The Sixpence Early Learning Fund awarded its latest round of grants last week to 8 Nebraska early childhood education projects. The grant awards will benefit nearly 150 at-risk babies and toddlers. Now, Sixpence programs are serving a total of approximately…
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Beginning the Process of Change in Norfolk
On October 17, at an off-the-beaten-track banquet hall in Norfolk, something remarkable happened. Health care providers, policy makers, nonprofit leaders, city officials, DHHS employees and more came together to discuss a topic that’s not always easy: What they can be…
How’s Nebraska doing at keeping babies safe from SUID?
“My mom put me on my stomach when I was a baby, and I turned out fine.” Yes, many of us turned out fine. We also survived our parents smoking while pregnant and just letting us roll around in the…
How brains are built in early childhood
Watch this fantastic breakdown of how positive and negative experiences in early childhood affect the foundation of brain development. This video was created by the Alberta Family Wellness Initiative with help from the Harvard Center on the Developing Child and…
Tagged with: early childhood education, early childhood mental health, Rooted in Relationships
Posted in Early Childhood
Posted in Early Childhood
Our new Early Childhood leader has a passion for school readiness
Amy joined Nebraska Children and Families Foundation on August 19, taking over the leadership role on early childhood programs, including the Sixpence Early Learning Fund. She comes to us from the Nebraska Department of Education’s Early Childhood Office, where she…
What will the 13 new Sixpence grantees do with their funding?
The latest round of grants awards from the Sixpence Early Learning Fund were recently released. A blend of public and private funds went to a 13 Nebraska early childhood education projects, to serve nearly 300 at-risk babies and toddlers. Here’s…
Circle of Security for healthy social emotional development
Each of the programs we fund and support is unique based on the needs and strengths of the community it serves. One of the methods some of our programs are using to foster health social emotional development is Circle of…
Tagged with: circle of security, early childhood mental health, social emotional
Posted in Early Childhood
Posted in Early Childhood
Sixpence Spotlight: Crete’s Stephanni Renn
As a home visitor for the Crete Young Parents program, Stephanni Renn has been able to make a major difference in her community, one family at a time. Now, she’ll take over the coordination of the Sixpence-funded program. So while…
Tagged with: Crete Early Childhood Program, home visitation, sixpence, stephanni renn
Posted in Early Childhood
Posted in Early Childhood
Feedback from the Field: Success in the Chadron FAST Program
Families and Schools Together (FAST) is a program that NCFF provides grant funds and program support to in an effort to strengthen school-community relationships as well as support healthy family interactions. The program gives parents a structured time to bring…
Posted in Early Childhood
Taking infant mental health seriously
By Lynne Brehm, Associate VP for Early Childhood Mental Health “REALLY? Infants need mental health care?” It’s a pretty common reaction when I tell people what I do. The concept of infant mental health conjures images of babies on couches and…
Tagged with: early childhood education, early childhood mental health, infant mental health
Posted in Early Childhood
Posted in Early Childhood
Growing the Good Life 