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Ready, Set, Rosie: Lexington’s Early Learning Academy is Off to the Races Building Family-School Partnerships
The former retail space that houses the Early Learning Academy (ELA) in Lexington, Nebraska, may seem like an unusual setting for innovation in early childhood education, but this preschool program that serves children 3 to 5 years old houses such proactive initiatives as an early intervention program for special needs students and a migrant community classroom to serve English language learners.
Facebook competition highlights importance of parent engagement
Earlier this spring, a handful of Omaha middle schoolers earned the opportunity to travel to California to attend Facebook’s Engineer for the Week Achievement Summit at the company’s headquarters. The team of three students came from the Boys & Girls…
Tagged with: afterschool, beyond school bells, collective for youth, omaha, parent engagement, STEM, STEM learning
Posted in Cradle to career, Middle Childhood, News and Events
Posted in Cradle to career, Middle Childhood, News and Events
Metro youth explore alternative career paths at Non-Traditional Career Fair
For many young people, a four-year college degree is out of reach due to family obligations or financial restrictions. With that in mind, a collaborative group of service providers in Douglas, Sarpy, and Pottawattamie Counties came together to host a…
Changemakers 2018 celebrates the power of prevention
October 23 was a day of laughter, empathy, and inspiration as nearly 500 people gathered at the Embassy Suites in La Vista to reflect on the progress made in the past year for vulnerable children and families in Nebraska. The…
Tagged with: Bring Up Nebraska, Changemakers, Grace Abbott, Grace Abbott Award, Mary Jo Pankoke, prevention, Susanne Shore
Posted in Cradle to career, News and Events, Uncategorized
Posted in Cradle to career, News and Events, Uncategorized
New report details Circle of Security™ – Parenting successes
This summer, Nebraska Children and Families Foundation commissioned a report on the effectiveness of Circle of Security – Parenting™ as it’s been implemented in communities across the state, and the results show that the program has been a resounding success…
Tagged with: circle of security, Circle of Security - Parenting, COS-P, early childhood, early childhood development, education, Parenting
Posted in Cradle to career, Early Childhood, News and Events
Posted in Cradle to career, Early Childhood, News and Events
2018 Conservation Management Internship Program Field Journal, part 3
Over the past few weeks, Nebraska Children has been sharing Field Journals highlighting experiences from the Conservation Management Summer Internship program. Building on the past two installments from Dakota Staggs and the boys group, we pick up with our group of youth…
2018 Conservation Management Internship Program Field Journal, part 2
Over the next several weeks, Nebraska Children is sharing Field Journals highlighting experiences from Nebraska Children’s Conservation Management Summer Internship program. Building on last week’s blog, we pick up with Dakota Staggs and our group of youth from Native Futures as…
Tagged with: beyond school bells, Conservation Management Internship, Girls Inc., internship, Native Futures, Rowe Sanctuary
Posted in Cradle to career, News and Events, Teen/Early Adulthood
Posted in Cradle to career, News and Events, Teen/Early Adulthood
2018 Conservation Management Internship Program Field Journal, part 1
This summer, Beyond School Bells, a statewide partnership of Nebraska Children, worked with a coalition of partners to host its second annual summer internship program in conservation management. The program has multiple goals: to expose high school students to careers in the…
Tagged with: beyond school bells, Conservation Management Internship, Girls Inc., Native Futures, UNL
Posted in Cradle to career, News and Events, Teen/Early Adulthood
Posted in Cradle to career, News and Events, Teen/Early Adulthood
Nebraska Children hosts Your Money, Your Goals™ training
On March 27, Nebraska Children and Families Foundation hosted partners from across the state at the Nonprofit Hub in Lincoln for a training from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) on the Your Money, Your Goals™ financial empowerment toolkit. The Your…
Tagged with: CFPB, Connected Youth Initiatve, CYI, employment, financial literacy, older youth, skill development, train the trainer, YMYG, Your Money Your Goals
Posted in Cradle to career, News and Events, Teen/Early Adulthood
Posted in Cradle to career, News and Events, Teen/Early Adulthood
Growing the Good Life 