Pa Budget update from BUILD Listserve

UPDATED Child Counts for PA Pre-K Counts and Head Start Supplemental in Governor’s Proposed Budget
On February 9, OCDEL distributed information on estimated children that would be served in OCDEL programs in the Governor’s budget proposal for 2010-2011. At that time, OCDEL indicated that the numbers of children served for Pennsylvania Pre-K Counts and Head Start Supplemental may be subject to change due to the proposed reduction in funding carried forward from mid-year cuts in this fiscal year (2009-2010). After a more detailed review, OCDEL has determined that fewer children would be served in Pennsylvania Pre-K Counts and Head Start Supplemental in the Governor’s proposed budget:
Early Intervention (Infant, Toddler, and Preschool) will increase children to be served: An additional 1,100 infants and toddlers with developmental delays and disabilities will be added to bring the total number of children served to 34,384. An additional 1,200 preschoolers will be added to bring the total number of children served to 47,312.
PA Pre-K Counts and Head Start Supplemental will decrease children to be served:
• Pennsylvania Pre-K Counts – Services to 68 children will be removed, which would lower the children from 11,800 to approximately 11,732.
• Head Start Supplemental – Services to 117 children will be removed, which would lower the children served from 5,743 to approximately 5,626.
Other programs will be sustained, preserving services, as follows:
• Child Care Works Subsidized Child Care Program – Sustained to reach approximately 134,400 children (monthly average).
• Keystone STARS - Sustaining higher quality early learning opportunities for over 177,000 children and making it possible for programs to achieve higher STAR levels.
• Nurse-Family Partnership - Sustained to reach more than 4,200 children and families.
• Parent-Child Home Program - Sustained to reach approximately 1,500 children and families.
OCDEL’s budget one-pager and powerpoint have been updated to reflect these reduced services and are available online at http://www.pakeys.org/pages/get.aspx?page=EarlyLearning_OCDEL.