A Signing Ceremony will be held on Thursday, October 2, 2014 at the Macon Bibb Health Department. The United Way of Central Georgia, in conjunction with DECAL Commissioner, Amy Jacobs, will be on hand to officially launch the initiative for Bibb County. Bibb County was chosen as an Early Education Empowerment Zone, and will formally join with Bright from the Start: Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning (DECAL) and other partners to promote early education system reform initiatives that support better outcomes for young children in their region. As an E³Z community, Bibb County, will receive over $1 million in targeted resources and participate in research that will help the state identify sustainable and replicable implementation strategies that can be scaled statewide. 

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