Article Link: http://exchangepress.com/article/multiple-horizons/5022031/
Program providers in the early care and education field are at once educators, business managers, and customer relations specialists. And some must be a mix of plumber and therapist with the kinds of issues that arise in our buildings and with our parents and families. To succeed, you have to watch multiple horizons: read your parent-customer base, keep up with best practices in child development and early learning, and observe the local business climate. And in our high-stakes industry with significant public investment and scrutiny, you have to pay attention to multiple horizons in public policy. The last few months of significant breakthroughs on the federal, state, and in some cases, local levels, have made that clear.CCDBG Reform
In the November/December 2013 issue of Exchange �" a whole year ago �" I highlighted a bill introduced in the U.S. Senate (S.1086) that would reauthorize the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG), the federal government’s child care program that provides for child care assistance subsidies and quality improvement resources that each state administers within a broad framework. Reauthorization is the process by which Congress periodically reviews and revises the programs it creates. Generally, this occurs every five years or so, but ...