Last week the House Committee on the Budget, Chaired by Republican Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin’s first Congressional district, released its FY 2012 budget resolution–dubbed The Path to Prosperity: Restoring America’s Promise. In addition to the full...
WHAT: 2011 Wisconsin Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Summer Institute SPONSOR: Wisconsin Alliance for Infant Mental Health (WI-AIMH) WHEN: Thursday, June 16, 2011 WHERE: Best Western Inn on the Park in Madison DESCRIPTION: This Institute will provide...
WHAT: 15th Annual Birth to Three Institute, “Hand in Hand: Collaborating to Support Our Babies, Toddlers, Families and Communities” SPONSOR: Early Head Start National Resource Center (EHS NRC) WHEN: Monday, June 20 to Thursday, June 23, 2011 WHERE:...
The Technical Assistance Center on Social Emotional Intervention for Young Children (TACSEI) has updated its Teaching Tools for Young Children (TTYC) with challenging behaviors to included strategies and materials for use with toddlers. TTYC gives teachers practical...
In the latest, Winter 2011 issue of Pathways, a magazine on poverty, inequality, and social policy from the Stanford Center for the Study of Poverty and Inequality, scholars examine poverty and the effects of deprivation on blood, the brain, and the body. In the...
On March 25, Joint Finance Committee (JFC) leadership announced the JFC will hold four public hearings on the 2011-13 state budget from April 7 through April 13. The four meetings will be held on the following days in the following cities: Thursday, April 7 in...
The Urban Institute has released a new brief, Home Visiting and Maternal Depression: Seizing the Opportunities to Help Mothers and Young Children, which offers practical insights about how home visiting programs can better serve depressed mothers and their young...
A March 2011 report from the Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) sheds light on hunger in America. Food Hardship in America – 2010 is based on data from the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index and provides information for the nation, individual states, 100...
On March 18, 2011 the Office of Head Start issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) related to Head Start eligibility regulations. The proposed rule would amend regulations to codify eligibility requirements for Head Start & Early Head Start program...
