Author: PCG | Posted: 23. July 2010 04:34

On July 15, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and Education met to take the first step in considering funding for child care and Head Start for the 2011 fiscal year – programs for which the Administration requested crucial increases in the Budget Proposal earlier this year. The bill includes a $700 million increase for the Child Care and Development Block Grant program (CCDBG) and an $866 million increase for Head Start.

Now, the full House Appropriations Committee must meet and pass the bill agreed to by the Subcommittee. This will likely occur in the upcoming weeks. The Senate has yet to start work on their version of the bill, but this is also expected in upcoming weeks. Advocacy groups are working with the Committees that will handle the “mandatory” money for CCDBG.