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Orleans/N. Essex Recap, March 2019
The Orleans/Northern Essex region is in the midst of a staffing transition. Dawn Powers has stepped into an exciting role as the Director of the NEKCA Parent Child Center. BBF […]
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Southeast Vermont Recap, March 2019
Thank you to the Windham County Legislators who were able to come to the Early Childhood Day at the Legislature lunch on Wednesday and to all of you for being […]
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Springfield Area Recap, March 2019
The Springfield Area Regional Council spent its February meeting learning about the Department of Children and Families Family Services role in our community. We learned about what was in statue […]
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Northern Windsor & Orange Recap, March 2019
The Northern Windsor and Orange County Regional Council identified “Increase awareness of early childhood positions available and training options to support workforce recruitment and retention“ as a priority for the […]
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April is Month of the Young Child in Windham County
Windham County is working together to make our communities more family friendly. One place where we continue to be successful is the annual Month of the Young Child (MOYC). It’s […]
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WIC Helps Springfield Area Families with Food Insecurity and More
In Vermont one in seven children are food insecure. Women Infants and Children (WIC) is a federal program that provides nutrition education, breast feeding support and supplemental food to pregnant […]
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How Families Stay Strong
Speaking to a legislator earlier this session, I came to realize that not everyone knows about the significant integrated approach to prevention the state and a large number of partner […]
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On the Ground with Vermont’s Early Childhood Educator of the Year
I had the pleasure to sit down with Melanie Zinn a few weeks ago. She wears many hats and holds many titles including: Director of the Horizon Early Learning Program; […]
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Updating the Statewide Early Childhood Plan
In 2014, Building Bright Futures crafted the Early Childhood Action Plan (ECAP), which codifies statewide strategies to realize the six goals for early childhood identified in the Early Childhood Framework. […]
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From Community Conversations to Proposed Legislation
If you’ve been following the news in Vermont over the last few months, you’ll know that addressing Vermont’s child care crisis is front of mind for the administration and legislature […]
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February 2019 State Advisory Council Recap
The February SAC meeting kicked off with organizational updates on the Executive Director Hiring Process and term limits for the council Co-Chairs. In March, the SAC will vote on a […]
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What is Early MTSS?
Those of you in the field of early education have most likely heard the buzz or perhaps even attended a training to learn more about Early MTSS. The Early Multi-Tiered […]
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