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tiny-k Foundation's Newsletter - OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS
From Doug Bowman
The Governor’s Budget Recommendations are now available to study. These FY 2013 recommendations are where every budget discussion/debate begins. The Legislature may alter these numbers, but all discussions begin here. For Part C of IDEA (tiny-k), the recommendation is for level-funding. Support from Children’s Initiative Funds (CIF) will constant at $5.7 Million. We expect the federal grant to come in at a little over $4 Million, most of which is passed through KDHE to the 37 local networks.
Other CIF funded early learning programs did not fare as well. The Governor expects there to be less CIF available in the next year, and made cuts in anticipation of such. Among those on the cut list are: Parents As Teachers, Kansas Early Head Start, Pre-K program, and the newly combined Smart Start/Early Learning Block Grant program. See the table below for details.
As always, it is wise to remember that these Governor’s recommendations will be subject to Legislative activity. Hearings before Appropriations and Ways & Means sub-committees will occur soon. Information on those will be forwarded as soon as it is available.
We are going to need all the voices we can get to help tell legislators about the benefits of early learning and how early childhood programs are working in your community. To register for Early Learning Day, which is scheduled for February 8th, 2012, visit http://www.kansasschoolreadiness.com/early-learning-day-2012. Registration is officially open!
Thanks to Kansas Action for Children for some of the work represented here.
Other CIF funded early learning programs did not fare as well. The Governor expects there to be less CIF available in the next year, and made cuts in anticipation of such. Among those on the cut list are: Parents As Teachers, Kansas Early Head Start, Pre-K program, and the newly combined Smart Start/Early Learning Block Grant program. See the table below for details.
As always, it is wise to remember that these Governor’s recommendations will be subject to Legislative activity. Hearings before Appropriations and Ways & Means sub-committees will occur soon. Information on those will be forwarded as soon as it is available.
We are going to need all the voices we can get to help tell legislators about the benefits of early learning and how early childhood programs are working in your community. To register for Early Learning Day, which is scheduled for February 8th, 2012, visit http://www.kansasschoolreadiness.com/early-learning-day-2012. Registration is officially open!
Thanks to Kansas Action for Children for some of the work represented here.
Comparison of Children’s Cabinet Recommendations and Governor’s Budget
Children’s Initiative Fund
Children’s Initiative Fund
| Program |
Baseline (FY 2011 Actual) |
Children's Cabinet FY 2013 Rec. |
Governor's Budget FY 2013 |
| Child Care Assistance |
1,400,000 | 5,033,679 |
3,407,904 |
| Children's Cabinet Accountability Fund |
291,802 |
519,325 |
360,140 |
| Childcare Quality Initiative |
500,000 |
500,000 |
332,353 |
| Children's Mental Health Initiative |
3,800,000 |
3,800,000 |
2,635,210 |
| Early Childhood Block Grant |
11,000,000 |
-- |
-- |
| Early Childhood Block Grant--Autism |
50,000 |
-- |
47,036 |
| Smart Start |
8,321,281 |
-- |
-- |
| Early Childhood Investment Grants |
-- |
18,130,251 |
12,449,155 |
| Early Head Start |
3,452,626 |
3,452,626 |
66,584 |
| Family Centered System of Care |
4,850,000 |
4,750,000 |
0 |
| Family Preservation Services |
3,241,062 |
0 |
1,500,000 |
| Healthy Start Home Visitors |
250,000 |
0 |
237,914 |
| Infant and Toddlers (tiny-k) |
5,700,000 |
5,700,000 |
5,700,000 |
| Newborn Hearing Aid Loaner Program |
50,000 |
47,161 |
47,161 |
| Newborn Screening |
2,218,443 |
0 |
2,137,185 |
| Parents as Teachers |
7,359,130 |
7,237,635 |
5,023,541 |
| Pre-K Program |
4,800,000 |
4,799,812 |
3,323,750 |
| Reading Roadmap |
-- |
933,137 |
910,994 |
| SIDS Network Grant |
75,000 |
96,374 |
71,374 |
| Smoking Prevention Grants |
1,000,000 |
1,000,000 |
1,000,000 |
| CIF TOTALS |
$58,359,344 |
$56,000,000 |
$39,250,301 |