> Tom Corbett, Governor Ronald Tomalis, Secretary of Education | Beverly Mackereth, Acting Secretary of Public Welfare Early Learning Council Updates State of the State: Early Learning in Pennsylvania Today OCDEL Updates March 12, 2013

> Tom Corbett, Governor Ronald Tomalis, Secretary of Education | Beverly Mackereth, Acting Secretary of Public Welfare Early Learning Council Updates Updates Governor’s budget proposal for QRIS on Effective TA Systems Learning Table CCIS consolidation PA children experiencing homelessness Zero to Three Infant/Toddler Policy Home Visiting Rising STARS PA Pre-K Counts, Head Start Supplemental and Kindergarten Readiness Program 2

> Tom Corbett, Governor Ronald Tomalis, Secretary of Education | Beverly Mackereth, Acting Secretary of Public Welfare Early Learning Council Updates Governor’s Budget Proposal for Living within our means has put Pennsylvania back on solid financial footing Time to reinvest in successful programs serving those in need No new taxes

> Tom Corbett, Governor Ronald Tomalis, Secretary of Education | Beverly Mackereth, Acting Secretary of Public Welfare Early Learning Council Updates Governor’s Budget Proposal for Total Budget Amount $28.4 billion $679 million increase (2.4%)

> Tom Corbett, Governor Ronald Tomalis, Secretary of Education | Beverly Mackereth, Acting Secretary of Public Welfare Early Learning Council Updates Governor’s Budget Proposal for Serve additional families in: Child Care Works Subsidized Child Care Program – Expanding services to 123,275 children (monthly average), an addition of approximately 1,400 children from low- income waiting list. Early Intervention – Expanding to reach 87,885 children (36,390 infants and toddlers and 51,495 preschoolers) by adding 1,500 preschoolers.

> Tom Corbett, Governor Ronald Tomalis, Secretary of Education | Beverly Mackereth, Acting Secretary of Public Welfare Early Learning Council Updates Governor’s Budget Proposal for Serve additional families in: Head Start Supplemental – Expanding services to reach 5,205 children, an addition of 210 children. Pennsylvania Pre-K Counts – Expanding services to reach approximately 11,930 children, an addition of 580 children.

> Tom Corbett, Governor Ronald Tomalis, Secretary of Education | Beverly Mackereth, Acting Secretary of Public Welfare Early Learning Council Updates Governor’s Budget Proposal for Sustain services for children in: Keystone STARS – Sustaining services to more than 179,285 children and increasing investment in Rising STARS, making it possible for programs to achieve higher STAR levels and serve more at-risk children.

> Tom Corbett, Governor Ronald Tomalis, Secretary of Education | Beverly Mackereth, Acting Secretary of Public Welfare Early Learning Council Updates Governor’s Budget Proposal for Sustain services for children in: Nurse-Family Partnership – Sustaining to reach more than 5,000 children and families.* Parent-Child Home Program – Sustaining services to reach more than 190 children and families. *Additional children served through federal Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visitation (MIECHV) funding

> Tom Corbett, Governor Ronald Tomalis, Secretary of Education | Beverly Mackereth, Acting Secretary of Public Welfare Early Learning Council Updates Proposed “Passport to Learning” block grant $1 billion over four years, beginning in Funded through privatization of state stores Ready by 3 – enriching K- 3 rd grade, including full-day kindergarten School safety Individualized learning STEM initiatives

> Tom Corbett, Governor Ronald Tomalis, Secretary of Education | Beverly Mackereth, Acting Secretary of Public Welfare Early Learning Council Updates References in Governor’s proposed budget Listed 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 OCDEL programs can be found in the Governor's Executive Budget on pages: DPW programs E.37.6, E.37.7, E.37.9, E37.12, E37.34, E37.35, E37.40 PDE programs E15.4, E15.9, E15.10, E15.11, E15.18

> Tom Corbett, Governor Ronald Tomalis, Secretary of Education | Beverly Mackereth, Acting Secretary of Public Welfare Early Learning Council Updates Children served, , est and Governor’s proposed

> Tom Corbett, Governor Ronald Tomalis, Secretary of Education | Beverly Mackereth, Acting Secretary of Public Welfare Early Learning Council Updates Appropriations committee hearings PDE: Commend administration for increasing funding for PKC, Head Start Questions about Kindergarten Readiness Program DPW: New Acting Secretary a “breath of fresh air” Interest in Rising STARS and moving children off of subsidy waiting list 12

> Tom Corbett, Governor Ronald Tomalis, Secretary of Education | Beverly Mackereth, Acting Secretary of Public Welfare Early Learning Council Updates QRIS on Effective TA Systems Learning Table Facilitated by NAEYC, National Center for Children in Poverty and Build PA’s goal: strategizing cost- effective ways to sustain a TA system while maintaining continuous quality improvement 20 states participating 13

> Tom Corbett, Governor Ronald Tomalis, Secretary of Education | Beverly Mackereth, Acting Secretary of Public Welfare Early Learning Council Updates CCIS consolidation Move from 59 to 42 CCIS agencies Effective July 1, 2013 All but one grantee identified 14

> Tom Corbett, Governor Ronald Tomalis, Secretary of Education | Beverly Mackereth, Acting Secretary of Public Welfare Early Learning Council Updates Homelessness Task Force Over 40% of homeless children in PA are under age six 2012 – creation of Homeless Task Force to evaluate impact on homeless children in PA. January 2013 – HHS published Early Childhood and Family Homelessness recommendations and resource list Webinar coming soon 15

> Tom Corbett, Governor Ronald Tomalis, Secretary of Education | Beverly Mackereth, Acting Secretary of Public Welfare Early Learning Council Updates Zero to Three Infant/Toddler Policy Steering team of five Convening a larger, diverse group of professionals in June/July Recommendations for a revised Infant Toddler strategy by October

> Tom Corbett, Governor Ronald Tomalis, Secretary of Education | Beverly Mackereth, Acting Secretary of Public Welfare Early Learning Council Updates Home Visitation- MIECHV – ExpansionProgram TotalsFormula 1063Nurse Family Partnership68 398Parents As Teachers479 84Early Head Start68 80Healthy Families America Families Served760 17

> Tom Corbett, Governor Ronald Tomalis, Secretary of Education | Beverly Mackereth, Acting Secretary of Public Welfare Early Learning Council Updates Rising STARS Rising STARS Tiered reimbursement – 1/1/ Support grants were awarded to successful applicants OCDEL, PA Key and the Regional Keys continuing to plan Rising STARS Mentorship for

> Tom Corbett, Governor Ronald Tomalis, Secretary of Education | Beverly Mackereth, Acting Secretary of Public Welfare Early Learning Council Updates PA Pre-K Counts, Head Start, and Kindergarten Readiness Program PA Pre-K Counts 220 letters of intent received, requesting $125m in funding for 17,500 slots HSSAP The grants opened March 11 th Due: April 5th 19

> Tom Corbett, Governor Ronald Tomalis, Secretary of Education | Beverly Mackereth, Acting Secretary of Public Welfare Early Learning Council Updates Summer Kindergarten Readiness Programs High quality, targeted programming to avoid regression and recoupment of skills in the first months of kindergarten : 600 children served through HSSAP Proposed : 3,000 children served through PA PKC and HSSAP 20