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Children need safe, stimulating and nurturing environments in order to support healthy brain development and lay the foundation for lifelong learning and overall well-being. Photo by: Shutterstock Assemblywoman Michaelle C. Solages and Senator Kevin Thomas secured $500K in funding for the Long Island Regional Technical Assistance Center for Pre-K and Early Childhood Education (RTAC). The RTAC was created to implement best practices, tether Pre-K and community programs to the K through 12 educational system and serve as a model for New York State. Children need safe, stimulating and nurturing environments in order to support healthy brain development and lay the foundation for lifelong learning and overall well-being. I am proud to announce that the New York State FY 2021-22 Budget included monies for a Long Island Pre-K Regional Technical Assistance Center. This incentive works in to support and strengthen the coo
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Schumer: NY to receive $1.8B for childcare By: Adina Genn April 8, 2021 Comments Off on Schumer: NY to receive $1.8B for childcare
More than $1.8 billion in federal funds is coming to New York to help childcare providers and parents meet workforce needs amid the pandemic.
At the Amityville-based Marks of Excellence Child Care on Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer said that the funds from the American Rescue Plan are coming to Long Island and would provide critical relief for families as the economy and workplaces reopen.
“Since the start of this pandemic, day care and child care center advocates on Long Island have been sounding the alarm that these places are critical to our reopening and need help to survive,” Schumer said in a statement.