From ZERO TO THREE, a breakdown of early childhood sections of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. ARRA Overviews

This chart from NAEYC lays out the final conference agreement between the House and Senate. ARRA Overviews

An outline of Human Services Provisions contained in ARRA from NCSL. ARRA Overviews

From NCSL, an outline of Education provisions included in ARRA. ARRA Overviews

State-by-state fact sheets from The National Women's Law Center's report, Supporting Affordable, High-Quality Child Care with American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Funds, provide information on how the economic recovery funds are being used by states for child care and early education efforts.

An interactive map with state by state appropriations from the Center for American Progress. ARRA 50 State Information

This chart from the Administration for Children and Families shows how ARRA money through the Child Care and Development Block Grant is to be distributed. ARRA 50 State Information

From the Education Commission of the States provides examples of using short term funds to provide long term results. ARRA Guidance and Commentary

Urban Institute researchers take a closer look at key components of ARRA. ARRA Guidance and Commentary

ARRA Models on using Title I dollars to fund Early Care and Education Efforts from CLASP. ARRA Guidance and Commentary

A PowerPoint from CLASP that details ways that ARRA can be used to support women and children. ARRA

Dr. Edward Zigler offers suggestions on how to make Title I more effective for young children.

A joint report from CLASP and NWLC explores how ARRA money can fund new child care policy options.

 A report from CLASP lays out 10 policy ideas to improve child care using federal ARRA funds.

This report from Build, discusses potential resources for early childhood and how ARRA funds could be used to support Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS).

A collection of ARRA reports and resources from ZERO TO THREE. ARRA Related Links

A collection of ARRA reports and resources from NACCRRA. ARRA Related Links

A collection of ARRA reports and resources from CLASP. ARRA Related Links

Federal ARRA Site
U.S. Department of Education ARRA information
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ARRA information

State Recovery Pages

A collection of ARRA reports and resources from NAEYC. ARRA Related Links

The National Women's Law Center has a new fact sheet that discusses child care assistance policies that can have an impact on parents’ access to help affording high-quality child care and on child care providers’ ability to support high-quality care.

The Common Core State Standards is an initiative to develop common core standards in English language arts and mathematics for grades K-12.  In November 2012 NAEYC produced a paper entitled "The Common Core State Standards: Caution and Opportunity for Early Childhood Education".

The National Women's Law Center's 9th annual review of key child care subsidy policies in all fifty states and the District of Columbia reveals that families were worse off in 27 states than they were in 2011 under one or more child care assistance policies. Families are not only worse off in 2012 than they were in 2011, but are also worse off than a decade ago.

CLASP and ZERO TO THREE (ZTT) recently released a new report Expanding Access to Early Head Start: State Initiatives for Infants and Toddlers at Risk, which highlights current state initiatives to expand and enhance Early Head Start (EHS) services for infants, toddlers, and their families.

NWLC's mot current fact sheet on state child care cutbacks.  Many families today are at risk of losing the child care assistance that helps maintain their financial stability and
ensure the well-being of their children.

CLASP and the National Women’s Law Center are pleased to announce the release of our collaborative report: A Count for Quality: Child Care Center Directors on Rating and Improvement Systems, based on interviews with a diverse group of child care center directors participating in QRIS in several states. 

CLASP is pleased to announce a new resource on promoting access to comprehensive screenings. Promote Access to Early, Regular and Comprehensive Screenings is one of CLASP’s 15 policy recommendations in our “Charting Progress for Babies in Child Care” project, an ongoing effort by CLASP to link research to policy ideas to help states make the best decisions for infants and toddlers in child care.

CLASP has updated their Data Tool intended for state advocates and policymakers to use as they work to develop state early childhood agendas.

NAEYC's annual brief covers major state efforts on early care and education policies addressing issues such as governance, special education, health services, and education and care programs for infants through kindergarteners.

Quality, stable child care arrangements support the healthy development of infants and toddlers. This presentation from the 2011 NAEYC Annual Conference describes how state subsidy policies can support retention of child care subsidies and continuous care for infants and toddlers.

The Common Core State Standards is an initiative to develop common core standards in English language arts and mathematics for grades K-12.  In November 2012 NAEYC produced a paper entitled "The Common Core State Standards: Caution and Opportunity for Early Childhood Education".

CLASP and ZERO TO THREE (ZTT) recently released a new report Expanding Access to Early Head Start: State Initiatives for Infants and Toddlers at Risk, which highlights current state initiatives to expand and enhance Early Head Start (EHS) services for infants, toddlers, and their families.

On October 2, 2012 the NGA Center for Best Practices released a new paper on the need for states to align their ECE and K-12 reforms so that they support and reinforce each other’s goals and approaches for promoting children’s learning and development. The paper highlights areas where this work is particularly important, with recommendations for what governors and other state policymakers can do. We also feature some promising developments in states. I hope this is useful in your work.

CLASP and ZERO TO THREE (ZTT) recently released a new report Expanding Access to Early Head Start: State Initiatives for Infants and Toddlers at Risk, which highlights current state initiatives to expand and enhance Early Head Start (EHS) services for infants, toddlers, and their families.

The National Center for Children in Poverty is pleased to announce the release of their latest publication, Practices for Promoting Young Children’s Learning in QRIS Standards.  This brief provides an examination of the strength of supports for children’s early learning in Quality Rating Improvement System standards based on an analysis of QRIS standards in 23 states.

On August 23, 2012 National Council of La Raza released four new briefs.  The briefs, focused on assessments, family engagement, language instruction, and professional development highlight four NCLR Affiliates doing great work with Latino and ELL preschoolers.

This recently completed report by CCSSO in an overview of the Educare Program, geared to leaders in the public education community.

In 2010, Head Start served more participants than the previous year. Families continued to seek Head Start services at a high rate and nearly all children had health insurance at the end of the program year. Challenges still exist as teachers' salaries remain stagnant and the percent of teachers with degrees decreased slightly from 2009 to 2010.

In 2010, Early Head Start (EHS) saw the largest increase in enrollment in its history. EHS families continued to access services at a high rate and children continued to be connected to medical and dental services. Challenges continue to exist, though, as teachers' salaries remain stagnant and a smaller percentage of teachers had an associate degree or higher in 2010 compared to 2009 and 2006.

CLASP has updated their Data Tool intended for state advocates and policymakers to use as they work to develop state early childhood agendas.

This fact sheet from Zero to Three provides a national overview of the variety of elements that influence the youngest children’s development and how these factor into assistance programs such as early childhood education and care.

The Common Core State Standards is an initiative to develop common core standards in English language arts and mathematics for grades K-12.  In November 2012 NAEYC produced a paper entitled "The Common Core State Standards: Caution and Opportunity for Early Childhood Education".

CLASP and ZERO TO THREE (ZTT) recently released a new report Expanding Access to Early Head Start: State Initiatives for Infants and Toddlers at Risk, which highlights current state initiatives to expand and enhance Early Head Start (EHS) services for infants, toddlers, and their families.

Child Trends publishes The Child Indicator three times a year to communicate major developments and new resources within the child and youth indicators field to interested advocates, researchers, and data developers.  The Spring 2012 issue highlights current challenges to the collection of survey data; provides descriptions of new data tools in the areas of justice statistics, employment data, and health; and summarizes several new international indicators reports.

CLASP's newly released toolkit offers help to states exploring partnerships between home visiting and FFN caregivers.

Twenty-two governors mentioned early care and education in their 2012 state of the state addresses.  The excerpts from the speeches related to early care and education, along with links to the entire speeches, are provided below. (Seven states have not had, nor are they scheduled to have, state of the state addresses.)  All of the state of the state addresses are available at here.

According to the latest annual report released by the Data Quality Campaign, while states have made strong progress increasing their capacity to build and use data systems, they are not yet helping teachers, parents, and other education stakeholders use the data to inform decisions to improve student achievement.

This report from National Conference of State Legislatures, presents an analysis of overall trends in early care and education budget decisions and actions in child care, prekindergarten, home visiting and related early childhood investments.

This planning tool from ZERO TO THREE guides communities through the process of creating new or expanding existing home visiting services that meet their unique needs.  The guide helps communities use data to identify thier strengths, needs, and gaps in current home visiting services.

From the classroom to the legislature, stakeholders can use data about young children, early childhood programs and the workforce to improve the effectiveness of early care and education.

State childhood and early ed data from CLASP last updated in 2006.

BUILD and the QRIS National Learning Network, in collaboration with the Early Learning Challenge Collaborative, are pleased to share this brief written by noted consultant Louise Stoney.  The brief explores the ideas and trends related to QRIS that state leaders included in their RTT-ELC applications.

A new study was released by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) that describes steps being taken toward improving early care and education workforce data and enhancing workforce quality. Using a variety of state and federal interviews and data sets, the GAO examined:  (1) current information about the composition, education, and income of the ECE workforce and how these characteristics relate to quality of services, and (2) what activities and initiatives are underway by the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Education, and in the states that finance the improvement of worker quality?

CLASP and the National Women’s Law Center are pleased to announce the release of our collaborative report: A Count for Quality: Child Care Center Directors on Rating and Improvement Systems, based on interviews with a diverse group of child care center directors participating in QRIS in several states. 

This glossary by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) and National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies (NACCRRA) is intended to serve as a guide for states to adapt and adjust as needed.  The definitions are also designed to provide common understandings, or starting points, for research and national or cross-state discussions.  The definitions were developed for those who provide professional development, state policy makers, early education advocates, and program administrators working to connect professional development activities and initiatives into an integrated system.

Recent policy brief from ZERO TO THREE focuses on strengthening systems that support professional development for the multidisciplinary infant-toddler workforce.

This report from NCCP presents findings from an interview study that investigated features of the professional development and on-site assistance available to center-based staff and home-based providers who participate in states’ Quality Rating Improvement Systems.

This study from the Center for the Study Child Care Employment examines the career backgrounds and professional development needs of those working in child care resource and referral programs, local First 5 commissions, and child care coordinators across the state.

This report discusses policy options for early care and education workforce development from NAEYC.

In this paper, the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment looks to bridge the gap in perception and treatment between early care and education and K-12 in part, to help develop a coordinated research agenda.

CLASP’s newly released Putting it Together: A Guide to Funding Comprehensive Services in Child Care and Early Education aims to help states look beyond the major sources of child care and early education funding and consider alternative federal financing sources to bring comprehensive services into early childhood settings.

This NAEYC report is a highlight of state developments, categorized by issue areas. It highlights selected enacted legislation; new initiatives approved by the state executive branch; major funding increases, decreases, or level-funding; and additional significant fiscal or policy changes that impact early childhood education for Fiscal Year 2012.

This annual report from the National Women's Law Center reveals that families were worse off in 37 states than they were in 2010 under one or more child care assistance policies.  Families are not only worse off in 2011 than they were in 2010, but are also worse off than a decade ago. 

This report from National Conference of State Legislatures, presents an analysis of overall trends in early care and education budget decisions and actions in child care, prekindergarten, home visiting and related early childhood investments.

This annual report from the National Women's Law Center reveals that states largely held off major cuts to child care programs as of February 2010, with help from American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds. Although most state policies are holding steady compared to a year ago, they have not improved or are behind where they were in 2001 and may face challenges in protecting their child care programs as ARRA funds are exhausted.

This report from NCSL, presents an analysis of overall trends in early care and education budget decisions and actions in child care, prekindergarten, home visiting and related early childhood investments.

President Obama, on February 1, presented his FY 2011 budget proposal to Congress. This document from CLASP, offers a blueprint of the president's early childhood education spending priorities for the coming year.

In this survey from NCSL, states reported an increase of over  $650 million in total appropriations to early care and education.

This report from NCSL shows an increase of over $1 billion to state early care and education programs from FY 2007 to FY 2008.