The 2019-2020 Trying Together Public Policy Agenda outlines nine priorities to:
Do What’s Best for Children
Invest Adequately
Enhance Quality
March 21, 2021
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2019-2020 Public Policy Agenda
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Family Engagement Toolkit: Get the Toolkit
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December 18, 2020
Family Engagement Toolkit: Get the Toolkit
The Family Engagement Toolkit is available to read or download as a PDF, which includes links to additional resources and fillable PDF forms.
Family Engagement Toolkit: Acknowledgements
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Family Engagement Toolkit: Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements
Support, inspiration, and insight for the Family Engagement Toolkit was drawn from several sources, including Jefferson Regional Foundation.
Family Engagement Toolkit: Relative Providers
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Family Engagement Toolkit: Relative Providers
Relative Providers
Relative providers fill two special roles as both a family member and a provider for a child. When a relative provider engages with a parent or caregiver using intentional, strengths-based supportive strategies for communicating and connecting, they actively strengthen the network of caring adults that contribute to the child’s healthy learning and growing.
Family Engagement Toolkit: Providers
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Family Engagement Toolkit: Providers
At its essence, family engagement is a process in which educators and families build intentional, authentic relationships toward the shared goal of supporting a child’s healthy growth and development.
Family Engagement Toolkit: Families
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Family Engagement Toolkit: Families
Family involvement can benefit all children, especially those less likely to succeed in school.
About the Toolkit
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About the Toolkit
In this toolkit, families and early childhood educators can:
- access strategies that strengthen the relationships that nourish a child’s growth and sense of belonging;
- find ideas and resources to enrich relationships in their learning community;
- learn ways to increase equity and access for all involved; and
- take the opportunity to reflect upon family engagement practices in their home or program.
This is a resource from our Family Engagement Toolkit.
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December 10, 2020
This is a resource from our Family Engagement Toolkit.
Browse the entire toolkit with resources for providers, relative providers, and families.
2016–2018 Community Report
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November 17, 2020
2016–2018 Community Report
Trying Together released a two-year annual report for fiscal years spanning 2016–2018.
Highlights include:
- development of a strategic roadmap
- organizational rebrand
- becoming lead organization for Homewood-Brushton Family Support Center
- hiring a full-time Director for the Playful Pittsburgh Collaborative
2018–2020 Community Report
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November 16, 2020
2018–2020 Community Report
In 2018 Trying Together rebranded and embarked on its Strategic Roadmap.
Now two-years in, Trying Together pauses to reflect on what has been accomplished, what still needs to be done, and what has changed in the midst of these turbulent times in the 2018–2020 Trying Together Community Report.
Moving forward, Trying Together will provide an updated version of this report biennially to share continued progress and future plans.
