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Ready to learn and with the executive functioning and all the great things that quality Early Education can do for them. This first slide is justthis our pie and this represents 39. 8 million the office manages and [inaudible] the bulk is in subsidize. We have programs for california works families and are subcontract out the state contract and have a Homeless Initiative in infant and toddlers who in shelter or had a recent shelter stay and siblings and also a low income subsidize for infant and...

Of people thought of baby sitting and there is a change primarily because of Brain Research and understanding of about Early Brain Development and the opportunity to make a difference with poor children and disadvantaged groups and to support families. Using early care as a economic support is a win win win. It is a ecpneumic support and driver for providing quality options for families so they can go to work and feel good where their clern are and early support for children so they reach school...

Is just a example of the San Francisco preschool center rates. The top blue line is based on the 85 percent of the market so that is what the federal fwidelines are that if you vavoumper you should be able to access 85 percent of your market, however, states across the country dont always implement. They do the survey and konet always implement those rate increases. In california we have a voucher system and state contracted system and so the state contracted system lagged far behind the voucher...

Go dracktly to 28 state contractors who operate multiple sites and so everything we do has to keep in mind what that system looks like and how we work in tandem with that system and comp lment that subsidized child care system in the city and there are part ners in delivering services. Those are a total of 5 providers. One of the things in terms of the policy issues kw Response Strategies that we are working on, we manage San Francisco pilot that allows us to have a higher state reimbursement ra...

This is to call out the squeeze that our middle income families experience in the city because of the cost of livering is very high we want to make sure that we number 1 understand the data and figure out new ways and policies and practs to insure we support our working families and that using fram poverty numbers isnt enough. We need to understand the context that these families live in i im glatd mu chel [inaudible] i guess we need to look for more funding and early care given the high cost fo...

Of people thought of baby sitting and there is a change primarily because of Brain Research and understanding of about Early Brain Development and the opportunity to make a difference with poor children and disadvantaged groups and to support families. Using early care as a economic support is a win win win. It is a ecpneumic support and driver for providing quality options for families so they can go to work and feel good where their clern are and early support for children so they reach school...

Beil. Other top story is the weather. Its dark and drizzly around the bay area this, is a live picture towards San Francisco. Were getting a first rainfall in sometime. That does look ominous the storm system bringing snow in the sierra. Live look now, forecasters say 1 to 2 feet of snow is expected. Its the most significant rainfall weve seen, seven and a half weeks ago. Lets check in now with spencer christian. Spencer . Were all smiles about the weather, happy to see rainfall. Most of the bay...

President warned congress that he wont negotiate on the debt limit. The one thing that i think hopefully in the new year we can focus on, is putting a package like this together with a little bit less drama, a little less, and not scare the heck out of folks quite as much. Reporter but, with the sequester and other big spending issues like medicare on the table, striking a deal this year wont be easy. This is the best opportunity that were going to have to save our nation and do those things tha...

He wont negotiate on the debt limit. The one thing that i think hopefully in the new year we can focus on, is putting a package like this together with a little bit less drama, a little less, and not scare the heck out of folks quite as much. Reporter but, with the sequester and other big spending issues like medicare on the table, striking a deal this year wont be easy. This is the best opportunity that were going to have to save our nation and do those things that we have to put in play. Repor...

Rally to wall street. Awaiting president obamas signature tonight is an agreement not to raise taxes on most americans. Even though hard decisions on Government Spending cuts were put off, the deal over tax rates ushered in a 308 point rally for the Dow Jones Industrial average. But as sylvia hall reports, the new session of Congress Beginning tomorrow faces some Big Decisions very soon. Reporter as americans return to work from the holidays, they might breathe a little easier knowing the fiscal...