In a move to help Kansans find work and stay employed, Governor Laura Kelly today announced a new Kansas Department for Children and Families initiative that will expand access to child care assistance for Kansas families.
“Having access to quality child care is essential for parents to maintain employment,” Kelly said. “Those with lower incomes often struggle to afford quality child care. By expanding access to the program, more Kansas families can sustain employment or participate in meaningful training programs.”
Parents' Love Goes a Long Way
New research links affectionate parents with a happy and flourishing adulthood.
A new study out of Harvard has found that people who had loving parents in childhood have better lives later on. Parental warmth impacts well-being and health years later.
Happy Mother's Day
Region VII Award Winners
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.