Standards of Infant/Toddler Timeline by Annie G Faulkner

1921

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The Sheppard-Towner Maternity and Infancy Protection Act passed in 1921: The law focuses on improving the health of mother and infants.

1925

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Wheelock College instituted a 3 year teacher preparation program in 1925: This program was modeled for schools all across the country.

1924

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Abigail Eliot and Margaret McMillan Introducing Nursery Schools to the United States in 1924

1931

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The Mothers Pension Act was a program that helped women in need and was established between 1911 to 1931.

1935

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The New Deal Work Relief Agency established emergency nursery schools that served 75,000 children in 1935.

1938

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The national Labor Act and The Fair Labors Act excluded domestic workers in 1938

1941

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The Lanham Act converted the limited emergency nursery schools to public child care facilities in 1941.

1954

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In 1954 congress introduced the Child Care Tax this helped parents pay for child care.

1958

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The committee of inner city children for Day Care of Children rallied together in support for public child care in 1958.

1965

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In 1965 President Johnson begins the Head start program serving over 560,000 children.

1969

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In 1969 Head Start started a program to support migrant farmworker families get child care.

1972

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The Comprehensive Child Development Bill passed by President Nixon was in support of giving free child care development programs to all children in 1972.

1976

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In 1976 Congress declared the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit which is to help bring tax relief to families when it comes to childcare.

1980

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In 1980 Reagan put forth an economic policy that boosted the provision of profit for child care.

1987

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In 1987 the ABC Bill was established to have a federal program to help improve public child care.

1990

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In 1990 Congress passed the Child Care and Development Block grant to help low income families pay for child care.

1994

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In 1994 Head Starts program started serving infants and toddlers.

1997

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In 1997 The child Tax Credit was passed to help offset the cost of raising children.

2000

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In 2000 there was groundbreaking research on the development of children under 5 assisting the improvement of child care.

2014

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In 2014 the Child Care and Development Block Grant was reestablished to ensure new child care licensing.

2018

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In 2018 The Child Care and Development Block Grant got $2.4 Billion Dollars in funding from the White house and Congress.

2020-2021

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From 2020 to 2021 Congress provided the CCDF with funding due to the effects of COVID-19.

2021

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In 2021 The American Rescue Plan Act was passed by Congress ensuring care packages and funding for child care during COVID-19.

2022

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Between 2021-2022 the number of licensed child care facilities increased by 3%.

2023

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In 2023 Biden invested funds into the Early Care and Development Programs and the CCDBG.

2024

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In 2024 the CCDBG will see an increase in funding but not without struggle due to inflation.