16 States Plus DC Race to the Trough for Early Childhood Cash
Sixteen states plus the District of Columbia are racing for the trough once again. This time it’s for early childhood cash. The applicants are: Arizona, Arkansas, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Vermont.
This is the second round, the first round came in FY 2011. Here are the “winners” of that particular competition:
- California – $75,000,000 (California had to revise the amount they requested to a lower amount)
- Delaware – $49,878,774
- Maryland – $49,999,143
- Massachusetts – $50,000,000
- Minnesota – $44,858,313
- North Carolina – $69,991,121
- Ohio – $69,993,362
- Rhode Island – $50,000,000
- Washington – $60,000,000
- Establishing Successful State Systems by building on the state’s existing strengths, ambitiously moving forward the state’s early learning and development agenda and carefully coordinating programs across agencies to ensure consistency and sustainability beyond the