by Lisa Knoche and Amanda Prokasky for the Preschool Development Grant eNewsletter – July 2019 What is Getting Ready? Getting Ready is an evidence-based intervention developed at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln aimed at enhancing the school readiness of young children…
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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
Recapping the Nebraska Young Child Institute conference
The second annual Nebraska Young Child Institute (NYCI) conference was held June 26-27, 2018, in Kearney, Nebraska. NYCI is a state-wide conference for multidisciplinary professionals to connect on issues to improve outcomes for young children. The conference focused on addressing…
New video series highlights benefits of Rooted in Relationships
Nebraska Children and Families Foundation initiative Rooted in Relationships has released a series of videos to help explain the rationale behind the initiative, the models and best practices it uses, and how communities across the state are seeing success since…
Tagged with: early childhood education, early childhood mental health, Rooted in Relationships, videos
Posted in Early Childhood
Posted in Early Childhood
Afterschool programming a concern for federal, local budgets
Proposed 2018-19 Federal Budget eliminates funding for afterschool President Trump recently released his first federal budget proposal, in which he proposed elimination of the only dedicated source of federal funding for afterschool and summer programs, the 21st Century Community Learning Center Program.…
Tagged with: beyond school bells, Legislature, policy
Posted in Cradle to career, Early Childhood, Legislature, News and Events
Posted in Cradle to career, Early Childhood, Legislature, News and Events
Sixpence celebrates its 10th anniversary with a new website
What’s the difference between an anniversary and a birthday? Birthdays celebrate milestones in the life or growth of an individual—whether it’s a human being, an organization or even an idea. Anniversaries, on the other hand, are about partnerships—the bonds that…
NYCI Conference Recap: Coming together for a common good
The first-ever Nebraska Young Child Institute (NYCI) conference is in the books, and we couldn’t be happier with how the event unfolded. More than 500 people gathered in Kearney on June 27-28 to highlight the existing early childhood efforts underway…
Posted in Early Childhood, Uncategorized
New Sixpence grants connect child care providers, public schools to promote early childhood development
The Trustees of the Sixpence Early Learning Fund announced this week that six new grants totaling approximately $1.3 million will be awarded to school districts in partnerships with local licensed early care and education providers for infants and toddlers at risk. Selected…
Sixpence Success in Columbus
The Sixpence Early Learning Program is an innovative public-private partnership that funds school districts around the state to create high-quality early learning experiences for babies and toddlers in poverty, with teen parents and exposed to other risk factors. The program…
Sixpence announces Child Care Partnership grants
For the first time ever, the Sixpence Early Learning fund will fund collaborations between school districts and licensed child care providers. These new Child Care Partnership grants will give more of Nebraska’s most vulnerable babies and toddlers access to high-quality early…
Growing the Good Life 