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Please join us to explore a range of innovative strategies to improve health insurance coverage for the early care and education (ECE) workforce. This webinar is part of the Workforce Wednesday series.

Key Topics
In this webinar, we will be:
• Highlighting innovative strategies to improve health coverage for the ECE workforce
• Sharing tools and resources to support the ECE workforce in accessing health insurance coverage during open enrollment (November 1, 2022 – January 15, 2023)
• Building awareness of lower-cost health premiums due to extended tax credits included in the Inflation Reduction Act
• Demonstrating how to sign up for health insurance via a train-the-trainer demonstration
• Engaging partners in joining the CMS Week of Action for Early Childhood Educators (January 8–15)

Featured Speakers
• Colleen Rathgeb, associate deputy assistant secretary, Office of Early Childhood Development (ECD)
• Stefanie Costello, director of partner relations, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
• Martine Sadarangani Gordon, senior advisor, ECD

A panel of state and local leaders will highlight their efforts to improve healthcare access for the ECE workforce:
• Purvee Kempf, deputy executive director, D.C. Health Benefits Exchange Authority
• Sara Mead, deputy superintendent of early learning, D.C. Office of the State Superintendent of Education
• Dawn Alexander, executive director, Early Childhood Education Association of Colorado

Target Audience
This webinar will benefit:
• National, state, Tribal, and community early childhood stakeholders
• Health navigators and assisters
• Child Care and Development Fund lead agency staff
• Head Start and child care program leaders
• Training and technical assistance providers
• ACF Central and Regional Office staff
• Head Start Collaboration Office staff
• ECE workforce