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Month: January 2026

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January 2, 2026

Tickets Available for MOYC Celebration

This spring, Trying Together will host Celebrating Together, a special evening for early childhood educators and all who support them. Scheduled for Thursday, April 30 at Rivers Casino, this celebration will include a new VIP Reception followed by the 30th Annual Celebration of Early Childhood Educators Dinner. Get your tickets now to be part of this evening of celebration and fun!

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Trying Together recognizes April as Month of the Young Child as a way to uplift the incredible work of early childhood educators. In 2025, nearly 800 educators and supports came together at the Annual Celebration of Early Childhood Educators Dinner. 

This year, Trying Together is excited to unveil Celebrating Together – a reimagined event that will include a new VIP reception to present the inaugural Governor Josh Shapiro Keystone Award for Early Childhood Advocacy, followed by the 30th Annual Celebration of Early Childhood Educators Dinner. The VIP reception will include heavy hors d’oeuvres, signature cocktails/mocktails, and networking opportunities. The dinner will include food stations, music, register-to-win opportunities, photo booths, and other activities. 

See full details and purchase tickets.

For more information, contact special events manager Gabby Lisella at gabby@tryingtogether.org or 412-204-6415, or by visiting the event’s website.

Businesses, organizations, and individuals can purchase full-color advertisements to appear in the 2026 Celebrating Together program book. It is also possible to honor an early childhood educator by adding their name to the Recognition List in the program book. To sponsor the VIP reception or dinner, view Trying Together’s MOYC Sponsor Sheet. For more information, contact assistant director of development Maria Pisano at maria@tryingtogether.org or 412.421.3734.

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Allegheny County Announces New Out-of-School-Time Programs Dashboard

The Allegheny County Department of Children Initiatives (DCI) has created a new Out-of-School Time (OST) Programs Dashboard to explore the locations of OST programs in the county.

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The interactive tool, which was developed in partnership with RAND and made possible with funding from the McElhattan Foundation,  is intended to make data and information supporting children more available. 

The tool allows users to explore the locations of OST programs throughout Allegheny County and relate these to other features, such as schools, public transportation, youth population, and community needs.

Using the Tool

The tool’s filters are available using selectors on the website’s top right-hand corner that display programs based on certain features, such as their location on school property, program type, by community level of need, and/or municipality. 

The tool’s Select a School District Boundary feature helps to focus the map and display both OST programs and schools within the district’s boundary.

The map’s More Tools menu provides additional features that allow users to search the map by address, toggle feature layers, and change the basemap.

Map Popups show more information based on the selected layer – for example, OST Programs, Community Need Index, and Youth Population provide detailed, unique information when visualized in the Layers tool.

All filters can be reset by selecting the Reset Arrow on the bottom right that appears after a filter is applied. Selecting the reset button returns the dashboard to its default settings and position. 

To search for out-of-school-time programs in your community, check out the OST Programs Dashboard.