Early Ed Watch from the New America Foundation condensed the FY11 budget for early childhood.  I appreciate Lisa Guernsey providing this information.  Here is the summary:

“The administration has requested an additional $989 million in funding for Head Start and an additional $1.6 billion for federally funded child care programs.  The potential boost for Head Start is eight times more than the modest $122 million increase the program received last year.”

It might be interesting to compare FY 2010 to FY 2011.

Source: Department of HHS
(in millions)                                      2010                       2011

Head Start (incl. Early Head Start)     $7,235                   $8,224     

CCDBG                                           $2,127                   $2,927

Child Care Entitlement to States        $2,197                   $3,717

Total:                                               $14,289                 $16,879

The new budget will consolidate 38 educational programs into 11, and literacy programs are part of the restructuring.  They will be subsumed into a broader program called Effective Teaching and Learning.  The broader program will have three sections:  1) literacy  2) science, math, engineering and technology (STEM) and  3) programs that the administration says provide a “well-rounded education,” such as history, art and economics.

The Early Learning Challenge grants have passed the House but not the Senate.  Stay tuned!