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Federal Funding Increases Urged for Child Programs by UCP and 70 Other Groups

UCP and 70 other national and local groups have written to Congress urging additional funds for childhood programs, including a $200 million increase in the Child Care and Development Block Grant.

November 7, 2001

Dear Labor/HHS/Education Appropriations Conferee:

As organizations concerned about the future of our children and families, we urge you to ensure that the final FY 2002 Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Appropriations bill includes crucial funding for child care, Head Start, and after-school programs. The nation’s children and low-income working families will benefit greatly from the following investments in the final FY 2002 appropriations bill:

  • A $200 million increase in the Child Care and Development Block Grant as well as a $19.1 million set-aside for resource and referral programs and school-age care with $1 million for Child Care Aware, $173 million for quality activities, $100 million for infants and toddlers, and $10 million for research;

  • A $400 million increase in Head Start;

  • A $154 million increase in the 21st Century Community Learning Centers after-school program;

  • A $25 million investment in the Early Learning Opportunities Act, and $2.5 million to support technical assistance for the renovation or construction of child care facilities in low-income communities;

  • $25 million for campus based child care, $1 million for loan forgiveness for child care providers, $390 million for the Preschool Special Education grant program loan grant program, and $75 million for the Early Reading First initiative; and

  • $15 million in the Senate for the Early Childhood Educator Professional Development program to ensure that early childhood teachers have the skills they need to prepare children for school and the $383.5 million in the House bill for IDEA Grants for Infants and Families to provide a boost for young children with disabilities and special needs who need extra attention.
These investments will help to ensure that children enter school ready to succeed, that parents can work to support their families, and that older children are in safe after-school settings. Thank you for helping to support our nation’s children and low-income working families.

Sincerely,

AARP
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
American Academy of Pediatrics
American Association for Health and Education
American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences
American Federation of Teachers
American Jewish Congress
Business and Professional Women/USA
Campfire U.S.A.
Center for the Child Care Workforce
Center for Women Policy Studies
Central Conference of American Rabbis
Child Advocacy Office Presbyterian Church (USA)
Child Care Action Campaign
Child Welfare League of America
Children’s Defense Fund
Children’s Foundation
Church Women United
Committee for Hispanic Children and Families Inc.
Council for Exceptional Children
Division for Early Childhood of the Council for Exceptional Children
Easter Seals
Ecumenical Child Care Network
Generations United
Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America
I Am Your Child Foundation
Jewish Council for Public Affairs
Lutheran Office for Governmental Affairs, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Lutheran Services of America
National Association for the Education of Young Children
National Association of Child Advocates
National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies
National Association of Commissions for Women
National Association of School Psychologists
National Black Caucus of State Legislators
National Black Child Development Institute
National Black Police Association
National Coalition for Campus Children’s Centers
National Community Education Association
National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A.
National Council of Jewish Women
National Council on Family Relations
National Education Association
National Head Start Association
National Indian Child Care Association
National Latino Children’s Institute
National Organization for Women
National Recreation and Park Association
National Women’s Law Center
NETWORK, A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby
NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund
Oklahoma Tribal Child Care Association
Quality Care for Children, Inc.
Save the Children
Service Employee International Union
Sisters of the Good Shepherd National Advocacy Center
Teaching Strategies, Inc.
The Salvation Army
The Salvation Army – Omaha Social Services
Union of American Hebrew Congregations
United Cerebral Palsy
United Church of Christ Justice and Witness Ministries
United States Association for Child Care
Volunteers of America
Welfare Law Center
Windham Child Care Association
Women Employed
Women of Reform Judaism
YMCA of the U.S.A.
YWCA of the U.S.A.
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