Mississippi Law Enforcement Leaders Say Quality Early Learning Programs Reduce Violent Crime, Save Millions in Special Education Costs

Attorney General, sheriff, county attorney to release report calling on federal and state lawmakers to make high-quality early education programs a top priority

**Media Advisory for September 28**

JACKSON, Miss., Sept. 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Three Mississippi law enforcement leaders will hold a news conference on Tuesday, September 28 at 11 a.m. to release a new report showing that investing more in voluntary high-quality early learning  programs not only reduces crime over the long run but also saves millions of dollars in the state's education budget in the short term. The report will document that investments in early education programs can reduce the need for special education placements and other K-12 education expenses when pre-k children advance to later grades.

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Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood, Hinds County Sheriff Malcolm E. McMillin and Hinds County Attorney Sherri. M. Flowers-Billups -- all members of Fight Crime: Invest in Kids in Mississippi -- will call on state policymakers to invest in high-quality early care and education.  They will also call on Mississippi's Congressional delegation -- particularly Senator Thad Cochran, who serves as the ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Committee -- to support increased investments in federal early care and education programs as the FY 2011 appropriations process moves forward.  These programs, which will benefit Mississippi's kids, include Head Start, Early Head Start, the Child Care and Development Block Grant and the Early Learning Challenge Fund.

WHO:

Jim Hood, Mississippi Attorney General

Malcolm E. McMillin, Hinds County Sheriff

Sherri M. Flowers-Billups, Hinds County Attorney

Jeff Kirsch, Fight Crime: Invest in Kids Spokesman

WHAT: News Conference

WHEN: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 at 11 am  

WHERE:

Attorney General's Conference Room, 12th Floor

Walter Sillers Building

550 High Street

Jackson, MS 39201

SOURCE Fight Crime: Invest in Kids

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