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ECEAP Fact Sheet (pdf)
Head Start Fact Sheet (pdf)
Early Head Start Fact Sheet (pdf)
ECEAP outcomes/expansion brief (word)
Head Start Impact Study Analysis (pdf)
2013 0501 Congress Resolves Airline Delay Issue in 1 Day While Two-Thirds of Washington Head Start Programs Prepare to Cut Children
2013 0328 ECEAP Expansion - K12 Support News Release
2013 0325 K-12 Leaders News Conference Handout
2013 0225 Sequester effects WA Head Start
2012 1120 Release - Cant fix K12 without Early Learning
2012 1120 ECEAP School Readiness
2012 1115 LCC Innovation Award
2012 1112 Parent of the Year - Nicole Erickson
2012 1018 Looming federal cuts will close Head Start centers in January
2012 0702 WSA to Receive Grant to Conduct Financial Literacy Training with Low Income Parent
2012 0614 Head Start Increases Fathers Involvement
2012 0113 Governor to Cut Thousands Off Working Connections
2011 1122 Failure of Super Committee Could Mean Big Cuts to Head Start
2011 1019 Governor Gregoire says ECEAP is State's best investment
2011 0328 Huge Increase in Homeless Children in Head Start & ECEAP
2011 0314 High Quality Pre-K Programs Save Taxpayers Money Right Away
2011 0216 Who will Rep. Reichert Stand with - children or Tea Party?
2011 0214 House Republicans Propose 200,000 Children Cut from Head Start
2011 0112 Formerly Homeless ECEAP Parent Testifying
2010 1208 Record Waitlists in ECEAP / ECEAP Parent Testifying
2010 1110 Governor Cuts Child Care Subsidies to 4000 Families
2010 11-09 ECEAP Shines in Latest Report
2010 10-07 April's Story - 2500 Cut from Working Connections Childcare Subsidy
2010 09-16 Stop playing games with Head Start funding
2010 0728 Murray comes through on funding for kids
2010 05-28 News Release on Military Families in Head Start & ECEAP
2010 02-26 News Release on Child Care Subsidy Reform
2010 02-23 News Release on ECEAP Cuts in Senate Budget
2010 02-23 News Release on WCCC Cuts in House Budget
2010 02-04 News Release on 263% increase in ECEAP waitlists
2009 11-30 News Release on ECEAP Record Waitlists
2009 11-11 News Release on ECEAP Funding and Poverty
2009 08-26 News Release on Loss of Senator Kennedy
2009 03-12 News Release on ECEAP funding
2009 02-12 News Release on Economic Stimulus Package
2008 03-08 News Release on Washington Head Start Bill Passage
2008 09-24 News Release on 25 milllionth Head Start Child
2007 11-15 News Release on Head Start Reauthorization
04-10-2013 House budget proposal best for schools
04-08-2013 Report: Washington Is Making Progress in Early Learning, But Plenty of Work Left to Do
04-03-2013 Two Seattle Head Start Programs Deemed Low-Quality, Lose Funding)
03-31-2013 Editorial: Gov. Jay Inslee right to target education in state budget plan
03-25-2013 Sen. Murray talks sequestration as she tours Head Start class
03-05-2013 Sequester will hit local Head Start program
03-01-2013 Budget standoff deals $9 million blow to state's Head Start program
03-01-2013 Sequester Slashes Washington Head Start, K-12 Funding
02-27-2013 The Cost of Kids
02-26-2013 Sequestration budget cuts threaten Head Start students
02-26-2013 Federal budget cuts 'chip away foundation' for local families
02-26-2013 Head Start program would suffer with sequestration cuts
02-26-2013 Coming federal cuts to have local impact
02-06-2013 Why Early Education is Good for Business
02-13-2013 Legislators want to use pot money for preschool program
01-20-2013 Washington’s Quality Rating and Improvement System Will Expand Dramatically This Year
09-15- 2011 ECEAP helps low-income kids with health, education, nutrition
09-14-2011 Early learning funding must not be chopped
09-03-2011 Letter: Early Learning Pays Dividends
08-31-2011 Renovated Bremerton park an outdoor classroom for toddlers
08-29-2011 Funding means classes for 36 more local kids
08-28-2011 Early learning programs pay huge dividends
06-21-2011 Early childhood education is a key ingredient for success of businesses
3-14-11 NW Public Radio - Early Education Not Lost In Budget Cuts
3-14-11 Walla Walla Union Bulletin- Head Start Critical to future of our children
3-13-11 Tacoma News Tribune - Even today, Head Start is the right investment in children
3-9-11 Sen. Murray speaks about Head Start on Senate Floor (22:30)
3-5-11 Longview Daily News - Norpac (and parent Robb Atherton) honored by National Head Start Association
3-5-11 Longview Daily News - LCC student named Head Start's National Father of the Year
3-3-11 The Olympian - Cutting early learning programs not good for state economy
3-1-11 Seattle Times - Invest now in early learning for better lives and a better workforce
2-24-11 Lewiston Tribune - Protesters turn out in support of Head Start
2-24-11 KLEW-TV - "Stroll-in" staged to protest proposed cuts to Head Start
2-23-11 Daily Evergreen - Budget shortfalls may affect childcare assistance program
2-17-11 Tacoma News Tribune - LTE from Head Start graduate - Head Start Program helps kids succeed
2-16-11 Tri-City Herald - Babies Behind Bars in Women's Prison
2-12-11 KING-5 - Low Income family fitness and nutrition program in jeopardy
2-10-11 KIRO-TV - Advocacy Day coverage at 37:00
2-10-11 KPLU - One Month Down, Lots of Work Ahead on Budget (includes Advocacy Day coverage)
12-9-2010 KUOW - Gov. Orders Cuts As Preschool Waitlist Soars In Wash.
12-9-2010 Public News Service - Pre-K Saved from Drastic Cuts, in WA and Elsewhere
12-7-2010 Daily Record - New home planned for Head Start
11-29-2010 KIRO-TV - Cecily Jenkins, WSA parent ambassador, interviewed about Working Connections Child Care Subsidies (around 12:00)
10-18-2010 Whidbey News Times - Local mom fights for education funding in DC
10-2-2010 Centralia Chronicle - Caring for the Forgotten Children
9-29-2010 A foundation for Orcas pre-schools: State-funded eceap program gives millions to local kids
5-25-2010 The Daily News - Support effort in improve early education
4-14-10 Sequim Gazette - Director of OLYCap Head Start Honored
3-18-10 Lake Stevens Journal - WA Lawmakers Vote for Early Learning 'Investments'
3-17-10 Seattle PostGlobe - Waitlist for Washington's public preschool and prekindergarten jumps 263 percent
3-17-10 KING-5 - Learning for Life - Parent Ambassador Program giving parents a voice
2-17-10 Moscow-Pullman Daily News - Maintaining a head start: Increased need, less funding leaves future of early learning uncertain (pdf)
1-22-10 KHQ - Early Learning Programs May Be Cut by Legislature
1-17-10 Lewiston Tribune - Prevention Pays (Sheriff Bancroft LTE) (pdf)
1-11-10 Lewiston Tribune - Will Early Education Survive Cuts? (pdf)
12-19-09 Ellensburg Daily Record - Head Start is Expanding
12-17-09 Lake Stevens Journal - Reardon says state should protect ECEAP funding
12-16-09 Q13 FOX - Governor's Budget: "Devastating" For Children In Need
11-12-09 KIRO-TV - New Effort To Save State's 'Head Start' Program
11-9-09 Seattle Post-Globe -Parenting: Cuts Keep Coming: New Round of Early Ed Cuts in Washington State (full post at Thrive by Five WA)
11-5-09 Wenatchee World -Chelan-Douglas Head Start expanding
10-29-09 Shelton-Mason County Journal - Rep. Kathy Haigh receives ECEAP Champion Award
10-21-09 Wenatchee World - Preschool Exercise aids learning, Head Start says
5-22-09 Seattle Times LTE - Gregoire vetoes early learning
4-1-09 Kirkland Reporter - Early-learning program faces state budget axe
3-27-09 KIRO TV - Program that helps needy children may get cut from budget
3-26-09 Public News Service - More Kids, Less Money for WA Early Learning Programs
3-25-09 KNDO Yakima - Yakima Assistance Program Could Face Big Budget Cuts
3-24-09 KHQ Spokane - Early Childhood Education Assistance Program in financial jeopardy
3-22-09 Tacoma News Tribune - More wait for preschool spots
3-21-09 Vancouver Columbian - Early childhood aid is on the budget's brink
5-21-08 Seattle P-I -- Joel Ryan Editorial on Head Start Funding
11-25-07 Seattle P-I -- Editorial on Head Start Reauthorization
8-2-07 Wenatchee World - 'Head Start Gets Perfect Score'
7-20-07 Spokesman Review - 'Our View - Picking Up Preschool'
4-26-07 Spokesman Review - 'Tools for Success' -- Early Head Start
