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Early Learning in Pennsylvania Today

State of the State:Early Learning in Pennsylvania Today

The State of Early Learning in Pennsylvania

2014



Access to quality early education for Pennsylvania’s young children can:• Reduce public costs for special education, public

assistance prisons and health care

High quality pre-kindergarten can decrease special education rates by 50% and grade repetition by 33%Source: Pew Center on the States



Facilitate job growth

Every dollar Pennsylvania invests in early childhood programs generates $1.06 in the local economy through local hiring and purchasing local goods & services.Source: America’s Edge



Effectively prepare students for new workforce demands

There is a mismatch between projected future jobs requiring STEM skills and the projected supply of qualified workers to fill them.



More than half of PA’s

young children at

risk of failing in school



Source: 2012 OCDEL Program Reach and Risk Report



Children making progress, entering Kindergarten ready to succeed

Source: Office of Child Development and Early Learning



Children succeeding in kindergarten and beyond

Nearly half (42%) of children in Pottstown SD live in economically at-risk families earning up to 300% of poverty.



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Approximately 83% of children in Erie SD live in economically at-risk families earning up to 300% of poverty.

2011-12 2012-13



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76% of children under age five in Philadelphia live in families earning up to 300% of poverty.



Families making solid choices for their children’s early learning



Families engaged in their children’s early learning

95% of parents use information on their child’s

performance to support their child’s learning at home

OCDEL Family Survey, 2012-13

150,000 copies distributed



Families gaining access to high quality early learning programs

95% of 600 children at risk of expulsion remained

in quality STARS programs thanks to

Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation in 2012-13 program year.



Why has Pennsylvania improved?

• High quality, coordinated programs to best serve families

• Providing high quality services early for the greatest impact

• Aligning early childhood education with K-12 for lifelong achievement

• Embracing accountability for results



OCDEL’s missionThe Office of Child Development and Early Learning (OCDEL) provides families access to high quality services to prepare children for school and life success.

The office is a joint initiative between the Departments of Education and Public Welfare.



OCDEL programs• Child Care Certification• Child Care Works• Children’s Trust Fund• Early Head Start • Early Intervention• Head Start• Healthy Families America• Keystone STARS/

PA Early Learning Keys to Quality

• Parents as Teachers• Parent-Child

Home Program• Pennsylvania

Pre-K Counts• Nurse-Family Partnership• Public-private partnerships



Effective teachers and leaders



Embracing accountability for results

95%STARS Designator reliability

in 2011-12

High reliability among staff designating STAR levels



Quality early learning environments



Specialized supports and technical assistance

The odds of a STARS provider advancing a

STAR level is 4.3 times greater when

they receive STARS Technical Assistance

than when they do not.Source: OCDEL Research Brief: Keystone STARS Technical Assistance, February 2013



Rising STARS initiative• Restructured grants and

awards (July 2012)• Increased subsidy add-on

rates (January & August 2013)

• STARS mentoring (October 2013)

• Tuition Assistance Program (October 2013)

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Promoting STEM skills in early childhood

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Aligning early childhood education with K-12 for lifelong achievement



Governor’s Budget Proposal for 2014-15

• Total Budget Amount $29.4 billion

• 3.3% increase



Governor’s Budget Proposal for 2014-15Serve additional families in:• Child Care Certification – 22 additional child care

certification licensing staff• Child Care Works Subsidized Child Care

Program – Expanding services to 119,650 children (monthly average), removing approximately 2,895 children from low-income waiting list.



Governor’s Budget Proposal for 2014-15Serve additional families in:• Early Intervention – Expanding to reach

90,144 children (37,800 infants and toddlers and 52,344 preschoolers) by adding 1,500 preschoolers.

• Pennsylvania Pre-K Counts – Expanding services to reach approximately 13,697 children in full- and half-day slots, an addition of 1,670 children, with another 2,000 slots for Summer Kindergarten Readiness Programs.



Governor’s Budget Proposal for 2014-15 Sustain services for children in:

• Keystone STARS – – Sustaining investment in Rising STARS initiative,

making it possible for programs to achieve higher STAR levels and serve more at-risk children.

– Expectation to expand Keystone STARS to all regulated child care programs as part of Race to the Top – Early Learning Challenge Grant

• Head Start Supplemental – Sustaining services to reach 5,590 children, 808 of these slots are for Summer Kindergarten Readiness Program.



Governor’s Budget Proposal for 2014-15 Sustain services for children in:

• Nurse-Family Partnership – Sustaining to reach 9,870 children and families.*

• Parent-Child Home Program – Sustaining services to reach approximately 200 children and families.

*Additional children served through federal Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visitation (MIECHV) funding



Race to the Top – Early Learning Challenge

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Proposed “Ready to Learn” block grant

Pre-k to grade three curriculum alignment

Training to support early literacy and STEM

Pre-k to Grade 3 extended day learning opportunities

Pre-kindergarten Full-day kindergarten



References in Governor’s proposed budgetListed below are the appropriations by Department and the page number on which you can find these appropriations in the Governor’s budget proposal. The full document is available online at www.budget.state.pa.us

OCDEL programs can be found in the Governor's Executive Budget on pages:DPW programsE.37.3, E.37.6, E37.7, E.37.9, E37.11, E37.33, E37.34, E37.39 PDE programsE15.3, E15.4, E15.6, E15.9, E15.10, E15.11, E15.18

* Proposal to include all regulated child care programs in Keystone STARS, which would serve nearly 270,800 children in STARS programs. This is part of Pennsylvania’s Race to the Top – Early Learning Challenge Grant

http://www.budget.state.pa.us/



Children served, 2012-13, est. 2013-14 and Governor’s proposed 2014-15Children Served by Select OCDEL ProgramsProgram FY 12-13 FY 13-14 1 FY 14-151 Program FY 12-13 FY 13-14 1 FY14-151

Child Care Works Head StartTANF 26,088 24,540 1 24,540 1 Total Head Start in PA 36,558 36,652 1 36,652 1

Former TANF 30,966 30,610 1 30,610 1

Head Start Supplemental Assistance Program 5,219 5,590 1 2 5,590 1 2

Low Income 59,580 61,520 1 64,500 1 Keystone STARS 164,677 165,000 1 270,780 1 3

TOTAL (monthly average) 116,634 116,670 1 119,650 1 Nurse-Family Partnership 2 9,870 4 9,870 1 4 9,870 1 4

Early Intervention PA Pre-K Counts 11,350 12,027 1 13,697 1

Birth to 3 Program 37,058 37,800 1 37,800 1PKC Summer K Readiness Program 2,000 1 2,000 1

3 to 5 Program 49,970 50,844 1 52,344 1 Parent-Child Home Pgm 200 200 1 200 1

1 Fiscal Year End Goal or Projection

2 Includes 808 children served in summer kindergarten readiness programs

4 Includes children served by federal MIECHV funding

3 Proposal to include all regulated child care programs in Keystone STARS, w hich w ould serve nearly 270,800 children in STARS programs. This is part of Pennsylvania’s Race to the Top – Early Learning Challenge Grant

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