Birth to Three Institute “Looking Forward from 2010: Keeping Babies, Toddlers and Families at the Heart of Early Head Start Services”
WHAT: The 14th Annual Birth to Three Institute, "Looking Forward from 2010: Keeping Babies, Toddlers and Families at the Head of Early Head Start Services" SPONSOR: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)/Administration for Children and Families...
Urban Institute Study on Infants of Depressed Mothers Living in Poverty
A recent study from The Urban Institute, a nonpartisan economic and social policy research organization fostering sound public policy and effective government, reveals that eleven percent of infants living in poverty have a mother suffering from severe depression....
Promising Antipoverty Strategies for Families – New Fast Focus Brief from IRP
The Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) at the University of Madison issued the Fast Focus brief "Promising Antipoverty Strategies for Families" (no. 6) this August. From the IRP Focus Alert announcing the brief's publication : "American families are becoming...
Early Childhood 2010: Innovation for the Next Generation Summit
Early Childhood 2010: Innovation for the Next Generation, an historic summit co-convened by the Department of Health & Human Services and Department of Education, was held August 3-4, 2010, in Washington, DC. Over 1,500 people attended the summit, including a...
NHSA’s September 2010 Leadership Institute – “Mission Possible: Accessing Opportunities on Head Start’s Horizon”
WHAT: The September 2010 Leadership Institute, "Mission Possible: Accessing Opportunities on Head Start's Horizon" SPONSOR: National Head Start Association (NHSA) WHEN: Monday, September 20, 2010 to Thursday, September 23, 2010 WHERE: L'Enfant Plaza Hotel in...
YoungStar–Wisconsin’s Childcare QRIS
YoungStar is Wisconsin’s five-star quality improvement and rating system (QRIS) for childcare providers. The rating system is based on four categories: education levels of providers, children’s learning environment, providers’ business practices, and the health and...
Converging Interests: Head Start & Oral Health in Wisconsin
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...
Federal Appropriations
Our fiscal year 2011 Federal Appropriations updates will provide you with the latest news about the FY 2011 appropriations process and funding levels.
ED Literature Review on Effective Professional Development for Early Childhood Educators
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 development to...
Shared Participation: Strategies to Increase the Voice of Families from Diverse Backgrounds
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...
Milwaukee Literacy Project Receives i3 Grant
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 Innovation,...
Wisconsin 10th in Overall Child Well-Being
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...
“Attracting, Supporting and Retaining a Qualified Workforce” a Pathways Brief from WCCF and WECA
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 Council on...
Wisconsin Receives Federal Grant to Improve Home Visiting Services
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...
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