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  • DC Council Budget Hearings Impact Funding for Education Initatives

    • The District of Columbia Council will hold public hearings for the FY2011 budgets of city agencies in April 2010.  Pre K for All DC is interested in how funds are allotted to the City's education agencies because of their direct impact on the city's children. Pre K for All invites all stakeholders in early childhood education to follow and participate in these hearings in order to ensure that all children in the District of Columbia have access to high quality early childhood learning opportunities. 

     

     

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  • DC Council Passes Emergency Legislation to Accelerate Pre-K Implementation

    • On Tuesday January 5, 2010, the Council of the District of Columbia voted unanimously to pass the Pre-K Acceleration and Clarification Emergency Amendment Act of 2010. This emergency act will fast track the implementation of the landmark Pre-K Enhancement and Expansion Act of 2008 that ensures that all three- and four-year-olds in the District of Columbia have access to high-quality pre-k programs by September 2014.

     

     


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families & communities

As “investors” in early childhood education, District of Columbia families stand to reap tremendous benefits for their children and for their communities. Pre-K for All DC encourages families to enroll their children in high-quality programs, become active in their children’s’ early childhood experiences, and to advocate for citywide policies that will benefit both their family and all DC families.

Yet the availability and affordability of high-quality programs – particularly for infants and toddlers – remain challenges for families across the city. Below you will find resources to help meet these challenges.

Finding Early Care and Education Services in the District of Columbia

The Washington Child Development Council currently operates the resource and referral agency for the District of Columbia – including an online directory of child development centers. Click here to go to WCDC’s website.

Advocating for High-Quality Early Care and Education Services in the District of Columbia

Pre-K for All DC seeks to ensure all children in the District of Columbia have access to a a system of high-quality early care and education, from birth to age five.

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