CONTACT:

Jennifer Gallo, Community Public Relations Coordinator
302-479-1691

For immediate release – March 27 , 2006

Third Annual Early Childhood Advocacy Day:
April 5, 2006
Dover , DE

 

What: The Third Annual Early Childhood Advocacy Day

Delaware has only seen one statewide increase in Purchase of Care (POC) rates since 1996. Early childhood advocates, child care providers, and parents will gather to request a $4 million increase in the Purchase of Care budget line item in the FY 2007 budget. Participants will wear yellow to denote their support.

Delaware’s POC program is a subsidy that supports early childhood and after-school education for more than 14,700 children in the state, from birth through age 12, who live within 200% of Federal Poverty Limits.

When: Wednesday, April 5, 2006
1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Where: Steps of Legislative Hall, Dover, DE

Who: The Third Annual Early Childhood Advocacy Day is co-sponsored by:

Child Care Professionals of Sussex County
Delaware Association for the Education of Young Children
Delaware Head Start Association
Delaware Family Child Care Alliance
Early Learning Coalition
Kent County Child Care Center Directors
New Castle County Early Childhood Administrators Association
Nursery and Kindergarten Association of Delaware
The Family & Workplace Connection

For more information, please contact Evelyn Keating at 302-479-1674 or visit www.familyandworkplace.org.

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The mission of The Family & Workplace Connection is to enhance the supply and quality of care and education for children and elders and to help families effectively manage their work and personal life responsibilities.

 

 

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