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New Haven-based All Our Kin was promoted in a piece by CT Public News Service regarding its Family Child Care Tool Kit Licensing program, which has been found, for every $1 spent, to return $15-$20 to the greater New Haven economy. This piece was picked up by Clear Channel Radio stations throughout the country.

Alliance member All Our Kin, Inc., a New Haven-based nonprofit, recently released a report on the economic benefit its Family Child Care Licensing Tool Kit. CT NewsJunkie attended the report release event and filed this story.

Jessica Sager, the executive director of All Our Kin, spoke to Mike Bellamy of WICC 600AM to discuss a recent study done on AOK's Family Child Care Tool Kit Licensing Program, which has helped have a positive impact on New Haven's economy. AOK is also looking at expansion of services into the Bridgeport and Norwalk area.  Jessica was the November interviewee in the CT Early Childhood Alliance's monthly radio slot with WICC.

Blogger Jonathan Pelto takes a look at the CCJEF v. Rell case and discusses his confusion over the support the motion to limit the term "education" when the Democratic majority, including the governor, has been a strong supporter of early childhood education.

Alliance director Maggie Adair was interviewed for a piece by CT NewsJunkie's Christine Stuart on the motion filed by the Attorney General's Office, and supported by the Governor's Office, to limit the term education to primary and secondary education - beginning with kindergarten - on the CT Coalition for Justice in Education Funding lawsuit against education inequality.

The Alliance's early childhood display is returning to Hamden for the Hamden Partnership for Young Children's Community Conversation on November 15. A submission to both the Hamden Patch and Elm City Express Blog was made and posted.

David Morgan of TEAM, Inc., spoke with a Litchfield County Times reporter about his recent appointment to the CT Early Childhood Education Cabinet and the importance of early childhood education in the lives of children, no matter what their economic background is.

In the Alliance's seventh story with CT Public News Service, the governor's jobs special session was the perfect opportunity to hone in on the importance of early childhood programs that help working parents continue to work. The story aired on October 26, the same day as the special session.

One day before the state had to submit its Race to the Top - Early Learning Challenge application, Harriet Feldlaufer, the chief of the Bureau of Teaching and Learning at the State Department of Education and member of the state's Race to the Top leadership team, spoke with Mike Bellamy of WICC on the steps Connecticut has taken to make itself competitive in this third round of funding. The interview was Oct. 18, 2011.

On September 20, Valerie Grant, an early childhood specialist with 2-1-1 Child Care, spoke with WICC's Mike Bellamy about 2-1-1 Child Care and how it can help families and providers find resources, referrals and services. She also spoke of professional development workshops she is offering in southwestern Connecticut.