Big News: Increases to CCDBG and Head Start Included in Senate Appropriations Subcommittee Bill
About two weeks ago, we reported that the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and Education took the first step in considering funding for child care and Head Start – programs for which the Administration requested crucial increases in the Budget Proposal – and approved a bill that includes a $700 million increase for CCDBG and an $866 million increase for Head Start.
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Funding for the Child Care and Development Block Grant is a mix of what’s known as “discretionary” and “mandatory” money. The Appropriations Committees work on the “discretionary” money. The President’s Budget Proposal requested a $1.6 billion increase for child care – $800 million of which is “discretionary” money.
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More Big News!
Yesterday, the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and Education met to work on their version of the funding bill, and it includes a $1 billion increase for CCDBG, an increase of $990.3 for Head Start, as well as a $300 million investment to move the Early Learning Challenge Fund forward!
Thank You!
This is what the Families Earning, Children Learning campaign is all about. Thank you for all you have been doing this year to let your Senators know they need to support an increase to CCDBG and Head Start. Your voices are being heard!
What’s Next
The full Senate Appropriations Committee plans to meet this Thursday. The full House Appropriations Committee must also meet, but a time has not been scheduled.
And, watch your email inbox for news about working with the Committees that handle the “mandatory” money for CCDBG.
For updates on the federal funding process and other news from Capitol Hill, please visit the ECEC Action Center.
Thank you!
Sincerely,
ECEC Staff 
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