Budget and policy decisions at the federal level have a deep impact at home in Pennsylvania. Improving the early care and education system at the national level will result in improvements in the commonwealth too. Read below for updates and information about our federal policy and advocacy work.
Federal Public Policy
Position Statements on Federal Policies can be found here.
The President’s Budget for FFY 2024
President Biden released his budget for FFY 2024 in March 2023. It includes $22.1 billion for core federal early learning and care programs, including the Child Care and Development Block Grant program, Head Start and Early Head Start, and IDEA Part B and C up 10.5% from the 2023 enacted level. The White House Fact Sheet can be found here for how the proposal will lower costs for families. Below are key proposed increases:
Child Care and Development Block Grant (Discretionary CCDBG) - $9,000,000,000 - increase of nearly $1,00,000,000 above FY2023
Head Start and Early Head Start - $13,200,000,000 - increase of $1,100,000,000 above FY2023. This includes $500 million for a demonstration program in the Department of Education to create or expand free, high-quality preschool in school or community-based settings, including Head Start, for children eligible to attend Title I schools.
Preschool Development Grant Birth through Five (PDG B-5) - $360,000,000 - increase of $45,000,000 above FY2023
IDEA Part B Preschool Grants - $502,620,000 - increase of $93,071,000 above FY2023
IDEA Part C Grants for Infants and Families - $932,000,000 - increase of $435,694,000 above FY2023
Proposals PennAEYC Supports and is Tracking
Please check back here as the 118th Congress begins.
The President’s Budget for FFY 2023
- Child Care and Development Block Grant (Discretionary CCDBG)
- $7,562,000,000 - increase of $1,397,000,000 above FY2022
- The budget also proposes a new federal administration set-aside of half of a percent to fund salaries and benefits for federal staff to review grantee reports, conduct site visits, coordinate with relevant stakeholders, award grants, and update reporting systems.
- Head Start and Early Head Start
- $12,203,000,000 - increase of $1,167,000,000 above FY2022. This includes $650 million directed toward investments in Early Head Start-Child Care Partnerships and $505 million in funding for a cost-of-living adjustment.
- Preschool Development Grant Birth through Five (PDG B-5) - $450,000,000 - increase of $160,000,000 above FY2022
- IDEA Part B Preschool Grants - $502,620,000 - increase of $93,071,000 above FY2022
- IDEA Part C Grants for Infants and Families - $932,000,000 - increase of $435,694,000 above FY2022
Proposals PennAEYC Supports and is Tracking
Please check back here as the 118th Congress begins.
National Early Care and Education Federal Policy Resources
- National Association for the Education of Young Children
- America for Early Ed
- Child Care Aware of America
- Center for Law and Social Policy Child Care and Early Education
- Early Care and Education Consortium
- National Child Care Association
- National Women’s Law Center
- New America Foundation Early Education Initiative
U.S. Health and Human Services