Greetings!
Welcome to the latest issue of The Connection, APHSA’s newsletter offering updates and resources pertaining to employment and economic well-being, child and family well-being, and H/HS integration.
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APHSA is partnering with Share Our Strength, whose No Kid Hungry campaign will invest nearly $2 million in six states to advance Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) agency innovation and interagency coordination to combat childhood hunger. APHSA will facilitate cohort learning, provide technical assistance to funded sites, and distill policy implications for relevant stakeholder networks over an 18-month grant period. Read press release and grantee project summaries.
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Mark the Third Thursday! Our next Third Thursday session is on May 20. Join us every Third Thursday of each month through June - building on our January-April sessions, we're continuing with topics on Child Welfare, SNAP, TANF, IT, Performance Management, Child Care, & more. It's never too late to join in as your registration allows full access to the entire series! Group discounts available. Learn more & register.
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Monday, April 26, 12:00-1:00 PM EDT
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The State Child Abuse & Neglect Policies Database, or SCAN Policies Database, is a new data resource that can improve the way we analyze child welfare data to learn more about child maltreatment incidence across the United States. The SCAN Policies Database will make it easier for researchers, analysts, policymakers, child welfare agencies, and others to broaden their understanding of how differences in state laws and policies might influence state variability in incidence rates of child abuse and neglect.
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April 8, 2021 - This report from the American Enterprise Institute details a plan that would allow parents to advance future child tax credits into the earliest years of their child’s life, strengthening their ability to choose childcare, instead of subsidizing nonparental care. The proposal allows parents to shift the timing of an already-promised tax benefit, resulting in little long-term cost.
Employment Survey, Wave II: Families Emerging from the Economic Crisis, April 9, 2021- This report from the American Enterprise Institute summarizes results from a 2020 longitudinal survey to better understand the changing dynamics of American families during COVID and assess federal efforts to mitigate hardship, offering a unique picture of the changes American families experienced as the pandemic progressed.
Documentary: Starting at Zero Reimaging Education in America, April 2021 - To Celebrate Week of the Young Child—a tradition started to recognize the importance of early learning, young children, their teachers, families, and communities, the Saul Zaentz Charitable Foundation and Firestarter Interactive are partnering with The Hunt Institute to make this documentary available to anyone, free of charge, during the month of April.
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Tuesday, May 4, 2:00 PM EDT
May 4-6, 2021
Thursday, May 13, 2:30-3:30 PM EDT
Tuesday, May 18, 11:00 AM-12:30 PM PT
May 20-21, 2021
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Average Decline in Material Hardship During the Pandemic Conceals Unequal Circumstances, April 14, 2021 - This brief from the Urban Institute shares new analysis highlighting how material hardship has changed in the first year of the pandemic, offering insight into families’ well-being as they recover from the year’s economic fallout. The analysis provides the first national estimates of changes in food insecurity and problems paying for housing, utilities, and health care between 2019 and 2020.
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Thursday, April 22, 1:00 PM EDT
Wednesday, April 28, 1:00-2:30 PM EDT
April 28-29, 11:00 AM-3:45 PM EDT
Thursday, May 6, 2:30-4:30 PM EDT
June 9-11, 2021
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