The following Kansas nominees were award winners at the regional level.
Grandparents Are Getting the Job Done
Grandparents Are Getting the Job Done
Millions of children are being raised solely by their grandparents, with numbers continuing to climb as the opioid crisis and other factors disrupt families. New research shows that caregivers who step up to raise their grandchildren are overcoming unique challenges to manage just as well as biological and adoptive parent caregivers.
Congratulations to our 2019 Kansas Awards and Scholarships Winners
For pictures of the Award and Scholarship winners, please see our Facebook page. Congratulations!
Wearing Blue for Child Abuse Prevention
Kansas Early/Head Start directors, staff, and admin wore blue!
Attending the APM/Networks were Parent, Family, and Community Engagment Coordinators, Health Managers, Education Coordinators, Mental Health & Disabilities Consultants, Coaches and Mentors, and program directors and staff.
Thank you for a great turnout and for supporting child abuse prevention!
Friday April 5 is Wear Blue Day!
Children Who Experience Early Childhood Trauma Do Not ‘Just Get Over It’
From the article: If a baby is repeatedly scared and emotionally overwhelmed and they do not get their survival brain soothed, so they can cope, they begin to develop a brain and bodily system which is on hyper alert and the World seems to be a scary place. Sadly, this is not something they can ‘just grow out of’.
Welcoming Older Adults into the Head Start Classroom
From National Head Start Association
Guest Blog Post by Atalaya Sergi, Vice President of Strategic Partnerships & Programming at Jumpstart
As Head Start employees nurture our nation’s greatest asset — our children’s successful development, our nation’s older adults are a vast national resource standing at the ready to help.
Parent Leadership Project Trip to D.C. Attendees Announced
The parents attending this year’s March 3-7 Parent Leadership Project Trip to D.C. will be Kayla Budd, Emily Knorp-Brown-Stone, and Dianne Whitney. We look forward to their pictures and reactions as they travel to D.C. to tell their stories of parenting, early childhood education, and more to Kansas’ federal legislators! Follow us on Facebook to see pictures and read more about the trip.
Thank you!
A big thank you to DaVita Lawrence Dialysis for stopping by to present a Way of Giving donation. The generous amount helped us reach and exceed our $1000 goal to help fund the Dollar-Per-Child Parent Leadership Project. This year’s PLP trip to Washington, DC will be March 3-7. Follow us on Facebook to see pictures of the trip!
Health Tips for Families Series
The Office of Head Start Early Learning and Knowledge Center has a number of easy-to-read and printable tip sheets on health topics for families. Topics include healthy breathing, health literacy, healthy eating, active play, and oral health. Read or print the tip sheets here: https://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/physical-health/article/health-tips-families-series