Rooted in Relationships will be a part of the statewide collaborative that has been invited to join the current cohort of Zero to Three’s Financing Policy Project for 2025.
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Rooted Collaborates on State Infant Mental Health Financing Policy Project
Tagged with: BECI, early childhood, early childhood development, early childhood mental health, First Five Nebraska, naimh, Nebraska Department of Education, Nebraska Head Start, Nebraska Resource Project for Vulnerable Young Children, Rooted in Relationships, sixpence, University of Nebraska Lincoln—Youth and Family Studies
Posted in Early Childhood
Posted in Early Childhood
A Little Something Something
Sometimes, the little things aren’t all that little. So when Yanki Smith makes a spiral flourish with her hand to indicate writing with a pen and says her contribution to the writing of Moving Day Made Fun was “a little…
Rooted in Relationships Receives National Recognition for Pioneering Efforts in Advancing Childhood Mental Health
Rooted in Relationships (RiR) is an initiative by Nebraska Children aimed at transforming early childhood mental health through community collaboration. By providing childcare providers with training, RiR addresses behavioral challenges in young children, enhancing their social-emotional skills. Recently, the team was recognized nationally for their work.
NGR Translations Mirror and Preserve Culture
Paw Tha Hser and Fariha Mohmand are both refugees who seek to pass on their native languages to the next generation. They have been working with Nebraska Growing Readers and teams of translators to create children’s texts in their own languages. Their contributions have been an important part of the 51 NGR texts that have been translated this year.
Tagged with: Book Translations, Early Childhood, early childhood development, early literacy, Nebraska Growing Readers, Unite for Literacy
Posted in Early Childhood
Posted in Early Childhood
How Does Your Garden Grow
NGR, an initiative of the Nebraska Children and Families Foundation, has partnered with Schuyler and other communities like it to provide books in areas where they are harder to find or to populations who benefit from access to free books.
Alliance Innovates with Circle of Security Classroom
Shawna Rischling first became aware of COSP through her teaching in a preschool classroom for the Alliance Public School system. Her program is funded by Sixpence, which requires programs to serve at-risk children in the community, and the initiative told her of a new training in COSP. Circle of Security trains parents and other caregivers in developing strong bonds that give their children the security and confidence to explore, learn, grow, and build positive relationships.
Tagged with: Alliance early childhood education, Buffett Early Childhood Institute, circle of security, Circle of Security - Parenting, Circle of security classroom, early childhood, early childhood development, early childhood education, early childhood mental health, Rooted in Relationships, sixpence
Posted in Early Childhood
Posted in Early Childhood
A Rare Book for Jeter and His Mom
Sixpence Vice President Stephanni Renn asked Maddie to write a book about Jeter for the new Nebraska Growing Readers program supported by Sixpence , which resulted in Rare is Beautiful. In June of 2024, Maddie and Jeter were able to attend an MFDM conference at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and were provided with copies of the book to distribute there.
Tagged with: early childhood, Early Childhood, early childhood development, early literacy, Nebraska Growing Readers, sixpence, Unite for Literacy
Posted in Early Childhood, Uncategorized
Posted in Early Childhood, Uncategorized
Ainsworth, a Group of Moms, and C4K’s Secret Sauce
“Give a group of moms a problem that impacts their children and they will get it done,” say Karen O’Hare, President of the board for the Ainsworth Child Development Center. The Ainsworth community came together to serve the local need for childcare.
Tagged with: Ainsworth, childcare, Childcare Centers, communities for kids, early childhood, early childhood development, early childhood education
Posted in Early Childhood, Uncategorized
Posted in Early Childhood, Uncategorized
Rooted’s Neighborhood Approach Makes a Difference in South Omaha
Rooted in Relationshsips offered Pyramid Model training to South Omaha early childhood professionals entirely in Spanish, translated materials and resources, and emphasized a neighborhood approach that encouraged community ownership of the work being done. Stacy Scholten says they held planning meetings and provider collaboration meetings in Spanish, as well as conducting training and coaching in Spanish. And because the Rooted’s name didn’t translate well into Spanish, they instead collaborated with the local group to call the project, Cultivando Generaciones Futuras.
Putting Down Permanent Roots: Rooted in Relationships as Lynne Brehm Retires
Rooted in Relationships now faces an existential moment: what will the Nebraska Children and Families Foundation initiative that celebrated its first 10 years in 2023 look like without the woman who started it all?
Growing the Good Life 