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Urge Your Representative to Complete Work on a Robustly-funded Child Nutrition Act!

On August 5, the U.S. Senate passed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act. The bill is paid in part through funds previously directed to SNAP ("food stamps"), a move that has generated controversy among anti-hunger advocates. ECEC and partner organizations are urging the House to take up their version of the bill, Improving Nutrition for America's Children Act.

Take Action Today! Urge Your Representative to Complete Work on a Robusty-funded Child Nutrition Act!

Urge Your Legislators to Cosponsor the Children First Act

On July 29, Senator Kerry (D-MA) introduced the Children First Act. The bill calls for an $800 million increase in “mandatory” child care funding. The Act also ensures that providers receiving funding through the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program would have to meet the same minimum standards for CCDBG-funded providers.

Take Action Today! Ask Your Legislators to Cosponsor the Children First Act

House and Senate Appropriation Committees Pass Significant Increases to CCDBG and Head Start

The House and Senate Appropriations Committees have approved their FY2011 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education funding bills.

Good News!
The bills include significant increases for child care and Head Start!

To find out more, including next steps in the funding process, visit our Federal Funding page!

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