Jessica,

Your mental well-being is important to us, and we are here to support you in every way that we can. That's why we are happy to announce that our Mental Wellness Series will continue this fall, offering educators guidance and support in areas of social-emotional development, trauma, crisis, self-care and stress management.

As part of our Mental Wellness Series, All Our Kin has also partnered with Early Childhood Mental Health Consultants & Experts, Alicia Conte and Rebecca Lerer, to launch weekly virtual office hours. This will be a dedicated space for educators to bring forth any questions or concerns and receive personalized, one-on-one support.

If you're interested in scheduling a 45-minute consultation, you can find detailed information, including available days and times for office hours in the attached flier here. For more information about our workshops and the latest updates, be sure to read this week's newsletter below.

Mental Wellness Series

Three-Part Series

Navigating Trauma and Loss in Young Children and Parents

Join All Our Kin and our friends from Bank Street College of Education for a special three-part series on navigating trauma and loss in young children and exploring the impact that child care educators can have on the lives of these children when faced with challenging situations. We strongly encourage you to attend all three sessions of this series.

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Virtual

Mental Wellness Office Hours

We invite you to bring your questions or concerns to virtual office hours, and leave with strategies to build a deeper understanding of how to support the children and families in their programs as well as self-care tips for themselves and their teams

Tuesday & Thursday appointments are available from

6:45-7:30 p.m or 7:30-8:15 p.m. To reserve, email Rebecca at RebeccaL@allourkin.org

Monday & Wednesday appointments are available from

6-6:45 p.m or 6:45-7:30 p.m. To reserve, email Alicia at Alicia@allourkin.org

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FCC Resources

LISC Grant

Get Funding to Grow Your Family Child Care Program!

Local Initiatives Support Corporation - Connecticut (LISC) in partnership with the Office of Early Childhood (OEC) will offer Facilities Grants for all licensed family child care programs in Connecticut.

These funds are available to help programs prepare to care for additional children and create safer spaces. If you're interested in receiving more information about this upcoming opportunity, please complete the interest form here and join the information webinar on Tuesday, October 17 from 1:30-3 p.m.

Take Action

Urge Congress

Help Increase Funding for CAFCP!

Last week, exciting new legislation was introduced in the House of Representatives that would improve Child and Adult Care Food Program (CAFCP) for family child care educators. The Child Care Nutrition Enhancement Act would permanently:

Provide an additional $.10 reimbursement for each meal and snack served in the CACFP
Eliminate different reimbursement rates for family day care homes
Allow family child care providers to claim their own children’s meals for reimbursement

All Our Kin is joining our partners at the National CACFP Sponsors Association to urge Congress to support this important bill. You can help us take action by sending a message to your Representatives!

MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD

Contact:

Bridgeport: Bridgeport@allourkin.org; 203-392-4574

New Haven: NewHaven@allourkin.org; 203-301-8473

Stamford/Norwalk: StamfordNorwalk@allourkin.org; 203-690-9726