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Here are some resources you can share:

• Child Care and Pre-k: Public Funding and Need
• Early Care and Education Landscape
• 2024 Pre-k Fact Sheet
• 2024 Pre-k Fact Sheets by county:
  • Allegheny County
  • Armstrong County
  • Beaver County
  • Butler County
  • Fayette County
  • Greene County
  • Indiana County
  • Lawrence County
  • Washington County
  • Westmoreland County
• 2024 Child Care Fact Sheets by county:
  • Allegheny County
  • Armstrong County
  • Beaver County
  • Butler County
  • Fayette County
  • Greene County
  • Indiana County
  • Lawrence County
  • Washington County
  • Westmoreland County
• PA Voters Overwhelmingly Support Additional Investments in Early Care and Education
• Start Strong PA September 2023 Staffing Crisis Survey Results
• Fix Child Care fact poster

Trying Together and Early Learning PA Reports

• Solving the Child Care Teacher Shortage Through State Recruitment and Retention Investments
• Elevating the Early Childhood Workforce
• Building a Financially-Stable, High-Quality Child Care System for Pennsylvania’s Children and Families: Improving Subsidized Child Care Rate Setting
• The High Cost of Working in Early Childhood Education – A Workforce on the Brink of Collapse with Devastating Consequences for Children
• Getting Back to Business: The Employer’s Case for Non-Traditional Hour Child Care
• Policy Brief: Overview of Non-Traditional Hour Child Care
• A Model to Strengthen and Stabilize the Child Care System
• A Snapshot of the Rural Early Care and Education Landscape
• The Value and Cost of High-Quality Early Care and Education
  • Executive Summary

Past Policy Reports

• Advance Developmentally Appropriate Practice: How Young Children Learn White Paper
• Developmentally Appropriate Practice (DAP): A Guide for Parents
• Advance Developmentally Appropriate Practice: How Young Children Learn Webinar 
• End Early Childhood Suspensions and Expulsions White Paper
• Addressing Suspensions and Expulsions: A Guide for Families (2024)
• A Pathway to Reduce and Eliminate Early Childhood Suspensions and Expulsions
• How to Find, Choose, and Pay for High-Quality Child Care: A Guide for Families
• A Review of Pre-Kindergarten Expansion in U.S. Cities
• Invest in Quality: A Case for Paying Closer to What High-Quality Pre-K Costs
• The Case for High-Quality Infant and Toddler Child Care
• Kindergarten Transition White Paper (2024)

 

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