Economic Impact

Home Visiting Programs are Preschool in Earliest Form

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Caleb Cantres-Maldonado was all of 6 weeks old and just stirring from a nap when his mother propped him up and pointed him in the direction of a picture book.

“Look what I have! See the book?” said Milenka St. Clair, a family support worker who visits Caleb’s Manassas home once a week. “It’s a drum! What else do you see?”

Caleb’s head flopped to one side. St. Clair tapped the page loudly, then moved it left and right and up and down. The baby’s eyes, still cloudy and a little crossed, followed her movements.

Bernanke Champions Early Childhood Education

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Educating children starting at an early age increases their opportunities and benefits the larger economy, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said in a video prepared to be shown Tuesday.

Effective education can help reduce poverty, increase lifetime earnings and boost personal satisfaction at home and on the job, Mr. Bernanke said in a prerecorded video prepared for a conference of the Children’s Defense Fund in Cincinnati. The Fed chief didn’t discuss monetary policy in his remarks.

Executive Summary of Economic Analysis of All Our Kin's Family Child Care Tool Kit Program

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November, 2011
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All Our Kin's Family Child Care Licensing Tool Kit program helps providers earn more and enhance their quality of life, creates affordable, high-quality services for families and yields $15-$20 in economic benefits for every dollar spent.
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UConn Center for Economic Analysis
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