Thursday, May 14, 2015
Symposium 2016, Health and Nutrition Funding, CYTAPP Partnership, and More
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Symposium 2016 is Coming and We Want to Hear From You
We want to make our 2016 spring symposium the best ever, but we need your help! Please take a few minutes to go through our 13 question survey and let us know your preferences on location, days for travel, topics for discussion, etc. Link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/
This survey runs best on Java 45, which was released April 14th, 2015. If you have not updated your Java since
this date please navigate to https://java.com/en/download/ to update to the most recent version.
CCAoA’s 2014 Annual Report is Out!
2014 was a busy year for Child Care Aware® of America, and we couldn’t have done it without you. Find out what we were able to accomplish in 2014 and see our impact on child care providers, CCR&Rs and others. Then take a look at our vision straight from some of the CCAoA board members.
You can read the 2014 Child Care Aware® of America annual report at
http://annualreport.usa.
Get Ready to Learn, Engage and Give!
Child Care Aware® of America is getting ready to launch our new website in just a couple of weeks! The new CCAoA website has some great features and will be mobile-responsive now, to bring us up to date with the ever-changing technology landscape.
Some things you’ll notice in the new design include:
We’ve also enhanced the child care search functionality and made it more user-friendly, and better optimized the
site for search engines.
Here’s a quick sneak peek at the layout for part of our new homepage design to get you excited:
CCAoA Announces Grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Thanks to a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Child Care Aware® of America (CCAoA) will expand its technical assistance activities in targeted states emphasizing health, nutrition, and obesity prevention, key components of Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) implementation. This two-year grant will leverage this unique opportunity to work with 6 – 8 states to integrate healthy eating, nutrition, and obesity prevention best practices in their state plans and priorities.
To
accomplish this, CCAoA will partner with and provide tools, resources,
and on-site training and technical assistance
to Child Care Resource and Referral (CCR&R) agencies and their
community-based partners in early care and education focused on moving
the needle on healthy communities. Ultimately, this grant will encourage
states to incorporate health and nutrition as key
components of quality child care.
Check back for updates and resources as part of this grant funding as we move forward.
Appreciate Child Care Providers All Year Long
Child Care Aware® of America is pleased to announce the new Provider of the Month program, which kicked off on May 8, 2015 – Provider Appreciation Day.
With
the release of a new report on the early education and child care
workforce highlighting the gaps in leadership,
workforce development, and public policy, the new year-long
appreciation program will spotlight champions in the early childhood
education and child care space from across the country. Each month a
team of judges will select a nominee from the top submissions;
a provider who exemplifies the best practices and behaviors of an
outstanding child care provider.
We
have long known that adults who interact with young children have the
potential to add significant value to their
development and overall health and well-being. CCAoA and partner
organizations launched the Provider of the Month program to honor and
recognize these exceptional providers and members of the workforce for
their contributions to the growth, health, and education
of our next generation.
Help spread the word by encouraging parents, CCR&Rs, early childhood educators and child care providers to nominate
extraordinary care givers in their midst!
Visit
www.providerappreciationday.
CYTAPP Partnership
Individuals involved in the work of the Department of Defense Military Child Care Expansion Initiative presented a panel Enhancing Head Start Programs through Military Partnerships at the recent 42nd Head Start Annual Conference and Expo, April 1, 2015, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., to an audience of Head Start stakeholders.
The
panelists included members of the Military Child Care Liaison and
Childcare and Youth Training and Technical
Assistance Project teams along with state-level stakeholders including
the Delaware Head Start State Collaboration Office Director and the
Delaware National Guard Service Member and Family Support Youth
Coordinator.
Child
Care Aware® of America provides oversight for the child care liaison
component of the initiative; the University
of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension and Penn State Extension work with state
and county Extension educators to provide low cost early education
professional development opportunities in specified counties in states.
Targeted states and counties are selected based
on a number of factors including the number of National Guard and
Reserve families with young children living in the locale and the
availability of quality community child care. Currently, 20 states are
included in the initiative.
To learn more about this DoD Expansion Initiative, visit
http://extension.psu.edu/
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Celebrating Provider Appreciation Day 2015 - Special Issue of eNews
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Celebrating Provider Appreciation Day 2015
 Child
Care Aware® of America (CCAoA), National Association for the Education
of Young Children (NAEYC), National Head Start Association (NHSA),
National Association of Family Child Care (NAFCC), and National Indian
Child Care Association (NICCA) are joining together in honor of child
care providers/early learning educators across the country on this day –
Provider Appreciation Day!
We
are proud to celebrate this critically important segment of our
workforce who every day, share their time, talent and compassion in
preparing children for a successful future.
Visit www.providerappreciationday.
And
if you are hosting your own events and activities surrounding Provider
Appreciation Day and we want to know about it. Share pictures and posts
from your events with us on social media via Facebook or Twitter so we
can brag about what our partners are doing around the country in
conjunction with efforts at the national level!
Child Care Aware ® of America is also pleased to preview a collaboration with VROOM
– a national initiative to help parents transform everyday moments into
brain-building moments. Watch for more details about VROOM – officially
launching in June!
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Executive Director Job Opening, NWNM First Born Program
Greetings First Born Supporter,
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We
welcome interested professionals to apply for the exciting position of
Executive Director of the Northwest New Mexico First Born Program
serving McKinley and San Juan Counties. Applicants from either county
are encouraged.
Please forward this information to anyone you know who may be interested. Additional program information and a full job description may be found at www.lanlfoundation.org.
Sincerely,
Anna Marie GarciaLANL Foundation First Born Program Officer
Executive Director, Northwest NM First Born Program
Candidates must have excellent organizational, verbal, written and interpersonal skills; ability to work independently and as a team member; past success with a governing board; and experience with nonprofit accounting, budgeting and fundraising. MS/MA degree in related field with 3+ years administrative experience in northwestern NM preferred.
Salary $60,000-70,000 with benefits.
Program information: www.lanlfoundation.org. No phone calls, please. EOE
To apply, please send cover letter and resume by May 26, 2015 to Anna Marie Garcia, patricia@lanlfoundation.org.
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BHP Billiton/NTEC Community Investment Fund Grant Workshop
Save the Date!!
BHP
Billiton New Mexico Coal and the Navajo Transitional Energy Company
(NTEC) will be hosting a workshop to official open the FY16 Community
Investment Fund (CIF) Grant Applications submission period.
The workshop will be held on Tuesday, June 9, 2015 from 8:30 – 10:30 AM at the Farmington Civic Center. Registration will begin at 8:00AM.
Information will be shared concerning overall budget and project review criteria. FY16 CIF Applications will be distributed.
Developmental Screening Message
Families
Look who’s talking now! “Uh oh!” is an important milestone for babies at 12 months.
To learn more fun facts about your child’s development and what to expect at different ages, check out these
free milestone checklists from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Child Care Providers
New free training available: Watch Me! Celebrating Milestones and Sharing Concerns
Have you ever had a concern about the development
of a child in your care? Too many young children with developmental
delays or disabilities miss the opportunity to benefit from early
intervention services that can help them reach their
full potential. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offers a
FREE, 1-hour online continuing education course,
Watch Me! Celebrating Milestones and Sharing Concerns, to provide
early care and education providers tools and best practices for them to
work with families to monitor every young child’s development and help
children with developmental delays get the early
support they need.
Christina Boothby, MPA
Program Manager
Division of Children with Special Needs
American Academy of Pediatrics
cboothby@aap.org
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