What
is WIC?
-
WIC is a food
and nutrition program funded by the USDA through the Michigan Department of Community Health.
Local agencies, such as health
departments and non-profit organizations, deliver WIC services and
benefits to the public.
Building the Foundation for Bright
Futures:
Final Report of the NGA Task Force on School Readiness - The Governors
Association Task Force on School Readiness spent 2 years identifying actions
that governors and states can take to support families, schools, and
communities in preparing children for school. The final report describes
these policy recommendations and a companion guide ties the recommendations
to concrete examples.
Study:
Young Children Are Good
Investments - According to a report released this week, smart
investments in young children will produce increases in economic
productivity and growth, and reduce the burden on taxpayers of the
costs of remedial education, welfare, crime and poverty. The
report was released by the Michigan League for Human Services and
Michigan's Children.
'Invest in Kids'
Taken Literally - Economists say money put toward
early-childhood programs offers great returns and may be the best
form of economic development out there.
Three No-Brainers For New Parents
- As a new parent
you'll be faced with many decisions. Some are more clear cut than others.
Fortunately for you there are a few decisions that are real no-brainers.
Read the Review and then
Download the Book!
Outwitting Toddlers:
The Parent’s Guide to Getting Your One-to-Four-Year-Old To Do What
You Want Without Bribes, Threats or Tears
The Promise of Preschool -
For parents, educators, and lawmakers, the promise of preschool
is that children will enter school ready to
learn, but, in reality, the results are
mixed. In America, most parents have to pay for preschool, and
quality varies. In France, as in most
European countries, high quality preschool is
a universal right guaranteed to all
children.
CAL.A.
Preschool Plan Draws Attention -
A recently approved plan to spend $100
million over the next five years to make preschool more widely
available to youngsters in Los Angeles County is being touted as a
national model.
CA
Officials eye tobacco tax for
schools - Bay Area officials are
looking closely, yet skeptically, at a Los Angeles County program that
provides free preschool using proceeds from state cigarette taxes.
Kids
Lag Behind When Mom Goes Off to Work - The
children of mothers who go to work full time before the youngsters are
9 months old have poorer mental and verbal development at age 3 than
those with stay-at-home mothers, Columbia University researchers
report.
Operation
Bright Start (OBS) is a program designed to provide eye and vision
assessments to children during their first year of life. The goal of
OBS is to provide for early diagnosis of vision impairments that act
as barriers to normal child development.
Child
Delinquency:
Early Intervention and Prevention -
Read the summary of findings from OJJDP identifying risk and
protective factors that are crucial to developing early intervention and
protection programs for very young offenders -
click here.
U.S.
EDC Releases Study On Early Education Partnerships - Study finds
state and local leaders see partnerships key to quality, accessibility.
A new study of early childhood education programs across the country
explores different ways states and local early education programs have used
their funding and resources to improve child care services.
PA
Pennsylvania Task Force on
Early Childhood and Education Releases Reports
- Several reports from
Pennsylvania Governor Mark Schweiker's Task Force on Early
Childhood and Education are now available. In Early Care and
Education: The Keystone of Pennsylvania's Future, the task force
recommends supporting school readiness as a top priority. A second
report, the Pennsylvania Quality of Early Childhood Settings
Study, discusses issues of quality in early childhood settings.
Other reports include benchmarks, research to practice issues, and
survey results.
Oakland Early On Play & Support Group
- Every Friday from 2:00-3:30 pm,
Community Services of Oakland has a support
group. "From 2-3, Adults talk while
someone watches our children and then
from 3-3:30, we do a social interaction with the children."
If anyone is interested, you can contact Sheryl Nelson
at (248) 542-5860, Ext. 226 or email JoAnn at
joann4dk@yahoo.com. The ages for the group is Age 6 or under
who have been
diagnosed with Autism. The group meeting is held in Ferndale.
