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* Address current tax structure to ensure
sufficient revenue for essential programs for children and families. |
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| * Increase
reimbursement rates for low-income subsidized child care from the 11
year old rate structure
to reflect the most current Market Rate Survey. * Raise the Income Eligibility Scale for child care subsidies recognizing that the cost of high-quality child care affects families at many income levels. * Expand the Child and Adult Care Food Program to relative care providers by focused outreach from the Departments of Education and Human Services and look for other strategies to increase enrollment. |
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| * Provide financial
incentives for the expansion of child care in high-need, low-income
areas. * Increase the per child rate for MSRP to meet the demand. * Require that Michigan School Readiness Program funds be used only for classroom and home-based models. * Eliminate Parent Involvement and Education components from the school districts' and public school academies' MSRP grants. * Retain and expand financial incentives to address the needs for odd-hour care, care of children with special needs, infant and toddler care and school-age care. |
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| * Increase the number
of consultants for child care licensing, MSRP oversight and child care
expulsion prevention
to improve quality. * Expand state-supported training, professional development and accreditation opportunities and incentives for child care programs including relative-care providers, in-home aides and caregivers in migrant camps. * Implement the "Quality Rating Improvement System" for centers, family child care homes and group family child care homes to increase quality and professionalism. |
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| Advocoting on behalf
of children and their families ta assure that all children have access
to high quality, affordoble, and nurturing early education
and care.
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Click here for a PDF of the Action Agenda |
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