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Delaware: Making Progress on Consolidating and Aligning Early Childhood Services

January 26th, 2021

Author: Madeleine Bayard

After over a decade of studies and advocacy for more efficient, streamlined early childhood services, Delaware is making significant progress in consolidating its oversight and governance. As advocates and experts have noted, the government bodies that oversee early childhood issues in Delaware is fragmented, at best. At one time, there...

Why Delaware Should Update How it Funds Child Care

December 18th, 2020

Author: Kelsey Mensch

Affordable child care is an evergreen issue that predates COVID-19. But as we wrote in September, the pandemic forced many child care centers to severely limit their enrollment or close their doors entirely. Delaware’s child care centers have relied on federal CARES funding to support centers and families through “enhanced”...

5 Key Takeaways from the Early Childhood Council’s Strategic Plan

November 19th, 2020

Author: Kelsey Mensch

As holidays approach during an extra stressful year, families with young children are no doubt extra grateful for the childcare providers in their lives. The local industry has adapted mightily to help kids and families, and the Delaware Early Childhood Council is responding to the times with its new strategic plan. The plan celebrates...

Paul Harrell, A Man Who Gave His Heart to Kids

November 12th, 2020

Author: Paul Herdman

Paul Hooker Harrell Jr. passed away last week. See his obituary here. He was a good man in every sense of the word. Paul was one of the first people I met when I arrived in Delaware in 2004. He had left his successful work in the textile business in New York and when I met him, he was using his business acumen and amazing rapport with...