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5 Mar 2014
Report

California’s Birth Through 3: Program Purpose and Design

Susan Muenchow

The primary purpose of California's Birth Through 3 Program is to increase the number of the most vulnerable children receiving high quality comprehensive services that meet their needs for early learning, health and family support. This paper details the program's purpose and design, and concludes that the proposed enactment of the Kindergarten Readiness Act of 2014 creates a rare opportunity to redirect $175 million in savings from current expenditures for four-year-olds to improve and expand early learning and care services for a younger population of children with the highest needs and the most to gain.

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Further Reading

  • Unmet Need for Preschool Services in California: Statewide and Local Analysis
  • Research and the Public Prekindergarten Debate
  • Estimating the Cost of Preschool for All in California: A Policy Brief
  • California Infant/Toddler Early Learning and Care Needs Assessment: A Policy Brief
  • Independent Evaluation of California’s Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge Quality Rating and Improvement System: Cumulative Technical Report
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