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GOVERNOR
SPITZER ENCOURAGES CHILD HEALTH PLUS ENROLLMENT TO INSURE NEW
YORK’S CHILDREN
Effort Underway to Enroll 400,000 Children in Health Insurance
Program
Governor Names Appointments
to Children’s Cabinet Advisory Board
Governor Spitzer's Office (August 9, 2007)
- The Governor announced appointments to the newly-established
Children’s Cabinet Advisory Board, which will provide outside
perspectives and expertise to the Children’s Cabinet. The
Children’s Cabinet is currently focused on enrolling the
state’s 400,000 uninsured children in Child Health Plus,
as well as improving access to high quality pre-kindergarten and
early learning programs. -download
press release
Senator Clinton Congratulates
New York State Pre-K Now Award Winners in Washington, D.C.
Award Winners from
Albany, New York, and Suffolk Counties Attend National Award Ceremony
in U.S. Capitol Building
clinton.senate.gov
(July 25, 2007) - Washington, DC - Senator Hillary Rodham
Clinton last week met with New York State Pre-K Now award winners
in Washington, D.C. to congratulate them on their achievements.
The three recipients from Albany, New York and Suffolk counties
were in Washington attending the Pre-K Now national award ceremonies
held in the U.S. Capitol Building. -
see press release
Winning
Begining NY and Docs for Tots Receive National Pre-K Advocacy
Award
New York early care and education groups cited for statewide
prekindergarten gains
Winning Beginning
NY (July 19, 2007) - WASHINGTON - Winning Beginning
NY received a national "Pre-K Champion" award for successfully
advocating expansion of New York State-funded prekindergarten
programs. MORE>>
New Research
Shows Pre-K Programs Increase High School Graduation Rates by
10 Percentage Points, Cut Murders by 20 Percent
Law Enforcement Leaders
Call on Congress to Fully Fund Head Start to Cut Crime
Fight Crime Invest In Kids (June 21, 2007) -
As children graduate from high school around the
country, law enforcement leaders today released a new report showing
that providing early education to all at-risk eligible children
would result every year in 50,000 additional high school graduates,
200 fewer murders and 5,500 fewer assaults. MORE>>
Children's Advocates
Applaud Governor's Budget
See as "major down payment" toward comprehensive
early care and education supports
Winning Beginning NY (January 31, 2007) - A
coalition of early care and education advocates is praising Governor
Eliot Spitzer's proposed 2007-08 budget for providing unprecedented
support for New York's youngest citizens. MORE>>
Advocates call for Early Learning Commission
Say Coordination, Oversight Needed
Winning Beginning NY
(December 12, 2006) - Albany, NY--A coalition of
early care and education advocates is calling on Governor-elect
Spitzer to form an Early Learning Commission overseeing New York
State’s early childhood programs and services. MORE>>
Governor approves $50 million additional
UPK funding in 2006-07 Budget
Winning Beginning NY (April 13, 2006) -
Today the Winning Beginning NY campaign applauds the $50 million
increase in Universal Prekindergarten funding in the 2006-07 state
budget. That $50 million increase would be the first new money
for PreK in five years. MORE>>
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