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In 2005, there were 2,619 low birth weight babies born in Connecticut.Two-thirds reside in just 19 Connecticut communities.
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Early Childhood Cabinet
Welcome to Connecticut's nationally recognized Early Childhood Education Cabinet. Established in law in 2005, the Early Childhood Cabinet was charged with advising on school readiness issues, evaluating current school readiness programs, and assisting in developing budget scenarios for early childhood education programs. In 2007, that legislative mandate was expanded to include development of an Accountability Plan, a Quality Improvement Plan, a Preschool Facilities Plan, an Early Care and Education Workforce Plan, and a study of student progress from preschool through the 3rd grade.
Our Progress:
- In its first year of organization, the Cabinet published "Ready by 5, and Fine by 9: Connecticut's Early Childhood Investment Framework." That report provides 50 action steps and 10 top priorities for investment in children, ages birth to nine, and in their families.
- In late 2006, the Cabinet's partner entity -- the Governor's Early Childhood Research and Policy Council --prepared the state's first ever Early Childhood Investment Plan, Part I.
- In 2007, the Cabinet established a public-private partnership with the William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund to co-invest in communities and parents. Also in 2007, the Office of the Early Childhood Education Cabinet was established, and the Cabinet received $4 million in state funds to support its work.
- In 2008, the Cabinet added a Birth to Three framework, a Kindergarten to Grade Three framework, adopted recommendations for preschool expansion, and recently adopted Operating Guidelines. Also in 2008, the Cabinet co-hosted -- with Governor M. Jodi Rell and the National Governors Association -- the Governor's Early Childhood Summit: Investing in the First Thousand Days.
- In 2008, the National Governors Association selected Connecticut to send a state team to the National Symposium on the Science of Early Childhood Development and awarded $10,000 for further work to strengthen the Early Childhood Education Cabinet.
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