Early Care and Education Webinar

How Tax Policy Links to Quality Early Care and Education

April 22, 2008
2 PM EST, 1 PM CST, 11 AM PST and 9 AM GMT

Confused About How Tax Policy Relates to Quality Early Care and Education?

Attend Insight Center’s Webinar on ECE Tax Policy and come away with the information, resources and insight you need to determine if embarking on a tax policy strategy in your state is the right course to take.

You will hear from three experts in the field:

 

Louise Stoney

Louise is an independent consultant specializing in child care and early childhood education policy, co-founder of the Alliance for Early Childhood Finance, and a partner in the Linking Economic Development and Child Care Project. Louise has worked for more than two dozen national organizations including the National Conference of State Legislatures, National Governors Association, National Association of Counties, Education Commission of the States, the United Way, the Committee for Economic Development and the American Enterprise Institute.

Louise Stoney will provide a brief overview of tax benefits, how they are currently used in early care and education, and how they might be used in future policy.

Geoffrey Nagle

Geoff is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Tulane University School of Medicine and the Director of the Tulane Institute of Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health. He contributes to numerous advisory groups in Louisiana, including: the Governor’s Children’s Cabinet; the Children’s Cabinet Advisory Board; the Child Care Development Fund Advisory Group; the Solu­tions to Poverty Steering Committee; and the Board of the Louisiana Partnership for Childhood and Families and the Louisiana Children’s Museum

Geoff will provide an overview of important tax terms, including deductions vs. credits, and refundable vs. non-refundable.  A synopsis of the Louisiana School Readiness Tax Credits will provide examples of the possibilities that exist for the way tax credits can be structured to help build and sustain quality child care.

Amy Matsui

Amy is a Senior Counsel at the National Women’s Law Center.  She works on economic issues affecting low-income women and families, with special emphasis on tax policies pertaining to families with children, such as state and federal child and dependent care tax provisions and other tax credits for which families with children may be eligible.  Her work includes analysis of state and federal tax policies, technical assistance to state advocates, and public education.  She also coordinates the Center’s tax credits outreach campaign, which is conducted in partnership with child care advocates in eight states.

Amy’s presentation will discuss two kinds of state and federal tax provisions designed to address the challenges working families face trying to find high quality child care.

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