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With hunger rising in young children, No Kid Hungry invests $3 million in early childhood organizations
Article making the case for child care being a "good job"
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The ZERO TO THREE Policy Center is pleased to invite you to the fourth session of our webinar series, Advocating for Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health. On this webinar, they will dive into strategies that IECMH advocates can use, lessons learned in state and federal advocacy, and how you can get involved in Think Babies advocacy for IECMH. The webinar will also feature a panel discussion with state advocates from Think Babies partners in Georgia and New Jersey, including perspectives from clinician and parent advocates. Register HERE!
We all know that when families are healthy, babies are healthy.
You can also join ZERO TO THREE on Thursday, April 22 at 2 p.m. for a virtual release of the State of Babies Yearbook: 2021, a must-have resource that provides national and state-by-state data on the well-being of our infants and toddlers.
RPS Family Liaisons will be actively involved in our communities to ensure all families have access to important reopening information and resources. Be on the lookout for these friendly faces during community walks and home visits!
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This Spring, CCA is once again honoring the hard-working child care workforce in Virginia. As we prepare to celebrate Child Care & Early Childhood Professionals Day on Friday, May 7, 2021, you are invited reflect on the early care professionals who have had the most profound impact on the industry and honor them with a Heart of Service Lifetime Achievement nomination.
Nominations will close on April 23 at 11:45pm! To learn more and or submit a nomination click HERE!
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We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.
Thornton Wilder
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For Providers and Care Givers
VECF is pleased to be part of an exciting initiative – Project Pathfinders, which supports Virginia’s most valuable workforces – early childhood professionals. Project Pathfinders scholarship program is designed to increase the skills of early childhood professionals in preschool and child care settings by accessing community college coursework and credentials. The application deadline is April 30, 2021. If you are interested, click HERE!
Center for Inclusive Child Care has a wonderful resource library with materials for child care professionals including info modules, tip sheets, documents, helpful URLs, and self-study courses. Resources can be sorted by topic, including autism, inclusion, and child development.
Join ChildSavers and our esteemed community partners for a FREE online panel where they'll discuss:
- Processing emotions/big life events from this past year
- How to transition out of survival mode as a parent, teacher, or caregiver
- Helpful tips on transitioning into this new phase of life
- Best-practices for self-care while caregiving
- Family vaccinations - do you have a plan to help your family adapt to normal when the world re-opens?
Thursday, April 29 at 8:00 p.m. Register HERE!
Virginia Department of Education
To support roll out of the new edition of ELD Standards Framework, materials for families have been created and translated into multiple languages thanks to the generosity of educators and family engagement specialists or liaisons from across Virginia. The following languages are available: Arabic, Dari, French, Korean, Spanish, Urdu, and Vietnamese HERE!
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