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1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | | WHEREAS, The first years of a child's life are when the |
3 | | most rapid brain development happens and lays the foundation |
4 | | for all future learning; and
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5 | | WHEREAS, Children's cognitive, physical, social and |
6 | | emotional, and language and literacy development are built on |
7 | | a foundation of children's positive interactions with adults, |
8 | | peers, and their environment; and
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9 | | WHEREAS, As of 2019, 6% of children in our State have all |
10 | | available parents in the workforce; and
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11 | | WHEREAS, High-quality early care and education can help |
12 | | ameliorate the effects of poverty, detect and remediate |
13 | | delays, identify and help prevent child neglect, and lead to |
14 | | positive outcomes for individual children, helping them be |
15 | | better prepared for school and more likely to succeed in life; |
16 | | and
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17 | | WHEREAS, The average wage for child care providers, who |
18 | | are skilled and valuable front-line professionals and who have |
19 | | risked their health to provide education and care during a |
20 | | global pandemic, is less than $12 per hour, with Black and |
21 | | Latina child care workers making even less; and
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