March 2017
ECEAP Senate Budget Changed (3/27/2017)
Media Release Senate Budget Reversal (3/23/2017)
Take Action Now (3/21/2017)
Immigration Resources (3/9/2017)
ECEAP Advocacy Action (3/7/2017)
November 2016
Thankful 4 Early Learning (11/21/2016)
September 2016
New Standard Blog (9/19/2016)
August 2016
The Long-Term Impact of the Head Start Program (08/1/2016)
June 2016
Facilities Meeting Materials and Notes, June 17, 2016
May 2016
We are 32nd (5/16/2016)
April 2016
68% Support ECEAP (4/28/2016)
March 2016
192 Homeless Kids on ECEAP Waitlist (3/2/2016)
January 2016
Advocacy Goals (1/27/2016)
December 2015
2600 ECEAP on Waiting List (12/8/2015)
August 2015
Proposed Head Start overhaul could force hundreds from program- King 5 (8/18/2015)
Head Start changes: Parent participation provides confidence (8/15/2015)
Head Start: Change threatens valuable program (8/12/2015)
Proposed Head Start changes could limit access, sideline parents advocates say (8/11/2015)
News Tribune Federal Proposal (8/9/2015)
July 2015
Head Start Performance Standards (7/23/2015)
Wage and Benifit Survey (7/14/2015)
May 2015
2015 Washington State Report Card (5/17/2015
April 2015
Early education for low-income kids buried in red tape - Jerry Large (4/16/2015)
12 Month Authorization (4/14/2015)
March 2015
Jessie Goodman (PA) Testimony on House budget 2015 (3/30/2015)
Joanie Talarico (PA) Testimony on two generation programs (3/15/2015)
WSA Compensation and Benifits Study (3/5/2015)
January 2015
Homeless Mom to Testify in Olympia (1/12/2015)
Abril Goes to Olympia (1/16/2015) Watch at 1:42:00
December 2014
WSIPP Study (12/31/2014)
Kid Governor (12/15/2014)
November 2014
STEM Institute (11/26/2014)
WSA Blog - The Head Start Survival Guide: Practical Tips for Making It in a Republican-Controlled Congress (11/14/14)
August 2014
WSA Blog- Did Friends Win the Emmy? (8/27/2014)
Check out our new video - What Can One Person Do to Advocate for Young Children? (8/25/2014)
News Release - WA Only Spends 1% on Early Learning!
June 2014
April 2014
Book Drive for Snohomish County Early Head Start and ECEAP (4/17/2014)
December 2013
State & Federal Legislative Update (12/18/13)
November 2013
Victoria Hilt of Kitsap Community Resources named WSA Parent of the Year (11/1/13)
Sara Bartrum of Chelan Douglas Child Development Association named WSA Director of the Year (11/1/13)
News Release: WA State Head Start and ECEAP Programs Applaud Historic Plan to Expand Preschool
October 2013
WSA Parents Speak at NHSA Rally for Head Start Funding (videos)
Parent Emma Aubrey at Sen. Murray Press Conference (10/23/13)
May 2013
News Release: Head Start Children hurt by Sequester (5/1/13)
WSA 2013 Federal Advocacy Goals passed (5/2/13)
Legislative Update Letter from Joel Ryan, WSA Executive Director (5/2/13)
MomsRising Blog: Why K-12 Superintendents Want to Spend Money on Preschool, and Why You Should Too (5/2/13)
March 2013
Govenor Inslee Calls for Big Increase in Preschool ECEAP Funding (3/28/13)
Seattle Times columnist Jerry Large talks early learning (3/28/13)
February 2013
Head Start Impact Study (02/222013)
January 2013
You Can't Solve the K-12 Problem without Early Learning (1/31/2013)
2013 Advocacy Goals (1/21/2013)
December 2012
News Release - Gregoire's Budget Puts Kids First (12/18/2012)
November 2012
October 2012
Looming Cuts will Close Head Start Centers in January (10/18/2012)
August 2012
No Waiting List for Working Connections Child Care (8/09/2012)
Across the Board Cuts: 1,356 Head Start Children in WA to Be Cut Come January (8/09/2012)
Federal Update (8/09/2012)
June 2012
New Study Finds That Head Start Helps Reconnect Absent Dads With Their Children (6/14/2012)
January 2012
4,000 Working Families to Lose Child Care, Will Expand Welfare Rolls and Cost Taxpayers More (1/13/2012)
November 2011
September 2011
Advocacy Alert! Special Session Could Mean Cuts to ECEAP (09/28/11)
Take Action Now! (09/14/11)
August 2011
Letter to Members from Executive Director Joel Ryan (08/29/11)
June 2011
State Legislative Update (06/01/11)
Federal Legislative Update (06/01/11)
April 2011
Senate Budget released with changes to ECEAP- Parent Ambassadors Testify at Ways and Means Hearing (04/11/11)
Head Start/Early Head Start Survive Federal Budget Cuts! (04/11/11)
ECEAP Book Drop a great success! (04/07/11)
March 2011
One Out of Every 12 Children Served Is Homeless (03/20/11)
February 2011
Federal Legislative Update (02/14/11)
January 2011
Contact your legislators about ECEAP Today! (01/26/11)
Legislative Update and Action Needed! (01/14/11)
Formerly Homeless ECEAP Parent to Testify in Olympia (01/12/11)
December 2010
Record ECEAP Waitlist - Parents to Testify in Olympia (12/07/10)
November 2010
Governor to Cut 4000 Families from Working Connections (11/10/10)
WSA Comments on Recompetition (11/09/10)
ECEAP Shines in Latest Report (11/09/10)
October 2010
King-5 Interviews WSA Parent Ambassador about Working Connection (10/10/10)
2500 Will Lose Child Care Subsidy - Check out April's Story (10/08/10)
Programs Honored by Committee for Children (10/04/10)
Lewis County Head Start in the News (10/04/10)
Parent Ambassadors Advocate for Head Start Funding in DC (10/01/10)
Septmeber 2010
Legislative Update, Bad News Edition (09/28/10)
Stop Playing Games with Head Start Funding (09/16/10)
Head Start/ECEAP Legislative Update (09/10/10)
July 2010
Murray Comes Through for Kids; Senate Labor HHS Committee Provides $989 million for Head Start (07/28/10)
June 2010
Support Head Start: Write a Letter to Your Legislators (06/01/10)
May 2010
Military Families benefit from Head Start and ECEAP (05/28/10)
Head Start/Early Head Start Budget at Risk (05/20/10)
Head Start founder weighs in on Impact Study (05/05/10)
April 2010
Letter to WSA Members (4/13/10)