FIRST 5 NEWS
  • Children's Dental Health Month - Handprints Featured Provider: Kern County Children's Dental Health Network
  • Safely Surrender Baby Month
  • First 5 Express Adventure Returns to Kern for Four Sites in April and May
  • Greenfield HELPS Collaborative Health and Safety Fair
  • Calendar of Events and Safe the Dates
PARENT NEWS
  • Avoiding Tooth Decay for Children
  • What Doctors Want Parents to Know About the Flu
  • Slow Cooker Stew for National Potato Month
KERN COUNTY NEWS
  • Conference: See Poverty, Be the Difference
  • Self-Care Can Help New Years' Resolutions be Successful
  • Eight Major Job Fairs
  • VITA Offers Free Tax Prep
  • Ridgecrest Regional Hospital to hold Health and Wellness Fair
CALIFORNIA NEWS
  • No County in the State Reports Latino Students at or Above Standards for Math or English Language Arts
  • Two Bills Seek to Increase Transitional Kingergarten and State Preschool
  • State Lags in Providing Infant/Toddler Special Need Services
  • State School District Dshboard Launched, Spurs Data into Action
  • Child Care Licensing Update
NATIONAL NEWS
  • Effects of Abuse and Neglect Seen Three Decades Later
FEBRUARY IS...
  • National Bake for Family Fun Month
  • National Black History Month
  • National Children's Dental Health Month
  • National Heart Month
  • National Library Lover's Month
  • National Potato Month
  • Safely Surrender Baby Month
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