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Contributor(s): Ryan Vyskocil

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• Access to quality early childhood education is a public problem in the Capital Region and throughout the state of New York. In addressing this public problem through policy change that will make quality early educational programs more accessible to all demographics in the Capital Region, the hope is that future achievement gaps will be significantly lessened.

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