[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 133 (Saturday, August 6, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4213-S4214]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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              50TH ANNIVERSARY OF MILE HIGH EARLY LEARNING

 Mr. BENNET. Madam President, I rise today to recognize Mile 
High Early Learning for 50 years of service in support of children and 
families in Colorado.
  Mile High Early Learning is Denver's largest and oldest provider of 
subsidized high quality early care and education and is celebrating its 
50th anniversary in 2022. Since the organization's founding, Mile High 
Early Learning has provided high quality early care and education to 
more than 50,000 children.
  Mile High Early Learning had its beginnings when community child care 
providers created a consortium, incorporated on January 19, 1972, to 
provide affordable, accessible quality early childhood education and 
care for children from working families with limited resources. Today, 
Mile High Early Learning serves more than 1,500 young children every 
year.
  As a Head Start and Early Head Start provider, Mile High Early 
Learning leverages these Federal resources to partner with numerous 
local early childhood providers to offer comprehensive health and 
family support services to families and expand access to high quality 
early education and care across Colorado.
  Mile High Early Learning incorporates cutting-edge knowledge in early 
childhood, using a Montessori inspired approach that supports a love of 
learning, social-emotional development, and critical skills that lead 
to lifelong success.
  As a leader in the field of early childhood, Mile High Early Learning 
has developed continuing education and professional learning programs 
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to grow, strengthen, and sustain our early childhood workforce 
including family, friend, and neighbor caregivers who care for the 
majority of children under age 3 years. Mile High Early Learning has 
created a workforce pipeline with on-ramps through its professional 
learning center that includes a child development associate training 
program for teachers who are beginning their profession in early 
childhood.
  Mile High Early Learning's quality programming informs state and 
national leaders and continues to be at the forefront in advocating for 
children and families across Colorado and promoting systems-level 
impacts that support and improve the field of early childhood 
education.
  Mile High Early Learning is guided by a mission to enable all 
children to succeed in school by providing resources and education to 
inspire a lifetime of learning and a vision that all are joyfully 
welcomed into a learning community that prioritizes equity.
  I congratulate Mile High Early Learning on reaching this important 
milestone of 50 years of caring for our children and ensuring high-
quality early care and education.

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