August 2020 Monthly Minutes
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A Message from Child Care Aware of NH
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Hello Providers,
August has arrived and Child Care Aware of NH powered by Southern New Hampshire Services is getting ready for the next professional development year. We are excited about all of the things we are offering and can't wait to share them with you later this month.
This past month, Child Care Resource and Referral Outreach Specialists have spent a lot of time maintaining and updating our database with programs that are opened, closed, reopening and the number of vacancies available.
If you have current vacancies please reach out to CCAoNH by using the emergency child care lines: (603) 578-1386, ext. 2528 and ext. 2533 or toll free (855)-393-1731, ext. 2528 and ext. 2533.
The Training and TA Specialists are preparing for the fall and the start of the new professional development season.
This month while we get ready, we will be offering the
Early Childhood Leadership Collaboaritve: Promoting the Pyramid Model in Early Childhood Settings
,
Environment Rating Scale Virtual TA Cohort
and the last
Summer Sneak Peak Collaborative
with the CCAoNH Leadership Team. See below for more information.
Child Care Aware of NH has recently released two compilation videos for the field to watch and enjoy. Look below to check them out for the first time or watch them again.
Have you had a chance to complete our program survey? If not, it is not too late. Look below for the link and how you could be eligible to participate in the Welcome Fall: Zoom Storytelling with Shawn Middleton. We thank you in advance for completing the survey!
We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for everything you do for families and children. We hope that you enjoy this month's edition of Monthly Minutes.
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2020 Annual Program Survey
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Child Care Aware of New Hampshire (CCAoNH) powered by Southern New Hampshire Services recently sent out our 2020 Annual Program Survey. The Survey is a tool we use to assist us in assessing current program services and to inform future planning. Therefore, we are seeking input on your experiences with your program receiving referrals, outreach, marketing materials, our website, LiveChat feature, training, TA, consultation and coaching services. Please note, this survey is regarding services provided directly by the Southern NH Services' Child Care Aware of NH program. Thus, we are not seeking feedback on the ECCP or CCRSP process as these are services we partner on; they are services provided through the Bureau of Child Development and Head Start Collaboration. If you have not had an opportunity to complete this year's survey, please take a moment to do so, your thoughts and opinions matter to us!
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As a special treat and a thank you, we are offering two story times to kick off the fall with award winning story teller Shawn Middleton. Be one of the 1
st
200 programs to return your 2020 Annual Program Survey and be invited to participate in the
Welcome Fall: Zoom
Storytelling with Shawn.
Click
here
or on the flyer for more details.
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CCAoNH Compilation Videos
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The
We Can Do It!
compilation video focuses on how CCAoNH staff and others have adapted how we work to get through these unprecedented times.
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The
Think "Outside" the Box
compilation
video features how programs have explored and reinvented their outdoor play spaces in light of COVID-19.
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What Is New on the Website
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We have added a new page to the website under the COVID-19 section, Recovery and Stabilization page called
NH Empowering Youth Program. Visit our site to check it out.
While you are there have you tried our LiveChat feature. If you visit our
website between 8:30 am and 4:30 pm Monday through Friday, you will be able to chat with a CCAoNH staff member. We can help answer questions about our services or direct you to information and resources for the questions you may have. Make sure to check it out!
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Training Opportunities and Upcoming Events
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Online CCAoNH Collaboratives
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CCAoNH is continuing to offer the Early Childhood Leadership Collaborative: Promoting the Pyramid Model in Early Childhood. This Collaborative focuses on the Pyramid Model. Click
here
on on the flyer for more details.
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CCAoNH Summer Sneak Peek Collaborative
This summer the CCAoNH Leadership Team will be offering two sneak peek collaboratives. The second session will be on
Tuesday, August 18, 2020 from 6:15-7:15 pm. Join us to get some great reveals about fall programming.
Click
here or on the flyer for more details.
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2020-2021 Virtual Annual Training Calendar
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CCAoNH is so excited to share our new 2020-2021 Virtual Annual Training Calendar with you. We are diligently working to get this ready to be released to you around mid-August.
Pssst...perhaps at our Summer Sneak Peek, make sure to register so that you get the first glimpse at it.
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CCAoNH Online Registration Process
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CCAoNH has enacted several measures to our online Zoom trainings to ensure that any potential hacking is minimized.
- Participants must pre-register in the NH Professional Registry for Online Zoom training.
- The morning of the online Zoom training, participants will receive an email with the Zoom URL Code to join the training and the link to the evaluation to complete following the training.
- A reminder email will be sent either one hour before the training or by 4:00 PM the day of the training.
- Notices will be sent to the email that is in the participants NH Professional Registry.
- To Join the training the participant will click on the Zoom Code. After clicking on the link, the participant will be asked to fill in their name, email, and organization before clicking on the button to enter the meeting. By filling in this information, this will create an online sign in sheet to prove attendance.
- For best viewing and participation in this collaborative, please use a device with a screen, speakers and a camera.
Professional Development Hours will be provided to all those participants who are viewing the webinar live and are registered in the NH Professional Registry. Your training transcript will reflect this within two business days.
For those participants who are viewing the recording of this webinar, please use the
Self-Study Sheet
found at the top of the Training and Webinars page on our website.
In order to help keep these online Zoom training secure, please do not post the meeting URL on social media or forward the email to other providers. Everyone who is registered will receive an email and pre-registration is required.
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Register for trainings with no cost on the NH Professional Registry by clicking on the "R" icon.
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Here are the most current updates for COVID-19:
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Monthly Health and Safety Topics
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August 2020 Is National Immunization Awareness Month and Children's Eye Health & Safety Month!
National Immunization Awareness Month
"National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM) is an annual observance held in August to highlight the importance of vaccination for people of all ages. Click
here for resources to assist you in communicating to healthcare professionals, parents and patients about immunization during August and throughout the year. "
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Children's Eye Health and Safety Month
"Children's Eye Health and Safety Month was created to inspire parents to make their child’s vision health a priority. Family-friendly resources on a wide variety of topics that help parents take the right steps to keep their child's sight healthy for life can be found at
preventblindness.org and through the
National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health at Prevent Blindness (NCCVEH) website. Topics covered include amblyopia (lazy eye), strabismus (crossed eyes), UV-protection and sports safety and the Affordable Care Act and children’s vision."
Prevent Blindness
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Resources to Share with Families
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Summer Safety Checklist
Click
here or on the flyer for more details.
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Kindergarten Readiness Opportunity
Share this with your families.
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Other Early Childhood News & Updates
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Getting Information & Resources You Need for
Child Care Recovery & Stabilization: a Webinar Series
Next session is Thursday, August 6, 2020 from 12:30-1:30 pm.
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In this series of webinars, the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and partners will share timely information on COVID-19 related updates and activities, including health and safety, the Child Care Recovery and Stabilization Program, and resources and support for early childhood and afterschool providers and programs. Participants will hear brief updates from DHHS and other state agencies and have an opportunity to ask questions and share ideas.
Click
here
or on the flyer for more details
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What does back to school look like?
What a difference a year makes. Looking back at 2019, life seemed so much simpler than the days of today. Remote learning, smaller classes or part time classroom teaching seemed unimaginable a year ago.
While the blueprint of learning has changed, the need for childhood immunizations has not. For children returning to school and childcare, the immunization requirements have not changed because the need for vaccination remains the same. Now more than ever, it is important that children receive their childhood immunizations on time. As students begin the journey of going back to school, the exposure to vaccine preventable diseases is at hand, even in a smaller classroom size.
As a childcare provider, it is important to give parents the information and the confidence to continue to vaccinate even during the COVID outbreak.
All provider offices in the State of NH have developed guidelines to safely administer vaccines to children and to keep them up to date on their routine vaccinations. From drive up vaccinations, to well child visits done at different locations or times of day, providers are working to keep you and your children safe when coming for routine appointments.
All of us at the NH Immunization Program wish you a happy, safe back to school season.
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Child Care Aware of New Hampshire
Contact Information
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We hope you've enjoyed this edition of "Monthly Minutes". Look for future editions at the beginning of each month! Items for submission for the "Monthly Minutes" must be sent to
outreach2ccrr@snhs.org
before the 25th of each month with the subject line "Monthly Minutes".
Thank you,
Child Care Aware of NH Team
Need Help? Support? Call our Training and TA Lines
Main Toll Free Line: 1-855-393-1731
Bilingual Support Line: 1-855-393-1731 x 2528
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Child Care Aware of NH Outreach Offices:
Southern/Main Regional Office
Eastern Regional Office
Concord Regional Office
Western Regional Office
Northern Regional Office
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Child Care Aware of NH Training & TA/Help Line:
(603) 578-1386, x 2532
(603) 578-1386, x 2532
(603) 227-6383
(603) 903-0830
(603) 752-1327 or (603) 323-7091
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Child Care Aware of NH, powered by Southern NH Services, offers Free & Confidential Child Care Resource & Referral Services to families and early childhood professionals.
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Copyright © 2020 All Rights Reserved
The preparation of this email was financed under a Contract with the State of NH, Department of Health and Human Services,
Division of Economic and Housing Stability, Bureau of Child Development and Head Start Collaboration, with funds provided in part by the State of NH and the US Department of Health and Human Services.
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