{"id":4882,"date":"2022-02-13T11:15:36","date_gmt":"2022-02-13T00:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/ccch\/?p=4882"},"modified":"2023-02-13T11:13:50","modified_gmt":"2023-02-13T00:13:50","slug":"the-benefits-of-investing-in-the-early-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/ccch\/2022\/02\/13\/the-benefits-of-investing-in-the-early-years\/","title":{"rendered":"The benefits of investing in the early years"},"content":{"rendered":"

A report prepared for the Department of Social Services<\/a> by the Centre for Community Child Health\u00a0provides a summary of evidence relating to the long-term impacts of school readiness on health and wellbeing as well as information about the Play2Learn+ program and the cost-benefits<\/a> of investing in early childhood programs.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Play2Learn+ is a Tasmanian early years service model designed to help children and families experiencing vulnerability to regularly attend preschool programs in the two years before starting school, and build carers capacity to support children\u2019s learning and development.<\/p>\n

This is based on the evidence that attending high-quality preschool improves children\u2019s school readiness, and that two years of preschool are better than one.<\/p>\n

The Centre for Community Health was commissioned by the Department of Social Services to examine the evidence on:<\/p>\n