Fully fund Early Start!

The Issue

By investing in California's infants and toddlers at risk of a developmental disability, or showing a developmental delay, their lives can be changed, and their need for a lifetime of state-funded services can be reduced... or even eliminated!

The 2009 budget cuts saved the state money by denying these children early interventions. But those unaddressed needs only grow, and un-served infants and toddlers grow up to be children eligible for life-long services. A few years of savings lead to a lifetime of costs.

Renew Early Start, and reinvest in California's most vulnerable children, by restoring funding!

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The Issue

By investing in California's infants and toddlers at risk of a developmental disability, or showing a developmental delay, their lives can be changed, and their need for a lifetime of state-funded services can be reduced... or even eliminated!

The 2009 budget cuts saved the state money by denying these children early interventions. But those unaddressed needs only grow, and un-served infants and toddlers grow up to be children eligible for life-long services. A few years of savings lead to a lifetime of costs.

Renew Early Start, and reinvest in California's most vulnerable children, by restoring funding!

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The Decision Makers

Assemblymember Shirley Weber
Assemblymember Shirley Weber
Chair, Assembly Budget Subcommittee #1
Bill Monning
Former State Senate - California-17
Shannon Grove
Former State House of Representatives - California-34
Mimi Walters
Mimi Walters
State Senator
Ellen Corbett
Ellen Corbett
State Senator

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Petition created on March 13, 2014