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State policies that promote health, education, and strong families can help the early development and school readiness of America's youngest citizens. This profile highlights Alaska's policy choices alongside other contextual data related to the well-being of young children.
State Highlights1
Alaska has focused on expanding access to early education and services to young children. The Alaska legislature approved a pilot pre-kindergarten program in FY 2009. In FY 2010 the Pilot Voluntary pre-kindergarten program received $2 million in funding to provide pre-kindergarten services to 500 four-year-olds in school districts across the state. The state Head Start supplement received a $600,000 increase in funding. Additionally, Alaska expanded its Part C Early Intervention services, increasing it's allocations for the program by $1.3 million.
- Young children (under age 6)2: 55,358
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Data Notes and Sources
Last Updated: December 4, 2009
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- State Highlights are drawn from states' government and organization websites and reports. For more information, contact ITO@nccp.org.
- State data were calculated from the Annual Social and Economic Supplement (the March supplement) of the Current Population Survey from 2007, 2008, and 2009, representing information from calendar years 2006, 2007, and 2008. NCCP averaged three years of data because of small sample sizes in less populated states. The national data were calculated from the 2009 data, representing information from the previous calendar year.
- National and state data were calculated from the 2008 American Community Survey.