It was presented at the 2013 Pennsylvania Economic Summit on
Early Childhood Investment by Rich Neimand.
Not exact matches
All funding decisions are guided
by the
investment values of United Way of the Southern Tier, and program alignment with its strategic priorities in
early childhood development, school readiness and success, basic needs, and senior independence.
An
investment of the same amount in the Smart Start
early childhood initiative reduced the likelihood
by 10 percent.
The National Forum on
Early Childhood Policy and Programs was established to complement the Council's work by attempting to answer questions about the impacts of investments in early childhood serv
Early Childhood Policy and Programs was established to complement the Council's work by attempting to answer questions about the impacts of investments in early childhood
Childhood Policy and Programs was established to complement the Council's work
by attempting to answer questions about the impacts of
investments in
early childhood serv
early childhood childhood services.
If the winners in the 36 races for governor make good on their campaign promises, the next four years will bring renewed financial
investments by states in their public schools, with emphasis on expanding
early -
childhood programs, improving teacher quality, and preparing students for college.
What I mean
by the prevailing metro area growth trend is what the area's growth would have been without the proposed
investment in
early childhood programs.
For more than 40 years, The Piton Foundation, which is part of Gary Community
Investments, has been committed to improving the lives of Colorado's low - income children and their families
by increasing access to quality
early childhood and youth development opportunities and fostering healthy family and community environments.
For every $ 1 invested in a Chicago
early childhood education program, nearly $ 11 is projected to return to society over the children's lifetimes — equivalent to an 18 percent annual return on program
investment, according to a study led
by University of Minnesota professor of child development Arthur Reynolds in the College of Education and Human Development.
Many of our models include a return on
investment component, which uses rigorous research to estimate the returns realized
by a program or
by a comprehensive
early childhood system.
This
investment would also help build a stronger
early childhood education profession
by supporting increases in payment rates for
early childhood educators.
Research as
early as 2005
by the Rand Corporation found a range of return on
investment from $ 1.80 to $ 17 for each dollar spent on
early childhood interventions.53 More recent studies of preschool (birth to age 5 years) education estimate a return on
investment as high as 14 % per year on the basis of improved academic and occupation outcomes, in addition to lowered costs of remedial education and juvenile justice involvement.54
Enormous
investments have been made
by governments, services and educators in professional learning, yet few programs targeted at the
early childhood sector have been evaluated
by researchers.
In 2016, 79 percent of programs funded
by the Maternal, Infant, and
Early Childhood Home Visiting program saw an increase in household income among participating families.60 Furthermore,
investments in MIECHV evidence - based home visiting programs produce a return on
investment of $ 1.89 for every dollar spent on implementing the program, in part through reduced spending on the social services noted above.61 These results prove that home visiting programs provide economic benefits for everyone — not just the families that participate.
Early Childhood Investments Substantially Boost Adult Health Similar results are linked to weekly interventions
by home visiting professionals; their visits focus on parenting skills and encouraging development of cognitive and social - emotional skills.
An analysis released today
by the White House Council of Economic Advisers describes the economic returns to
investments in
early childhood education, including increased parental earnings and employment in the short - term, reduced need for remedial education and later public school expenditures, as well as long - term outcomes such as increased educational attainment, increased earnings, improved health, and decreased involvement with the criminal justice system.
The Corporation for National and Community Service's Social Innovation Fund (SIF) and the Institute for Child Success (ICS) will make new resources available to help states and municipalities launch evidence - based
early childhood interventions,
by providing coaches and advisors to assist communities in developing Pay for Success transactions for
early childhood investments.
Here are outline eight guiding principles for effective
investments in
early childhood development that promote positive social and economic outcomes
by building a «scaffolding of support» around disadvantaged young children and their families.
We can move forward with confidence, provided our public and private
investments in
early childhood development are guided
by solid evidence, not uninformed advocacy.
CSCCE is focused on achieving comprehensive public
investments which enable and reward the
early childhood workforce to deliver high quality care and education for all children
by conducting cutting - edge research and proposing policy solutions.
Fortunately, with widespread recognition of the importance of
early childhood development for later school achievement (fostered
by advances in brain development research and studies of the long - term benefits of high quality
early child care), public discourse concerning child care quality is increasingly regarding child care as an important developmental influence warranting public
investment.
Using experimental methods researchers have found support for:
childhood stress (§ 6b) and father absence (§ 6c) lowering preferred age at first birth and increasing sexual risk taking [45,53]; attachment style (§ 6e) influencing parenthood - related thoughts [60]; cultural norms (§ 6m) discouraging reproduction outside stable unions [12]; women's reproductive autonomy (§ 6i) influencing their fertility preferences [47]; paternity uncertainty (§ 6j) discouraging parental
investment by men [55]; high cost of children (§ 6l) encouraging delayed reproduction and lower fertility [36,47]; resource stress and limitation (§ 6o) affecting mating preferences [12,36,40,51]; and mortality risk and salience (§ 6p) encouraging a greater interest in children,
earlier reproduction and higher fertility [6,41,42,45,57 — 59].
Investments in high - quality
early childhood education are essential to support our children reading on grade level
by third grade and parents» success in the workplace.