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Head Start California Updates
No Child Left UncountedLet’s start the new year with a counting party! Census 2020 is coming fast and our Head Start community has a critical role to play. It is estimated that over one million children under age 5 were not counted in the last census. An undercount in 2020 could cost California more than $3 billion in federally funded programs, including those affecting young children. Our goal for 2020: no child left uncounted!
Partnering with the California WIC and First 5 associations to reach out to all families with young children may be the most important action we take for the next decade, -
Head Start California Updates
Census 2020: Make Sure Every Child is CountedCensus 2020: Make Sure Every Child is Counted
Census Day is April 1, 2020, just four months away. We are ramping up our efforts to make sure that children under age 5 won’t face the same rate of undercount they did in the last census. The 2010 Census missed close to 1 million young children — costing over a billion dollars each year in federal funding for these and other vital social programs — including Head Start. -
Head Start California Updates
Head Start California Joins Partnership for Census 2020 OutreachWe are pleased to announce Head Start California’s partnership with the First 5 Association and California WIC Association to engage in statewide outreach and education efforts for the upcoming 2020 Census. Together, our efforts will focus on California’s “hard-to-count” (HTC) populations, focusing on children ages 0-5.
This project, funded by the California Complete Count Census 2020, will ensure that the highest risk, most isolated, and HTC 0-5 families participate in the 2020 Census. -
Head Start California Updates
It’s National Head Start Awareness Month! How are you celebrating?In preparation for Head Start Awareness Month in October, we’ve been collecting stories so that we can share them across the state and across the country. What can you do locally to celebrate Head Start awareness month?
Here are a few ideas:-
- Invite a member of Congress to your program. Congress is on break and our California delegation is home. If you have not done so already,
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Head Start California Updates
Will You Vote? Update your roster and assign your voting member nowAs an association, staying connected is critical. We need to hear from our members so that we can truly act as one voice. One of the primary ways we stay connected is by ensuring that our database has the most current information regarding member agencies. That is especially true when we need for the membership to act in an official capacity.
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Head Start California Updates
Why Head Start Stories WorkWe have 100,000 stories to share. The stories are compelling because they have three elements with universal appeal. First, they are about children. Children have a natural, wide-eyed wonder and curiosity about the world that is infectious. They remind us that what may have become common to us over the years is no less extraordinary. Rainbows, magnets — how is that not magic? — waterfalls, and birds in flight, and a thousand other natural phenomena delight them.
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Head Start California Updates
We all count.For most of us, beyond voting, we don’t get many opportunities to participate in matters of constitutional significance at the federal level. 2020 will be different. Next April, each of us has the opportunity to participate in something that has taken place in the United States every 10 years since 1790: the decennial census. Required by the constitution (Article I, Section 2) the U.S. Census serves two very important functions:
- Representation: The census count is used to determine how many seats each state gets in the House of Representatives.
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Head Start California Updates
MEDIA RELEASE: JUNE 28, 2019Advocates Praise Governor Newsom and Legislature for Commitment to Early Childhood Education Programs
Head Start California Statement on Budget
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
JUNE 28, 2019
BY: CHRISTOPHER MARICLE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, HEAD START CALIFORNIA
OFFICE: 916-287-9850
Advocates Praise Governor Newsom and Legislature for Commitment to Early Childhood Education Programs
Head Start California Statement on Budget
SACRAMENTO, Calif., (June 28, 2019) – Early childhood advocates praise the California Legislature and Governor Newsom’s commitment to providing funding and resources to programs aimed at children aged 0-5. -
Head Start California Updates
Head Start: Good for Children, Good for the Economy, Good for California“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men [women and children] are created equal.”
This principle is a cornerstone of our democracy — as much today as it was over 200 years ago. Maybe even more so today. As the country has grown over the last two centuries, it has become clear that while we remain dedicated to the belief that we are born with equal rights (and we still struggle with this), we are not all born into equal circumstances. -
Head Start California Updates
MEDIA RELEASE: MARCH 25, 2019
California Urged to Include Head Start in State Budget
Head Start California is Calling on Lawmakers to Support the Programs
Serving the State’s Most At-Risk Children
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MARCH 25, 2019
BY: CHRISTOPHER MARICLE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CALIFORNIA HEAD START ASSOCIATION
OFFICE: 916-287-9850
Advocates Praise Governor Newsom’s Commitment to Early Childhood Education Programs
SACRAMENTO, Calif., (March 25, 2019) – Today, Head Start California is calling for California lawmakers to invest in Head Start and Early Head Start,
