Oversight Hearing to receive testimony on “Early Childhood Development and Education in Indian Country: Building a Foundation for Academic Success.”

Date: February 26, 2014

Time: 2:30 PM

Location: Dirksen

Room: 628

Witnesses

Ms. Linda K. Smith

Deputy Assistant Secretary and Inter-Departmental Liaison

for Early Childhood Development, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC

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Mr. Danny Wells

Executive Officer

Division of Education, Chickasaw Nation, Ada, OK

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Ms. Barbara Fabre

Chairman

National Indian Child Care Association; and Director, Child Care/Early Childhood Program, White Earth Ojibwe Nation, White Earth, MN

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Ms. Jacquelyn Power

Superintendent/Principal

Blackwater Community School, Coolidge, AZ

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Dr. E. Jane Costello

Associate Director for Research

Center for Child and Family Policy, Duke University, Durham, NC

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