On September 16, 2009, over 135 dental professionals, Head Start & Early Head Start representatives, public health employees, oral health educators, advocates, insurance providers, and state agency representatives attended the statewide oral health forum...
The “Toward the Identification of Features of Effective Professional Development for Early Childhood Educators” literature review from the U.S Department of Education analyzes research on best practices in early childhood educators’ professional...
Family Voices of Wisconsin, a statewide network of families who have children and youth with special health care needs and/or disabilities and those who work on their behalf, has published Shared Participation: Increase the Voice of Families from Diverse Backgrounds...
The Milwaukee Community Literacy Project, a partnership between the Milwaukee Public Schools and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee, will receive a five-year, $4.1 million development grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Investing in...
The 2010 KIDS COUNT Data Book ranked Wisconsin 10th in the nation for overall child well-being. The KIDS COUNT Data Book is an annual publication from the Annie E. Casey Foundation which provides national data and state-by-state data and rankings on 10 key indicators...
In “Attracting, Supporting and Retaining a Qualified Workforce,”(below) the Summer 2010 edition of the Pathways . . . to Early Childhood Higher Education issue brief series to explore career pathways and the connection to higher education, the Wisconsin...
The Wisconsin Departments of Children & Families and Health Services will use a $1.16 million grant funded through section 511 of the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (H.R. 3590) to improve the quality of home visiting services in at-risk...
On July 15, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and Education passed FY 2011 funding legislation including a $700 million increase for the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) and an $866 million increase for Head Start...
