Your Monthly News & Updates
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- Upcoming Webinars on Historical Trauma, Resilience and Equity
- Early Care and Learning Council 2020 Annual Meeting
- The NYS Association for Infant Mental Health Presents: Breakfast for Babies
- Federal CARES Act Scholarship Extended to June 30, 2020
- 2020 Census: URGENT - BE COUNTED!
- ACF & HRSA Promote Family Strengthening & Virtual Prevention Strategies
- NYS Child Care Availability Task Force Letter to the Governor
- NYSB5 Funding Opportunities
- NYSB5 Parent Portal & More Resources for Families during COVID-19
- NYS Pyramid Model Training
- Family Discussion for Parents/Caregivers of Children and Youth
- RAISING NY
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Upcoming Webinars on Historical Trauma,
Resilience and Equity
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Date: June 25, 2020
Time: 12:30pm - 1:30pm
This webinar series is to promote equity by building awareness of the impact of institutional racism and other forms of bias on the experiences of children and families from marginalized communities, identifying policies that support more equitable systems, and strengthening culturally responsive IECMHC practices that reduce disparities and improve child outcomes.
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Date: July 25, 2020
Time: 9:30am - 2:30pm
The Annual Medicaid Conference features an opening keynote by New York State Medicaid Director Donna Frescatore with a midday keynote by Tekisha Dwan Everette, Executive Director of Health Equity Solutions. The conference includes a panel on Advancing Equity in Maternal Health as well as a panel on Primary Care as a Catalyst for Equity. Registration for the live webcast is $45 per person.
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(pre-recorded)
Join Child Care Aware of America for a honest dialogue about the state of our country, CCAOA's position, mental health and health trauma that exists as a result of systemic racism.
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Author: Vanderbilt University
Talking to children about race and how to be an antiracist should start early and continue throughout their lives. Talking about race early and often teaches children they can and should ask questions about race and how to be antiracist.
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Early Care and Learning Council 2020 Annual Meeting:
Race Equity in Early Education
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Save the Date: July 8, 2020 (virtual)
Race Equity in Early Education featuring keynote speaker Fannie Glover, ECLC Director of Equity and Inclusion.
Online registration for this virtual event will be released shortly.
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The New York State Association for Infant Mental Health Presents: Breakfast for Babies
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Friday, July 17th, 2020
9am - 11:30 am
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Free for NYS-AIMH or NYZTT members! $15 registration fee for non-members
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Ordinary Miracles:
The Power of Relationships
A Conversation with Victor Bernstein, Ph.D
Victor Bernstein, Ph.D., is a retired lecturer at The University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration. In addition, he is a consultant, trainer and was co-founder of The Ounce of Prevention Fund (Illinois) Developmental Training and Support Program. Victor has dedicated a long career to helping all of us – parents, caregivers, support professionals, supervisors, and administrators – understand the deep potential in our relationships.
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A collaboration between
The New York State Association for Infant Mental Health (NYS-AIMH)
And New York Zero-To-Three (NYZTT
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Federal CARES Act Scholarship Extended
to June 30,2020
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2020 CENSUS URGENT - Be Counted!
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The Census can shape many different aspects of your community.
Health clinics, fire departments, schools, even roads and highways.
Be sure to complete your Census today!
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Promoting Family Strengthening & Virtual Prevention Strategies
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The Administration for Children and Families’ Offices of Early Childhood Development, Head Start, Childcare, Children’s Bureau, the Maternal and Child Health Bureau and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) released a letter to colleagues encouraging programs to promote family strengthening and virtual prevention strategies during COVID-19 and beyond.
It is intended for family support, maternal and child health, and early childhood programs (including Head Start, home visiting, early intervention, and other early care and learning programs) to promote family strengthening and prevention strategies via virtual, electronic, telephonic, or other safe means during the COVID-19 pandemic.
You can read the letter
here
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The NYS Child Care Availability Task Force:
Letter to the Governor on Reopening Child Care
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The New York State Child Care Availability Task Force released their recommendations to Governor Andrew Cuomo to support his leadership in reopening New York safely, smartly, and with an eye to the future. The recommendations are to:
- Ensure Sufficient Child Care Capacity to Serve Families of Essential Workers and Other Vulnerable Families.
- Support Families of Essential Workers and Other Vulnerable Families.
- Ensure the Safety of New York's Children and the Child Care Workforce.
Read the complete letter to the Governor
here
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NYSB5 Funding Opportunities
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The NYS Council on Children and Families (CCF) is pleased to announce that through the federal Preschool Development Birth through Five Renewal Grant, funds will be available to implement local kindergarten transition strategies.
To be eligible for Seed Money funding, your agency must have attended a previous NYSB5 Kindergarten Transition Summit Orientation or Kindergarten Transition Summit. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis while funds are available.
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Below is the link to apply for KT Seed Money
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Other funding opportunities can be found on the following websites:
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NEW NYSB5 Parent Portal App
& Resources for Families during COVID-19
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Download the NYSB5 funded Parent Portal app on your Android or IOS device today. Available for FREE in the Apple and Google Play stores now. Link available from the NYS Parent Portal:
www.nysparenting.org
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CCF has also compiled an online list of
CORONAVIRUS - RESOURCES FOR PARENTS
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This includes parenting tips, activities and information on how to talk to your children about the Coronavirus. A printable resource can be accessed
here
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Link available from the NYS Parent Portal
:
www.nysparenting.org
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The Guide provides information on Home Visiting, Early Intervention, Head Start, Child Care, State Funded PreK and Preschool Special Education. It also includes resources on health and safety, social and emotional support and basic needs.
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NYS Pyramid Model Training
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The Pyramid Model for Supporting the Social and Emotional Competence of Infants and Young Children is a framework of evidence-based practices proven to support social and emotional development of young children and reduce challenging behaviors by supporting teachers, children and families.
NYS Pyramid Model implementation is supported and guided by a State Leadership Team, representing a range of public and private child-serving agencies. The 2020 NY Pyramid Model State Leadership Team meeting was held virtually on May 6, 2020; meeting materials are posted at the following link:
http://www.nysecac.org/contact/pyramid-model/state-leadership-team
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Highlights of Pyramid Model activities include a new online data system for state-supported implementing programs, an increase in module trainings offered around the state, and success stories from parent workshops that were funded by the NYSB5 grant in 2019.
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Family Discussion for Parents/Caregivers of
Children & Youth (ages 0–21) with
Physical, Medical, Emotional & Learning Needs
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Westchester Institute for Human Development (WIHD) and The Strong Center for Developmental Disabilities at University of Rochester Medical Center are recruiting families to participate in discussions about how to best support families in New York State who have a child or youth with physical, medical, emotional or learning needs. This project is funded through a grant from the NYS Department of Health.
Virtual small group discussions and individual interviews will be held with eligible participants from May 2020 through June 2021. Participants will be compensated for their time.
Interpreters available and sessions in Spanish available
For more information:
In the Hudson Valley and Upstate Region of NYS
Call or Email:
In the Western Region of NYS
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Raising NY: Investing in High Quality Child Care is
Critical as NY Reopens
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As New York moves forward with its strategy to re-open, the Raising NY coalition has released a policy brief on ways to implement a comprehensive and inclusive plan to offer affordable, safe, high-quality child care during this period, rebuilding the child care system so that it is stronger and more equitable than before the pandemic. Read the full policy brief
here
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If you have questions about the NYSB5 Project, let us know:
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Supported by Grant Number 90TP0059 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Child Care. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Office of Child Care, the Administration for Children and Families or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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