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Despite minimum wage hikes, ECE wages stay low. A consequence of low pay is that the participation of child care worker families and preschool/kindergarten teacher families in public income support programs is more than double the rate for workers across all occupations. The second edition of the biennial Early Childhood Workforce…

In a recent op-ed in the Inquirer (Philly.com), members of the Pennsylvania Early Learning Investment Commission thank Governor Wolf and the Pennsylvania General Assembly for a remarkable, bipartisan effort awarding early learning programs an additional $66.5 million in the 2018-2019 budget: Boosting funding early childhood education Pa. is a no-brainer…

The Pennsylvania Early Learning Investment Commission applauds Governor Wolf and the General Assembly for an on-time budget that invests early! Last Friday, Governor Wolf signed the State budget (HB 2121) into law that includes $66.5 million in increases (6.7%) for early learning. This brings Pennsylvania’s investments in young children to…

Linda Smith, Director of Early Childhood Policy at the Bipartisan Policy Center, presented "National and State Policy for Transforming ECE Financing" at the 2018 Early Childhood Economic Summit. She most recently served as the deputy assistant secretary for early childhood development in the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the…