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Davis 2003** (Martha F. & Roslyn, //Human Rights Quarterly,// “The International Convention on the Rights of the Child: A Catalyst for Innovative Childcare Policies,” August, Project Muse)
 * Observation One – The Child Care Crisis**
 * 1- Child care in the United States is overwhelmingly inadequate—most parents are unable to afford quality child care and 7 out of 10 child care centers nationally aren’t up to standard.

**2- Head Start, in particular, has not received adequate funding despite its historic effectiveness Herndon 2009** (Ron, ‘Letters – Poor Children Need Their Head Start”, //New York Times,// February 15, 2009, __http://www.nytimes.com/2009/ 02/16/opinion/l16headstart. html__ **)**

**Advantage One – Economy** (Sue, //The News Observer//, “Child care aid can boost economy,” 2-10-09, __http://www.newsobserver.com/ opinion/columns/story/1401084. html__ )
 * 1- Economic recovery has been stalled by parents’ inability to afford child care—renewed government assistance is necessary to revitalize the economy**
 * Russell 2009**

**2- Renewed funding for Head Start would have a multiplier effect on the economy Kirp 2009** (Daniel, //San Francisco Chronicle//, 2-10-09, http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/ article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/02/10/ EDS415Q7U9.DTL&type=education ) Mead 2009** (Walter Russell Mead,. //The New Republic//, “Only Makes You Stronger,” February 4 2009. http://www.tnr.com/politics/ story.html?id=571cbbb9-2887- 4d81-8542-92e83915f5f8&p=2)
 * 3- Lack of economic recovery would draw us into conflict with Russia and China and ensure an India-Pakistan war.

**Advantage 2: Poverty** Duncan 2009** Alvarado 2005** (Danielle, “Making it Count: The Impact of Head Start on Latino Children and their Families” November 18, 2005 https://dspace.lasrworks.org/ bitstream/10349/516/28/ preschool.pdf- )
 * 1- Inadequacy of childhood education condemns millions of children to poverty—we have a moral and economic imperative to address it
 * (**Arne, //U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions//, “Testimony of Education Secretary-designate Arne Duncan before the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions United States Senate,” January 13, __http://help.senate.gov/ Hearings/2009_01_13/Duncan.pdf__ ).
 * 2- Early childcare is critical to child development and alleviating the effects of poverty.

**3- The impacts of poverty outweigh their impacts---the impacts are systemic and it’s the equivalent of an ongoing, unending, thermonuclear war every year** (Mumia,Cop Killer, “A Quiet and Deadly Violence”, September 19, http://www.angelfire.com/az/ catchphraze/mumiaswords.html)
 * Abu-Jamal**, **1998**

**The United States federal government should provide the necessary funding to expand early childhood education and child care assistance for persons living in poverty through accreditation resources and incentives and full subsidization of nationally accredited child care through Head Start programs.**
 * Observation two – Solvency**

Rep. Miller 2009** (George & Dale E., //NACCRRA//, “SUPPORT CRITICALLY IMPORTANT INVESTMENTS IN OUR NATION'S CHILDREN THROUGH CCDBG AND HEAD START,” March 27, __http://www.naccrra.org/policy/ docs/ MillerKildeeDearColleagueMarch 2009.pdf__ )
 * 1- Increased funding is key to ensuring child care program effectiveness

**2- The plan’s focus on 3 key principles – availability, quality, and affordability – will ensure massive shift in favor of high-quality child care – the military model proves** Zellman 2002 (Gail L. & Susan, RAND Review, Summer, 2002, “Affordable, High-Quality Child Care? Check Out the Military” __http://www.rand.org/ publications/randreview/ issues/rr.08.02/childcare.html__ ) Dichter 2009** (Harriet, //Federal News Service//, “Hearing Of the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education of the House Committee on Education and Labor,” Lexis-Nexis)
 * 3- Only federally funded action ensures the streamlined and unified approach that is necessary