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• sometimes daily through our teams across CYFD, the Department of Health, the Health Care Authority, ECECD
• referrals to services, what's the uptake of those services, particularly for early intervention with ECECD
• However, we are working with ECECD services because just...
• However, we are working with ECECD services because just after a year, things aren't okay, right?
• So we're working with our sister agencies, ECECD.

Bills: SB37, SB29

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• We also are working very closely with ECECD to get home visiting in them, family first nurses with them
• Allegra Hernandez, and today I'll be discussing ECECD and their different programs.
• ECECD currently offers seven program types, each with a different completion timeline.
• Starting November 1, ECECD now offers a voluntary enhanced Reimbursement rate for providers that opt
• They have been some members know we're going to try to have a weekly meeting with ECECD.

Keywords: 996, all

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• DOH, Corrections, EED, ECECD, and I'm very sorry if I'm forgetting one.
• ECECD provides a variety of home visiting programs that connect trained professionals, such as nurses
• Overall, ECECD spent $28.1 million on their home visiting program in fiscal year 2025.
• If you would just look at page 3, I'm looking at the wage and career ladders for ECECD, and that the
• So for example, if you look at the ECECD program that has the parent as the teacher, and did we... see

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• Then as of November 1st, 2025, the governor and ECECD announced that regardless of income, any child
• Since the expanded eligibility of early childhood, ECECD has lost 60 slots for children under two as
• So each year, here we have worked the ECECD with the support of the legislature to make great strides
• Kelly, would you say that there are more ECECD pre-K providers that are providing wraparound services
• I'm with The Paso a Paso Network in Taos County is one of the ECECD Early Childhood Systems Building

Bills: SB2

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• been having some conversations about the out-of-school time learning and how is that—and I see our ECECD
• Kelly, we're going to start with ECECD. You want me to do your script for you, DFA?
• Senate Finance Committee, I am so pleased to be here today to share the executive budget priorities for ECECD
• I do want to recognize the incredible team from ECECD, who is here, and the dedicated early childhood
• ECECD is serving 100% more children with quality early childhood programs and services since 2019, and

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• The CARA navigators, the ECECD Family First nurses, the CYFD investigators are all collaborating and
• We are teaming up with ECECD programs, ensuring that we are referring and making really— —warm handoff
• We have provided access to CYFD and ECECD.
• Could I sue CYFD, the MCO, the hospital, the care navigator, the home visitor, and ECECD?
• Conversations that we're having across our agencies—the Department of Health, CYFD, ECECD, Aging, and

Bills: HB1

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• The donations need to be made to a child care facility licensed by ECECD, serving at least 50% of the
• children at the center who are receiving child care assistance from ECECD.
• ECECD will certify credit eligible... the population a little bit.
• ECECD will certify credit eligibility, and then taxpayers would come to Tax and Revenue with their certificate
• My name is Shelley Strong, General Counsel for ECECD, and I'm here for any technical support questions

Bills: SB190, SB152, SB77, SB150, SB151, SB156, SB172, SB182, SB185, SB212, SB170, SB133, SB174, SB163

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• So we will support them with understanding some of the business parameters for engaging with ECECD, and
• what we know is that ECECD CCD has done a great job in creating systems that home based child care providers
• I did fail to tell you that in your packet, we have a whole fact sheet on all the regulations that ECECD
• It'll allow you to just work with the ECECD And, Madam Chair, Senator, I would just add that essentially
• I'm the general counsel for ECECD. So this doesn't stop zoning from occurring in areas.

Bills: SB20, SB53, SB86, SB96, SB129

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• The ECECD infant pilot program. We do pilots before we make things comprehensive.
• That is on the ECECD side, which means that's at the private child care setting side.
• Chair, Representative, so this House Bill 65 pilot program would be separate, so it's not part of ECECD
• Originally developed in CYFD, the EPIC system transitioned to the newly created ECECD in 2020.
• complications, and so that's why it's not in the LFC recommendation, in addition to other open projects that ECECD

Keywords: 996, all

Summary: The meeting began as an informal education budget work group focused on reviewing a revised House Appropriations and Finance Committee scenario and flagging concerns rather than taking votes. Staff outlined the main changes from the LFC recommendation, including moving the statewide student information system appropriation, adding funding for the Black, Bilingual, Multicultural and Hispanic Education Act, universal school meals overrun costs, an evidence-based CTE pilot with a 50% local match, STEM network funding, wellness room pilots, Martinez-Yazzie action plan items, and changes to innovation zone and out-of-school time appropriations. A separate handout on the seven-year CTE pilot explained spending patterns, reversions, and possible federal maintenance-of-effort concerns if the state continues funding beyond a true pilot. Members then debated CTE extensively, with several arguing it improves attendance, graduation, and career readiness and should be sustained or expanded, especially in rural areas, while staff and others emphasized that much of the current funding has gone to general operational costs rather than intentional program design and that regional or matched funding models may be more effective. Members also discussed STEM and math initiatives, the need for more industry involvement, and whether the proposed match requirements would be too burdensome for smaller districts and BIE schools. The discussion also covered the Black, Hispanic, and Multilingual Education Acts and the Martinez-Yazzie lawsuit. Some members stressed that the acts should be explicitly named in the budget language and not merely implied, while staff said the scenario reaffirms prior commitments by building the costs into agency operating budgets. Members raised concerns about charter school hold-harmless funding, declining enrollment, and the need to align spending with the needs of at-risk students. The work group ended the education portion without any votes, with staff noting they would incorporate the feedback and return with clarifications, including on CTE funding, the educational acts, and the charter hold-harmless item. The meeting then shifted to the child well-being and early childhood work group, where staff presented a revised Early Childhood Education and Care Department scenario. The proposal moved money toward child care assistance and early pre-K, kept the FIT program funding level unchanged, and used a mix of trust fund, TANF, federal, and operating-budget adjustments to close part of the gap between the executive and LFC recommendations. Members questioned the policy direction, especially the shift toward infant and toddler care and pre-K expansion, the impact on school-age child care, and the implications for continuity of care and provider costs. Staff explained that the scenario prioritizes younger children and at-risk families, includes language for a wage and career ladder, and would require legislation to raise the early childhood trust fund distribution cap from 500 to 525. Members also discussed a separate proposed CYFD pilot bill (HB 65), which would be distinct from ECECD funding. No votes were taken, and staff said they would return with more cost information on full pre-K plus wraparound care. A final work group reviewed C2 and Department of Information Technology-related appropriations. Staff compared the LFC and executive recommendations for new funding and reauthorizations, noting that the LFC generally limited new projects while the executive funded more. Members discussed several IT modernization requests, including the Secretary of State’s voter registration and election management systems, the Spaceport Authority, Game and Fish, the State Engineer’s WATERS system, ECECD’s FitKids and EPIC replacement discovery, and Aging and Long-Term Services’ enterprise system modernization. The main themes were whether to fund planning versus full replacement, how to avoid piecemeal spending, and whether new systems should wait for incoming leadership. The Secretary of State’s office said its system is nearing end of life and the planning funds would help prepare a realistic replacement request, while other agencies described aging infrastructure, cybersecurity risks, and the need for modernization. The work group did not vote on any of the items and ended with staff noting additional follow-up on funding needs and reauthorization details.

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• The Public Education Department did not reference ECECD because the statute had been in place prior to
• the development of the ECECD department.

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• She's the general counsel for ECECD.
• Uh, Senate Bill 66 protects children and vulnerable adults by allowing ECECD, Aging And Long-Term Services
• Um, the rules process is, um, I, uh, ECECD, and I believe all of the other agencies implicated already
• Um, so those regulations, at least for ECECD, already exist, and I believe they do for all the other

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• ECECD sites and PED sites.
• Correctly, I've been going to the ECECD website and reviewing their pilot program grants that they've
• For example, the Early Childhood Education and Care Department (ECECD) just put out an infant pilot program
• If you go online on the ECECD site right now, those all have a waiting list.
• Joey, can you tell me how much is in the ECECD fund? So, Mr.

Keywords: 996, all

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• At a primary level, there's ECECD, PED, DOH, and HCA.
• Many of the ECECD home visiting programs, like Nurse Family Partners, are entirely geared towards preventative
• Most recently, the changes that have occurred within CYFD include moving early childhood out to ECECD

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• the CYFD block, Eric Chenier, who's the Healthcare Authority analyst, and Kelly Klunt, who is the ECECD
• So, just a couple of things, the family infant toddler program, the program through ECECD um, back when
• And with all the money going into ECECD that program is shrinking, and it's, it's a great way to um keep

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• Some agencies, such as ECECD, are increasing their use of evidence-based programs in direct response
• And with that, I'll hand things back over to Simon to discuss ECECD. Thanks, Sarah. Mr.
• Overall, ECECD Spent $28.1 million on their home visiting programs in the prior fiscal year (FY25) with
• And just to add to that, particularly looking at ECECD and the Home Visiting Program: how much did infant

Keywords: 996, all

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• The amount of money going to ECECD to meet the exec's request for childcare assistance, which is 96.5
• I know that there's been a A lot of support for the ECECD.

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• just that this statute was put into place before the Early Childhood Education and Care Department (ECECD
• of those health care centers follow that same standard that they already have been, but it mentions ECECD
• So all that section of the bill does, Madam Speaker, gentlelady, is it includes ECECD because it wasn't
• ECECD already follows these standards of the immunization schedules required for kids to attend school
• Now this will be at ECECD in the law. That's all that does. It doesn't change anything.

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• ECECD expresses strong... ECECD expresses strong support for Senate Bill 23.
• ECECD expresses strong support for Senate Bill 23.

Bills: SB23, SB73, SB210, SB234, SB243, SB244, SM16

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• These are food pantries... ...and distribution that takes place in consultation with ECECD, PED, and
• There'll be a sort of mobile food pantry set up, either at an ECECD site, at a public school, or at a
• , it's so vague the way this is worded that technically after we appropriate this $2 million, then ECECD

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• We want to make sure that we have that continuum, and we're working with ECECD to do that through home
• And as stated previously, ECECD also has a very important role here, and that's with the maternal home
• And then we also made connections to early intervention and home visiting programs through ECECD.