Community Resource Sharing Newsletter

Roberta Miksch, CFP Director

Educating People and Preparing Families Who May Be Affected By Possible Deportation

In case you couldn’t attend, the virtual CFP collaborative meeting held last week revolved around supporting and preparing families who may be affected by possible deportation due to undocumented status. We heard from two agencies that are doing

amazing work educating people and preparing families: the Center for Immigrant & Refugee Advancement (CIRA) and Centro Hispano.

Here’s a few nuggets of information that might be helpful to you with this topic:

Know Your Rights red cards can be ordered from https://www.redcardorders.com You can also print your own cards.

Choose your words wisely. Be very considerate of the language you use on this topic, especially when it comes to youth.

Ensure the information your agency shares are reliable and accurate. Refer to Centro Hispanos website https://www.centrohispanos.com/ or call their office for more information at 402.564.2110.

Centro Hispano offers Know Your Rights training/presentations for organizations and community members. Reach out to them if you’d like training or a presentation!

Our communities thrive when our children and families thrive. Thank you for being

partners as we help our families thrive!

Kim Parsons,

Early Childhood Community Coordinator

Strong Starts Schuyler Early Childhood Partnership

Another Schuyler Child Care Provider has confirmed her commitment to quality improvement by reaching Step 1 in Nebraska's Step Up to Quality Program. The goal of Step Up to Quality is to help programs reach their full potential so they can better serve children and families. High-quality early childhood programs can have a lifelong positive impact on young children and their families. Early learning builds the foundation for skills needed in school, work and life. Congratulations, Natalie!

Be a Cupid for Child Care! Strong Starts Schuyler is excited to share an opportunity to show our support for Schuyler's Child Care Providers. The

success, growth and strength of our community depends on this valuable workforce. Childcare Cupids is a way to highlight their work and show our appreciation. Here's how you can be a Child Care Cupid:

Donors can either shop on Amazon using the link: https://a.co/bJLq5oN

Donate to Columbus Area United Way at https://www.columbusunitedway.com/donation Please Check Box 15c. United Way - Communities for Kids

Send a check to Claudia Lanuza, SSS treasurer: 912 Colfax St., Schuyler, NE 68661

Cheryl Drozd, RIR Coordinator

We had our first Toddler and Technology workshop for parents in Fullerton at the library this month. Childcare was provided by HeadStart, and attendance was nice with great participation. This same workshop will be held in the month of April in Columbus, Schuyler, and Albion. Come and be blown away with all the information all parents need to know.

Our Partnering with Parents was held on January 27th at the Columbus Library. We shared how to help children identify their emotions and ways to provide opportunities to practice how to properly address different feelings in an appropriate way.

We will be starting our Spring PIWI class in February with seven families and eight children.

This will be held at Saint Bonaventure Preschool and Childcare.

In March, we will be having three recruiting workshops for our Cohort 3 Rooted in Relationships,

that will begin in July of this year. Please contact Cheryl Drozd at 402-910-2868 or

rircoordinator@columbusunitedway.com, if you or someone you know are interested in

becoming a part of Rooted in Relationships. We are ready to spread our wings and bring on

another fifteen providers.

Kate Withers, Community Prevention Director

Community Prevention Newsletter

Keydy Vazquez started on January 2, 2025, as a bilingual coach. Keydy has taken a lot

of initiative in her new role and has started providing coaching services for families. Community Prevention hired Libby Crecco for the position of Community Industry

Navigator. Libby started in her new position on January 20, 2025. Libby is looking forward to providing navigation services to staff members at Cargill, Camaco, Behlen’s

and BD’s. Libby will be providing navigation services in these industries on February 17 2025. Libby is excited to begin Navigation services in this pilot program.

Community Prevention and Community and Family Partnership was selected as one of two agencies awarded to receive training and access to Worldwide Technology Translation program by Nebraska Children and Families Foundation. All our Community Prevention staff will participate in training for the translation program on February 27, 20205. Community Prevention Navigators and Coaches will be able to utilize the translation program to work and communicate more effectively with our families.

Tammy Bichlmeier and Bellyni Maldonado continue to work with Emergency Rental Assistance 2 (ERA 2) through Nebraska Children and Families Foundation. ERA 2 has been an excellent resource to assist with housing stability. Referrals continue to be received for families to work with Community Prevention Coaches.