Start Early (for First Five Years Fund) FKA Ounce of Prevention (for Ffyf)

Early childhood programs, training and advocacy.

Based in IL

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AI Overview

With $1.1M in lobbying spend across 34 quarterly filings, Start Early (for First Five Years Fund) FKA Ounce of Prevention (for Ffyf) is a significant lobbying presence. Their lobbying covers 4 issue areas. Active from 2018 to 2025.

$1.1M

Total Spend

Years Active

Firms Hired

Lobbyists Deployed

Issues Lobbied

Spending Trend

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Year	Lobbying Spend
2018	$100K
2019	$60K
2020	$120K
2021	$150K
2022	$150K
2023	$180K
2024	$170K
2025	$180K

Issues Lobbied

Health Issues Budget/Appropriations Education Taxation

Lobbying Firms

Educationcounsel LLC

Lobbyists

Jennifer Castagna Sean Worley

What They Lobby About

These are actual descriptions from their quarterly lobbying disclosure filings, summarizing what they lobbied Congress and federal agencies about.Issue areas: Health Issues, Budget/Appropriations, Education, Taxation

•Promote expansion of early learning opportunities, including Child Care Development Block Grants; reauthorization of home-visiting programs (MIECHV); preschool development grants.

•Support funding in FY 2018 and FY 2019; U.S. Education Department and Department of Health and Human Services for high-quality early learning; promote expansion of early learning opportunities, includ

•Strengthening alignment of early learning and K-12 education; improving the quality of early learning; promoting expansion of early learning opportunities, including Pre-K.

•Support for high-quality early learning opportunities including Head Start and Child Care and Development Block Grants.

•Support high-quality early learning funding in FY 2019, within the U.S. Department of Education; promote expansion of early learning opportunities, including Preschool Development Grants, Head Start,