"As we struggle to recover from the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, too many American children do not receive the high quality early care they need," Sanders told The Nation. "The best way to both address our educational shortcomings and strengthen our economy over the long term is to invest in our children as early as we possibly can."
Sanders' legislative assistant told The Nation that the country "needs something bigger" than simply defending existing pre-K programs, since "less than half the households who are eligible for Head Start are receiving help." Sanders' plan establishes a grant program providing "universal, full day, full week, and full year programs" available to households with children age 6 weeks until kindergarten. The program would initially serve ten geographically diverse states across the country that fall significantly behind others in providing viable care services, but would ultimately expand to all fifty states in a long-term initiative to build upon existing efforts to improve the quality and affordability of early care.
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