2009 Press Releases

December 17	Field Museum exhibits come to South Side Preschool
December 10	Ounce of Prevention Fund nominated as Center of Excellence for Head Start program
October 22	Illinois Early Childhood Advocates Available to Comment on New National Preschool Spending Report
October 9	Rep. Jim Watson to Visit Jacksonville Early Childhood Program
October 5	Southside Preschool Joins Reading Campaign to Break World Record
September 17	Charitable golf event raises $76,000 for Ounce of Prevention Fund
August 4	Gov. Quinn Partially Restores Preschool Funding
July 16	Letter: Early Education Narrows the Achievement Gap
July 21	At least 30,000 Illinois Children To Be Cut From Preschool
July 12	Letter: Early Education Pays Off
July 2	Letter: Treat Our Most Vulnerable Citizens as Human Beings
June 30	As Many As 27,000 Children Cut From Preschool in New State Budget Plan
June 17	Ounce of Prevention Fund Speaking Out Against Proposed Plans to Gut Early Childhood Education Programs
June 1	Early Childhood Programs Still in Jeopardy with Latest Proposed State Budget
May 18	Doomsday Budget Proposal Jettisons Illinois's Standing As National Leader in Early Childhood Education
May 7	Illinois keeps with national trend with proposed increase in preschool funding
April 29	David Brooks to tout economic importance of early childhood investments at the Ounce's April 30 Annual Luncheon
April 26	Letter: Prisons or Prevention Programs
March 16	Ounce President Harriet Meyer to spotlight early education in Illinois in testimony before Congressional committee



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