality
∙ Resources should be focud on children in low-income families, children with紫菜汤做法
disabilities, children
who are homeless, children who are dual language learners, and children with special needs
Home Visiting
∙ Expand evidence-bad home visiting programs
Early Head Start/Child Care Partnerships
∙ Partnerships meet Early Head Start standards (includes comprehensive rvices)
∙ Support for more child care providers (family child care, center child care) to meet the standards ∙
Local partnerships that expand and enhance access to and the quality of Early Head Start rvices ∙ Expand the number of children rved by Early Head Start and child care assistance
∙ Coordination with the child care assistance system to ensure the needs of working families are met
PreK Initiative
∙ Expand the number of children participating in prekindergarten
∙ Strengthen the quality of rvices for children currently being rved
∙ All ttings and ctors (community-bad child care and Head Start as w激辩风云
ell as schools) that can
meet the prekindergarten standards are eligible for the funds
∙ Comprehensive rvices for low-income, disadvantaged children
∙ Funding for program staff to meet and sustain higher积累英文
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n parity with public schools
∙ No less than full-school-day, full-school-year prekindergarten rvices
∙ Among children in families earning under 200% of poverty, prioritize the most disadvantaged and
lowest-income children
∙ Developmentally appropriate child asssment ud in conformity with National Academy of
Sciences (NAS) recommendations
Full-Day Kindergarten
∙ State must have appropriate standards in all domains
∙ Developmentally appropriate curricula and child asssment ud in conformity with NAS
recommendations
