2,676 children on ECEAP waiting list

The Washington State Association of Head Start and ECEAP (Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program) will convene its top leaders in Tukwila to discuss the upcoming legislative session and talk to key early learning leaders. The group will call for expanding ECEAP by 1,000 children next fall in order to reduce the number of children on the waiting list and to take steps towards meeting the legislative entitlement scheduled to hit in 2020.

No expansion of ECEAP is scheduled to take place next fall despite the fact that there are 2,676 children on the active waitlist. Of those, 641 childr...