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Event location: Park Hyatt Chicago
800 North Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611
Event date and time: 10.25.10 - 06:00 PM

Summary:
This invitation-only, hosted by the Kauffman Foundation conference will attempt to identify finance principles and approaches, which would enable a mature economy like the U.S. to overcome entrenched obstacles to investing in youth human capital in ways sufficient to assure future workforce competitiveness and fiscal sustainability. We will focus on financing prenatal to age-five child parenting, care and early education.

Event Description:

Kauffman PAES Conference on Financing Early Childhood Development, Care and Education

Chicago, IL
October 25-26, 2010

This invitation-only, hosted by the Kauffman Foundation conference will attempt to identify finance principles and approaches, which would enable a mature economy like the U.S. to overcome entrenched obstacles to investing in youth human capital in ways sufficient to assure future workforce competitiveness and fiscal sustainability. We will focus on financing prenatal to age-five child parenting, care and early education.

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Agenda
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Recommended Reading

    * Timothy Bartik. "Bringing the Future into the Present: How Policy Makers Should Deal with the Delayed Benefits of Early Childhood Programs." The Upjohn Institute. 2010.

    * Timothy Bartik. "The National Perspective: How Local Business Incentives and Early Childhood Programs Affect the National Economy." The Upjohn Institute. 2010.

    * Early Learning Ventures and Voices for Utah Children. "A Sustainable Financing Model for High Quality Preschool for At-Risk Children."

    * Betsy Zeidman and Jill Scherer. "Innovative Financing Strategies for Early Childhood Care." The Milken Institute. 2009.

    * Granholm Announces 10 Promise Zone Designations in Communities Across Michigan

    * The Minnesota Early Learning Foundation-Our Roadmap

    * The Minnesota Early Learning Foundation-Saint Paul Early Childhood Scholarship Program Evaluation Annual Report: Year 2

    * The Minnesota Early Learning Foundation-Evaluation of Parent Aware: Minnesota's Quality Rating and Improvement System Pilot, Year 2 Evaluation Report March, 2010

    * The Kalamazoo Promise-"The Kalamazoo Promise as a Model for an American Promise." Upjohn Institute. 2009.

    * The Kalamazoo Promise-"A Simple Gift? The Impact of the Kalamazoo Promise on Economic Revitalization." Upjohn Institute. 2006.

    * The Kalamazoo Promise-"A Not So Simple Gift." Upjohn Institute. 2009.

    * Miguel Palacios. "Human Capital Contracts 'Equity-like' Instruments for Financing Higher Education."

    * Robert H. Dugger. "The Youth Human Capital Sector of the U.S. Economy: How Large is it?." Working Paper. Partnership for America's Economic Success. Forthcoming.