April 5, 2019 Jeremiah’s Place: Block Party & Resource Fair Join Jeremiah’s Place on June 22 for a fun-filled day of festivities at their Block Party and Resource Fair. Activities This year’s event will include: Resource tables, Storymobile, Fire truck tour, Face painting, Arts and crafts, Free picnic and carnival food, Free wellness sessions, Raffle prizes, and much more! This event is FREE and open to the public, rain or shine! Share this flyer with your networks.
December 20, 2018 OCDEL Reports Progress on Infant/Toddler Policies In 2017, the PA Office of Child Development and Early Learning (OCDEL) and stakeholders completed a policy scan with National State Capacity Building Center that identified short, medium, and long-term policy goals to support infants and toddlers in Pennsylvania. Goal Progress OCDEL is proud to report progress on those goals: Short-Term Goal The short-term goal to “adopt a shared definition of relationship-based care” across the ECE system is underway. OCDEL and Early Learning Resource Center (ELRC) staff, in partnership with the National Center on Parent, Family, and Community Engagement, are focusing on Relationship-Based Competencies and developing shared definitions and language across systems. Medium-Term Goal The medium-term goal is to “develop a triaging protocol that creates a system akin to Early Head Start that will connect families of infants and toddlers in child care with comprehensive health (including oral) and family support services in their community.” This goal is reflected in the work of the ELRCs which are charged with ensuring all families have access to needed services beyond child care, such as CHIP, WIC, and family supports, including home visiting. Long-Term Goal The long-term goal is to “explore vouchers and contracts that fund the true cost of serving infants and toddlers.” Through the Infant/Toddler Contracted Slot Pilot, OCDEL is piloting contracted slots for infants and toddlers in Keystone STAR 3 and 4 programs. The pilot seeks to understand how contracted slots can support continuity of care for infants, toddlers, and their families and the financial impact on high-quality providers interested in seeking financial stability for the classrooms serving their youngest learners. More Information Additional details will be released in later editions of the PA Early Ed News. *Information provided by the PA Early Ed News
November 2, 2018 Helping Young Children Cope with Fear and Tragedy Attend Helping Young Children Cope with Fear and Tragedy on Wednesday, November 7 at the Rodef Shalom Family Center to hear from panelists from the University of Pittsburgh; Child, Family, and Community Inc.; Trying Together; and Allegheny Intermediate Unit #3. Moderated by Roberta Schomburg, Interim Executive Director of the Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children’s Media, this panel presentation will discuss methods and approaches that adults can use to help their child(ren) cope with fear and tragedy. Moderator Roberta Schomburg, Ph.D. Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children’s Media at Saint Vincent College Interim Executive Director Panelists Dr. Kimberly Blair University of Pittsburgh Associate Professor of Psychiatry Dr. Mary Margaret Kerr University of Pittsburgh Professor of Applied Developmental Psychology & Administrative & Policy Studies Bonnie McNally-Brown, LPC Child, Family & Community Inc. Tracy Larson, MSED, CAGS, NCSP University of Pittsburgh Office of Child Development Cara Ciminillo Trying Together Executive Director Dr. Cathy Lobaugh Allegheny Intermediate Unit #3 Assistant Executive Director for Early Childhood, Family & Community Services This event is free and open to the public. Please register. Share this flyer with your networks.
