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Who? To serve
What?To provide
How? To do it
April 23, 2015
CENTER for EDUCATION POLICY RESEARCH
The Most Pressing Questions in New Mexico’s Early Childhood Landscape
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Credit: Albuquerque Journal, Pat Vasquez-Cunningham, Aug. 7, 2008
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Colleen Heild, Albuquerque Journal, March 2, 2014
Colleen Heild, Albuquerque Journal, March 9, 2014
Rick Nathanson, Albuquerque Journal, April 6, 2014
New Mexico’s Early Childhood Care and Education System
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5 Yrs. & Older
4 Yrs. Old
3 Yrs. Old
2 Yrs. Old
1 Yrs. Old
Birth To 1Prenatal
Home Visiting
IDEA Part CEarly Intervention – NM FIT Program
Child Care
Early Head Start
K‐Three Plus, Early Reading Initiative, Education Reforms
Across Grades 1, 2, and 3.
IDEA Part BEarly Childhood Special Education
Head Start
NM PreK
Who?
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• Universal and voluntary
• To avoid stigma
• New babies are hard!
Who?
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• 2,224 Families Served by Home Visiting
• 84,000 Children in NM, Birth to 3
Number of Clients/Children By Program and Grade FY14 & SY 2013‐14
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0
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
30,000
7Sources: Legislative Finance Committee, January 2014, Post Session Review, Estimated Number of Clients FY14; PED Dashboard, accessed 4/20/2015.
What?
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• New FOCUS Tiered Quality Rating and Improvement System (TQRIS)
• Child Care’s Origins
• Learning Through Play
How?
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• Large‐scale increases from the permanent fund
Or
• Gradual annual increases through the state appropriations process
Both are proposals to increase funding!
Annual Appropriations to Early Childhood Programs, in millions
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Source: LFC Post-Session Reviews. Includes home visiting, FIT, child care assistance, PreK, and K-3 Plus
$0
$50
$100
$150
$200
$250
FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16
We Agree More Than We Disagree
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We are challenged by the Who?What?and How? of early childhood policy, but we have decided to act, which is more than half the battle.
Hailey HeinzCenter for Education Policy Research
University of New Mexicocepr.unm.edu
hailey57@unm.edu
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