February 5, 2019 Springfield Area Regional Recap November 2018 In our regional Action Plan, the Springfield Area Council has identified “families and caregivers have opportunities to understand child development“ as ... Read More
February 5, 2019 Southeastern Vermont Regional Recap November 2018 This fall, the Southeast Vermont BBF Council has been focused on supporting learning opportunities and promotion of resources to our region. ... Read More
February 5, 2019 Orleans & No. Essex Regional Recap November 2018 Regional Council Meetings: At our October 1st BBF Regional Council meeting, we continued our conversation on diversity led by Dr. Karen ... Read More
February 5, 2019 Addison Regional Recap November 2018 Data from schools and organizations serving children show low levels of resiliency among youth and a feeling of being undervalued in ... Read More
February 5, 2019 Rutland Regional Recap November 2018 This Fall the Rutland Council wanted to better understand the needs and resources around food insecurity in the state and in ... Read More
February 1, 2019 The Strengthening Families Approach By Dawn Powers The Vermont Agency of Human Services (AHS) is striving to create and integrate a sustainable, systems-wide Strengthening Families ... Read More
February 1, 2019 Lack of Child Care Capacity in Orleans & Essex Counties By Dawn Powers Are you a parent or do you know a parent who struggles with finding quality, affordable, and accessible ... Read More
February 1, 2019 What’s Right? Southeast Vermont’s Month of the Young Child By Dora Levinson Appreciative Inquiry is a philosophy that looks at systems and asks the question, ‘What’s right?’ rather than ‘What’s ... Read More
February 1, 2019 Addressing Social Determinants of Health in Central Vermont By Steve Ames As we begin to realize the overwhelming importance of the social determinants of health in building resilience in ... Read More
February 1, 2019 Building Resiliency in Our Children by Darla Senecal Surveys of our youth suggest that from an early age our children are often feeling low optimism, low ... Read More
February 1, 2019 Child Care Capacity in N. Windsor & Orange Counties One Region’s Strategy to Increase Child Care Capacity by Ellen Taetzsch Imagine you are a parent who just had a child ... Read More
February 1, 2019 The Family Place in St. Johnsbury by Julie Cadwallader Staub Early Learning Challenge, Race to the Top Director Elissa couldn’t believe it when she saw the phone ... Read More