Early Childhood Policies in louisiana
Better Louisiana supports efforts to expand access to high-quality early care and education programs for all at-risk children in Louisiana from birth through age 4.
Our Recommendations:
- Commit to investing a meaningful level of recurring dollars to expand access to high-quality early childhood care and education, with a focus on birth to age 3.
- Incentivize communities to generate local funding for early care and education through continued state investment in the Louisiana Early Childhood Education Fund.
- Encourage employers to support high-quality child care to benefit their employees and strengthen the workforce.
- Maintain the emphasis on strong accountability, including a transparent rating system, to ensure that families have a wide array of high-quality early education and care offerings.
- Review existing dedicated funding and revenue sources to determine if additional dollars could be used to support broader access to quality early childhood services.
Louisiana serves
18%
At-risk children ages 0-3 with quality early education
Breakdowns in access to childcare cost Louisiana businesses
$762 MILLION
as a result of missed work, turnover and other related costs
In Louisiana
2 OUT OF 3
young children have both parents, or their single parent, in the workforce
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