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The Children’s AgendaRepresenting
Winning Beginning NY
The Bottom Line on Early Childhood
Investment in New York State
April 5, 2011
Jeff Kaczorowski, M.D.
April 5, 2011
• Early Childhood Development Initiative
• Rochester’s Child
• Healthi Kids• Winning
Beginning NY• America’s Edge
• Greater Rochester After-School Alliance
• Healthi Kids• New York
State Afterschool Alliance
• Center for Governmental Research• Committee for Economic Development• Coalition for Evidence-Based Policy
Youth (9+)
Evidence-based programs and policies
Young Children(0-8)
TheChildren’s
Agenda
You Are Here:
Kids whose brains are stimulated show greater brain development.
Positive Stimulation
Negative Stimulation
If 50 first graders have problems reading, then 44 of them still have problems reading in fourth grade
First Graders Fourth Graders
Who Pays When Kids Are Behind?Business and Taxpayers!• 20% of U.S. workers are functionally
illiterate
Costs up! Worker availability down!
We Want to Pay Less and Get a Return on our Investment
Focus on early childhood, especially• Child care for 0-5• Proven home visiting programs for new
parents
WHY NOW?? Recession impacting government: Need to make tough choices
VS.
WHY NOW?? Recession impacting government: Need to make tough choices
Budgets are not just about more or less, they are about WHAT WORKS and they are about PRIORITIES
Economic Rationale: Part 1Don’t Waste Money
• D.A.R.E.
• “Scared Straight”
Economic Rationale: Part 2 Is NOW too long to wait?
• Fully funding early learning in New York would generate $1.86 in additional sales for every dollar invested; Creates new jobs; reduces the millions of dollars businesses lose from absenteeism caused by employees' child care problems.
~America’s Edge Report, August 2010
Economic Rationale: Part 2 Is NOW too long to wait?
• Nurse Family Partnership Home Visitation Program: Starts saving taxpayer dollars immediately and revenue neutral at child age 2 ½, then accrues savings
~ CGR and The Children’s Agenda 2010
Economic Rationale: Part 3 “You can pay me now or you can pay me later” ?!? Really??
“Every dollar invested in high quality early education returns between $7 and $17 because of tax savings from reduced services needed for these children as they grow.”
James HeckmanUniversity of Chicago Economist
Nobel Laureate
Where We Are
Greater RochesterPreK enrollment (4-year-olds)
71%
Kids in quality early childhood care and education
~20%
Home visitation available to eligible families
~30%
What We Need to Do
• Increase Capacity for Home Visiting• Increase Capacity for Early Childhood
Education• Support NYS Implementation of
QUALITYstarsNY• Stronger Workforce
Increase Capacity for Home Visiting
Increase Capacity for Early Childhood Education
QUALITYstarsNY
• Five-star rating system – like movies or restaurants
• Increases competition to drive improvement
• Accountability, cost-effectiveness to maximize state’s limited resources
• 24 states have it – NY is behind
Stronger Workforce: High Quality Early Care and EducationNeeded• Professional development system for
staff• Scholarships/loan forgiveness• Comparable pay
Thank you!