Archive for Legislative News and Updates
Star Power 2011
Register at http://greatstartforkids.org/star-power. Download a pdf of the event.
Meet Your Legislator and Share Why Early Childhood Education is Important
We Need You to Tell Your Story!!! Please come to: Oak Park School 301 S. Garfield Traverse City February 28th, 2011 10 ‘til 11:30 AM Meet Your Legislator Your Voice Matters Parents, providers, teachers, come and share why early childhood matters to you and your community! Please call 231-922-2881 with questions or to let us [...]
Federal Funding for Early Childhood at Risk
Homeland Insecurity: Doing Better for our Children from Every Child Matters on Vimeo. A message from the Early Childhood Investment Corporation: Dear Friends, The feds ever-growing interest in early childhood programs and funding suggests that it is increasingly important for us to weigh in at that level at critical junctures. The national nonprofit The First [...]
Live Michigan Gubernatorial Candidate Twitter Forum Focusing on Early Childhood
Live Michigan Gubernatorial Candidate Twitter Forum Focusing on Early Childhood Monday, June 21st from 12p-1p EST It’s FREE! Here’s how to attend… 1. Join our discussion by using the #greatstart hashtag in each of your tweets so we can all follow the conversation during the party. 2. Follow the Gubernatorial Candidates (@Mike_Cox @george4govenor @Dillon4MI @bouchardforgov) [...]
Parents as Advocates
As a parent, I feel it is my responsibility to advocate for my children. My toddler cannot tell a legislator about how they need preschool, the child down the street needs basic needs because mom or dad lost their job and how we need more direct services or parent support and education programs, for example. [...]
Get on The Bus
On May 19, 2010 a bus will depart northern Michigan, heading to the state capitol in Lansing, to rally and show support for early childhood. A bus filled with families, friends and citizens who care about our youngest Michiganders – our state’s future! Not just any bus either. A bus with games, songs, snacks and [...]
2009 Accomplishments for Early Childhood
The Great Start Collaborative and Parent Coalition would like to share with you their accomplishments and projects focusing on early childhood for 2009.
House Health Reform Bill Needs Your Help
If you support this house bill which the ECIC supports the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) in this effort to ensure that children are covered in national health reform then we need your help! URGENT: We Need Your Help Today: Tell your Representative to Support the House Health Reform Bill Before Tomorrow’s Vote! TOMORROW NIGHT, [...]
Michigan Summary of Senate Cuts
Summary of Senate Cuts/Reductions by Great Start Component Area State and Local Infrastructure Program/Dept. Area Senate Cut/Reduction Local Impact State and local level support and technical assistance State School Aid Act (MDE) $750,000 (reduction) to Great Start Collaboratives and Parent Coalitions Federal Child Care Development Funds (DHS) Early Childhood Investment Corporation (combined with $12 million [...]
Survey Says Early Childhood Matters
Editors Note: Originally posted at ECIC.org Most voters in Michigan see early childhood development and education programs as an absolute necessity for their community. Eighty-three percent of voters see these programs as a necessity (69 percent strongly believe this). This belief crosses demographic and party lines. Strong majorities of voters across demographic groups express a [...]
