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Fact Sheet: How Are GA’s Children Doing? A Look at Early Childhood.
Early childhood, defined as birth to age five, is one of Voices for Georgia’s Children’s three main issue areas because it is a critical period in a child’s life when rapid brain development takes place. In our 2008 report, Compounding Interest: Why Zero to Five is Worth the Investment, we...
End of 2012 Legislative Session Report: What Impacted Children Birth to Age Five?
Please see below for the bills that passed both the House and Senate in the 2012 legislative session. If the Governor does not veto the bills, they will become law.
Additionally included are bills where your advocacy help is still needed or that may require additional monitoring. While there...
National Institute of Early Education Research Releases 2011 Report on State of Preschool, Includes Georgia Profile
State Pre-K Spending Continues to Decline Even as States Begin to Emerge from Recession
Lack of Availability in High-Quality Programs Could Threaten Nation’s Future Job Prospects; New Cuts Proposed in a Number of States
Washington, D.C. — Many states are faltering in their efforts to deliver...
Voices for Georgia’s Children Boiler Plate/Backgrounder
A short bio on Voices for Georgia’s Children. Print date March 2012.
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Voices for Georgia’s Children Brochure
The latest “About Us” brochure from Voices for Georgia’s Children. Print date Feb. 2012.
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Fact Sheet: Federal Home Visiting Grant Programs in Georgia
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 authorized the creation of the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program (MIECHV). The MIECHV program is designed to identify families most in need of home visiting services and to improve the coordination of those services. I
n FY 2010, the...
Fact Sheet: Basics of Georgia Pre-K
What is Georgia’s Pre-K?
Educational program for 4-year-old children funded by the Georgia Lottery.
Launched in 1992 as a means-tested program (i.e, available to those families below a designated income level); became universal and available to all families in 1995.
Implemented in approved...
Fact Sheet: Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge Grants
Voices for Georgia’s Children believes that by making investments in children early, we improve their chances for later academic success. Our birth to five policy agenda focuses on laying a strong foundation for safe, healthy, and educated children. The Race to the Top – Early Learning...
Fact Sheet: States that Exempt Faith-Based Providers from Childcare Licensing
During the 2011 legislative session of the Georgia General Assembly, Senate Bill 152 was introduced proposing exemptions of faith-based providers from certain aspects of Georgia’s Department of Early Care and Learning child care licensing requirements. In an effort to educate child care advocates...
Fact Sheet: Head Start & Georgia Pre-K
Head Start and Georgia Pre-K meet the early education needs of thousands of Georgia’s children. This fact sheet is designed to provide information about the basic operations of Head Start and Georgia Pre-K and to promote continuing collaboration between the two programs.
Head Start is a federal...
