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	<description>Informing you about legislation that affects Indiana&#039;s youngest children.</description>
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		<title>Toddler death at Unlicensed Registered Child Care Ministry</title>
		<link>http://advocacycca.wordpress.com/2012/02/23/toddler-death-at-unlicensed-registered-child-care-ministry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 15:07:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I want to respond to the reports that a Toddler drowned in a baptismal pool at a local Unlicensed Child Care Registered Ministry. This is a horrible tragedy that could have been prevented! The staff at Child Care Answers works &#8230; <a href="http://advocacycca.wordpress.com/2012/02/23/toddler-death-at-unlicensed-registered-child-care-ministry/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=advocacycca.wordpress.com&amp;blog=19238994&amp;post=368&amp;subd=advocacycca&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rally at the Statehouse</title>
		<link>http://advocacycca.wordpress.com/2012/02/22/rally-at-the-statehouse/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:12:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Celebrate the Children Rally Rotunda at the State House March 2nd 10:30 a.m. &#8211; 12:00 p.m.  Join us to remind lawmakers that ensuring that Hoosier children get what they need is absolutely necessary to maintain the vitality of our State! &#8230; <a href="http://advocacycca.wordpress.com/2012/02/22/rally-at-the-statehouse/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=advocacycca.wordpress.com&amp;blog=19238994&amp;post=362&amp;subd=advocacycca&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>General Assembly Update</title>
		<link>http://advocacycca.wordpress.com/2012/02/14/general-assembly-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:43:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been awhile since I have updated here. Only a few bills we had been watching made it through committee and to the other chamber. With the main one being, HB1136 Child Care Ministry Advisory Committee. The bill is now &#8230; <a href="http://advocacycca.wordpress.com/2012/02/14/general-assembly-update/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=advocacycca.wordpress.com&amp;blog=19238994&amp;post=358&amp;subd=advocacycca&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Important Child Care Legislation</title>
		<link>http://advocacycca.wordpress.com/2012/01/18/important-child-care-legislation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:55:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HB1322 Paths to quality tax credits. (Behning) Establishes the paths to quality tax credit. Provides that an individual is entitled to a refundable income tax credit for each child attending a child care facility that voluntarily participates in the paths &#8230; <a href="http://advocacycca.wordpress.com/2012/01/18/important-child-care-legislation/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=advocacycca.wordpress.com&amp;blog=19238994&amp;post=353&amp;subd=advocacycca&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Senate Education and Career Development Hearing Tomorrow</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:51:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Senate Committee on Education and Career Development will hold a hearing tomorrow and on the agenda is SB0268 , Advisory Committee on Early Education. Committee hearings are open to the public. The hearing will begin at 1:30pm on January &#8230; <a href="http://advocacycca.wordpress.com/2012/01/17/senate-education-and-career-development-hearing-tomorrow/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=advocacycca.wordpress.com&amp;blog=19238994&amp;post=349&amp;subd=advocacycca&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Early Childhood Literacy Pilot Program</title>
		<link>http://advocacycca.wordpress.com/2012/01/10/early-childhood-literacy-pilot-program/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:43:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week Senate Bill 0379 was introduced and referred to Committee on Appropriations. The bill establishes the early childhood literacy grant program as a two year pilot program within the bureau of child care. Requires the bureau of child care &#8230; <a href="http://advocacycca.wordpress.com/2012/01/10/early-childhood-literacy-pilot-program/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=advocacycca.wordpress.com&amp;blog=19238994&amp;post=346&amp;subd=advocacycca&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Child Care Ministry Advisory Committee</title>
		<link>http://advocacycca.wordpress.com/2012/01/09/child-care-ministry-advisory-committee/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:52:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On January 6th House Bill #1136, Child care ministry advisory committee was read and referred to Committee on Family, Children and Human Affairs. The bill comes from the recommendation of the Committee on Child Care to formally recognize the child care &#8230; <a href="http://advocacycca.wordpress.com/2012/01/09/child-care-ministry-advisory-committee/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=advocacycca.wordpress.com&amp;blog=19238994&amp;post=343&amp;subd=advocacycca&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Update on Indiana General Assembly</title>
		<link>http://advocacycca.wordpress.com/2012/01/06/update-on-indiana-general-assembly/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:43:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Several more bills have been introduced that have impact on early childhood education. Senate Bill #288, Office of Child Development and early learning. Would establish the office child development and early learning within the department of education. Requires the office &#8230; <a href="http://advocacycca.wordpress.com/2012/01/06/update-on-indiana-general-assembly/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=advocacycca.wordpress.com&amp;blog=19238994&amp;post=340&amp;subd=advocacycca&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Indiana General Assembly Reconvenes Today</title>
		<link>http://advocacycca.wordpress.com/2012/01/04/indiana-general-assembly-reconvenes-today/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:22:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2012 General Assembly session begins today. With the deadline for proposed legislation quickly approaching several bills of interest have already been introduced. Among them is SB#204, The Pre-Kindergarten Grant Program. The bill proposes a grant program within the bureau &#8230; <a href="http://advocacycca.wordpress.com/2012/01/04/indiana-general-assembly-reconvenes-today/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=advocacycca.wordpress.com&amp;blog=19238994&amp;post=335&amp;subd=advocacycca&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Some Parent Advocacy Success Stories in 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:24:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we wrap up the end of 2011, we would like to give a big THANK YOU to our fearless parent advocate Casey Williams. Casey has spent the last year speaking to anyone and everyone about the importance of quality, &#8230; <a href="http://advocacycca.wordpress.com/2011/12/13/some-parent-advocacy-success-stories-in-2011/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=advocacycca.wordpress.com&amp;blog=19238994&amp;post=332&amp;subd=advocacycca&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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