• It is now possible to identify key overarching messages about Early Head Start's benefits. (zerotothree.org)
  • In particular, the research findings reaffirmed the value of Early Head Start's key focus on the parent-child relationship. (zerotothree.org)
  • And thanks to Head Start's two-generation focus, I also learned valuable job skills that have enabled me to find stable employment as a school manager at Impact Public Schools in Tukwila. (ffyf.org)
  • and for diligently working to find solutions to Head Start's most pressing challenges throughout her tenure in Congress. (house.gov)
  • Early Head Start's intensive home- and center-based comprehensive services include proven significant impacts on young children's development and on parent's knowledge and behavior. (zerotothree.org)
  • The president's proposed cuts would undermine Head Start's ability to deliver on quality standards, including robust comprehensive services like preventive health services, developmental screenings, and family support. (clasp.org)
  • Early Head Start's child development and family support model for pregnant women, infants, and toddlers works . (nhsa.org)
  • Designing enrollment strategies and partnerships to enroll and serve eligible children and families who would most benefit from Early Head Start's model. (nhsa.org)
  • Strengthening Early Head Start's ability to effectively serve the ever-changing demographics and cultural and linguistic needs of our nation's youngest children and families through a renewed commitment to the equity-based components of the Head Start Program Performance Standards, including a diverse and qualified workforce. (nhsa.org)
  • A round-up of coverage about NHSA's workforce report, Confronting Head Start's Ongoing Workforce Crisis. (nhsa.org)
  • This report (2012) by the Head Start's National Center on Cultural and Linguistic Responsiveness shows what rules exits in each state. (commpartners.com)
  • While other studies have previously assessed Head Start's effectiveness, this is the only study that used a rigorous experimental design. (heritage.org)
  • Despite Head Start's long life, the program had never undergone a thorough, scientifically rigorous evaluation of its effectiveness until Congress mandated an evaluation in 1998. (heritage.org)
  • Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Head Start/Early Head Start's ongoing efforts to ensure the safety of students, staff and families garnered a visit from SIUE East St. Louis Center Executive Director Tim Staples, EdD, to all of its centers. (siue.edu)
  • Child care already was strained before the pandemic closed some centers, said Lynn Karoly, a senior economist at the Rand Corp., a nonprofit global policy think tank. (thealpenanews.com)
  • Early Head Start-Child Care Partnerships that reach over 45,000 children through partnerships with over 1,400 child care centers and 1,000 family child care providers. (nhsa.org)
  • ECEs can include child care centers, family child care homes, Head Start, day-care, preschool, and pre-K. The children in these programs are very young-about five years old or younger [ 14 ]. (cdc.gov)
  • Many schools are not in the habit of meeting with local child care centers, preschools, or family child care homes. (commpartners.com)
  • Head Start/Early Head Start is gradually re-opening its centers for in-person services. (siue.edu)
  • I am enjoying seeing first-hand how the centers are safely providing services to Head Start children and families. (siue.edu)
  • You may wish to access Statewide Family Engagement Centers , resources for parents and families and join our Family Engagement Learning Series . (ed.gov)
  • In December 1990, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the Minority Health Professions Foundation responded to the growing concern of African- American and other minority communities about violence among youth by convening a conference entitled Forum on Youth Holence in Minority Communities: Setting the Agenda for Prevention. (cdc.gov)
  • Many are located in poor communities, close to the families they seek to lift out of poverty with programs that include preschool as well as services to infants and toddlers that include home visits. (khon2.com)
  • These findings underscore the potential for programs serving infants and toddlers to improve critical long-term outcomes for children by connecting with and supporting parents and families-even if preventing child maltreatment is not an explicit goal. (zerotothree.org)
  • The Enola Group Early Head Start (TEG EHS) program has successfully supported infants and toddlers and their families, and expectant women and their families for more than 18 years. (zerotothree.org)
  • Our experiences with the Circle of Inclusion Project (CIP) at the University of Kansas have contributed to our interpretations of the issues facing families with infants, toddlers, and preschoolers who are just beginning to learn about the formidable barriers of an enormous and complex system. (cyc-net.org)
  • The Early Head Start model is a key pillar of a comprehensive national, state, and local strategy to support pregnant women, infants, and toddlers, with a proven track record of impact and unique potential to grow and impact more vulnerable children and families. (nhsa.org)
  • Child care that promotes healthy development is based on the developmental needs of infants, toddlers, and preschool children. (nrckids.org)
  • These infants were at greater risk of having substantiated child maltreatment allegation and for entering foster care. (medscape.com)
  • This case study describes Best Food for Families, Infants, and Toddlers (Best Food FITS), a community-based intervention designed to address childhood obesity. (cdc.gov)
  • These guidelines are issued each year, in the Federal Register, for determining financial eligibility for certain federal programs, such as Head Start, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) (formerly Food Stamp Program), Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), and the National School Lunch Program. (cdc.gov)
  • When older infants or young children have seizures, they often. (msdmanuals.com)
  • A child plays with a toy at a Head Start program at Alliance for Community Empowerment, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023, in Bridgeport, Conn. Head Start programs serving more than 10,000 disadvantaged children would immediately lose federal funding if there is a federal shutdown, although they might be able to stave off immediate closure if it doesn't last long. (khon2.com)
  • In a series of reports from 2022 and 2023, NHSA has documented the workforce challenges currently facing Head Start and Early Start, including the impact of low compensation, turnover and staff vacancies, increased child need, and more. (nhsa.org)
  • I would like to welcome you to today's COCA Call, 2023 to 2024 Recommendation for Influenza Prevention and Treatment in Children an Update for Pediatric Providers. (cdc.gov)
  • Science tells us that children who face adversity in the first years of life, often related to living in poverty, are more at risk for experiencing lifelong effects from toxic stress. (ffyf.org)
  • I was born into a family of alcoholics, poverty, and social disadvantages. (ffyf.org)
  • It was beyond the scope of the review to focus on the enormous problem areas of child/family poverty and general education. (hhs.gov)
  • So many of the challenges we face as a nation, whether poverty, racial injustice, economic stability, can be solved by giving every child a great start. (house.gov)
  • For these Head Start children, cutting SSI would drive them deeper into poverty and further threaten their healthy development. (clasp.org)
  • we especially need to reach more young children living in poverty, experiencing homelessness and in foster care. (nhsa.org)
  • It intervenes early to blunt the worst impacts of growing up in poverty and other risk factors that disproportionately impact children of color. (nhsa.org)
  • It provides parenting, education, economic and social support to families and connects them to community-based services they need to thrive and break the cycle of intergenerational poverty. (nhsa.org)
  • At least 90 percent of the enrollees in a program must be income eligible, i.e., from families whose income is below the poverty line, from families receiving public assistance, from homeless families or children in foster care. (federalgrantswire.com)
  • Programs can serve an additional 35 percent of participants with incomes up to 130 percent of poverty if they can demonstrate that they already are meeting the needs of children below the poverty line in the area served. (federalgrantswire.com)
  • The official poverty rate is based on the minimum income needed to feed a family in the 1950s. (npr.org)
  • The new UO initiative is designed as an addition to the regular Head Start program, which was launched by the federal government in 1965 to enhance the education, health, nutrition and parental involvement for families living under the poverty line. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Workforce data indicate early educators face severe pay penalties for working with younger children in all states, with poverty rates an average of 7.7 times higher than teachers in the K-8 system. (nhsa.org)
  • And as poverty expands, inflicting on communities and families a host of maladies including crime, addiction, rage, despair and hopelessness, the few remaining institutions that might intervene to lift the poor up are gutted or closed. (nationofchange.org)
  • Created as part of the War on Poverty in 1965, Head Start is a preschool community-based program funded by the federal government. (heritage.org)
  • 40.3% of children live below the poverty level. (cdc.gov)
  • The variable INDFMMPI was calculated by dividing family income by the poverty guidelines, specific to family size, as well as the appropriate year and state. (cdc.gov)
  • For respondents who reported their family monthly income in dollar amounts, we calculated their family monthly poverty level index (INDFMMPI) as described above. (cdc.gov)
  • When the respondent refused to answer the family monthly income question or did not know the total combined family income, a monthly income screener question was asked (question INQ238) to query whether the monthly family income was below 185% of the HHS poverty guidelines. (cdc.gov)
  • The basic findings showed that participation had positive impacts on developmental outcomes for children and their parents' ability to support that development. (zerotothree.org)
  • At age five, children who had Early Head Start followed by a formal preschool program at age four to five, such as Head Start, had the best outcomes. (zerotothree.org)
  • Families with multiple risk factors appear to particularly benefit from five continuous years of comprehensive services: when Head Start (but not other types of preschool programs) followed Early Head Start, it conferred strong additional benefits for these children's achievement outcomes and family well-being when the children were in preschool. (zerotothree.org)
  • These interactions have an impact on outcomes for child and family. (zerotothree.org)
  • It is an honor and pledge to serve Baltimore City children and families, said Dr. Debra Y. Brooks, Ed.D. "Understanding that the essence of Baltimore City is its residents and well supported families mean a healthier more vibrant community for everyone, it is my goal to collaborate with community partners and incorporate youth voices to improve outcomes for all children and families. (govdelivery.com)
  • This chapter includes stories about children, results based on systematic data collection, and programmatic outcomes as well as reflections about our shared experiences over a 10-year period. (cyc-net.org)
  • President Trump's FY 2018 budget claims to demonstrate "commitment to early childhood outcomes by continuing to fund Head Start and Child Care at historically high levels. (clasp.org)
  • Head Start, in particular, is proven to improve early childhood and young adult outcomes . (clasp.org)
  • Comprehensive services are a key reason why Head Start children experience better health outcomes-such as lower BMI scores, healthy eating patterns, and increased likelihood of dental checkups -than their peers who aren't enrolled. (clasp.org)
  • A recently released experimental evaluation by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services found that Head Start has had little to no effect on cognitive, socio-emotional, health, and parenting outcomes of participating children. (heritage.org)
  • For the four-year-old cohort, access to Head Start had a beneficial effect on only two outcomes (1.8 percent) out of 112 measures. (heritage.org)
  • For the 41 measures of cognitive outcomes for the four-year-old cohort, access to Head Start failed to have an impact on all measures. (heritage.org)
  • For the 41 measures of cognitive outcomes for the three-year-old cohort, access to Head Start had a harmful effect on teacher-assessed math ability in kindergarten and failed to have an impact on the 40 other measures. (heritage.org)
  • For the 40 measures of socio-emotional outcomes for the four-year-old cohort, access to Head Start had only one beneficial effect and failed to have an impact on the 39 other measures. (heritage.org)
  • For the 40 measures of socio-emotional outcomes for the three-year-old cohort, access to Head Start had only two beneficial effects and failed to have an impact on the 38 other measures. (heritage.org)
  • For the 21 measures of parenting outcomes for the four-year-old cohort, access to Head Start had no effect on all of the measures. (heritage.org)
  • Teachers and other staff members immediately rose to the challenge by setting up new routines that included making daily calls to children and families, planning virtual activity lessons, developing individual and group parent engagement strategies, and having conversations to maintain and cultivate relationships with children and families. (zerotothree.org)
  • This knowledge has now become our knowledge in the sense that it has evolved over time as a result of direct engagement with children, families, personnel, and programs in restructuring inclusive early childhood services for young children with significant disabilities and their families. (cyc-net.org)
  • This one-stoplight farming community has seen marked improvements in family engagement, preschool access and kindergarten readiness in just the last few years - the results of a grassroots effort to support children and families. (woodtv.com)
  • Job title Family Advocate, Head Start, Guidance Center (New Rochelle) Reports to Hope Lilian, Senior Family & Community Engagement Manager, Head Start Family Services of Westchester (FSW) provides mental health and social services that strengthen and support families, children and individuals at every stage of their lives. (fsw.org)
  • The program includes a rigorous school readiness program and provides comprehensive services, such as health/ dental screenings and family engagement and support activities. (siue.edu)
  • Studies show when a child has access to high-quality educational opportunities from an early age, similar to those available through federally funded early learning programs like Head Start, their opportunities for a successful future are dramatically improved. (ffyf.org)
  • the difference between the number of federally-funded Head Start slots and the number of federally-funded Early Head Start slots. (nhsa.org)
  • Their federally funded resources provide a wealth of information, research, teaching strategies, and professional development resources about working effectively with young ELLs (Head Start uses the term "dual language learners. (commpartners.com)
  • More than two decades ago, President Nixon labeled federally funded child care a communal approach to child rearing inconsistent with a more family-centered approach. (brookings.edu)
  • Child care programs were propped up during the pandemic with $24 billion in federal relief, but the last of the money has to be spent by Saturday. (thealpenanews.com)
  • It's going to be a really messy time for child care," she said. (thealpenanews.com)
  • As Congress returns from the district work period and continues their efforts to pass legislation to fund the government before the end of September, we know our elected leaders will be working hard and remain aware of the importance of high-quality early childhood education programs, like Head Start and Child Care Development Block Grant. (ffyf.org)
  • I have overcome incarceration, homelessness, and losing my children to the foster care system. (ffyf.org)
  • I continued to keep them in the Early Head Start program because I saw the quality of care, the level of involvement, and the intense training the teachers had. (ffyf.org)
  • If passed by Congress, the funding would allow Head Start programs to provide additional mental health evaluation services for children experiencing trauma and also dedicate more staff to specially care for this unique but growing population. (ffyf.org)
  • Child care is expensive and scarce for children under age 3, when the benefits from quality child care are highest. (americanprogress.org)
  • By increasing public investment in child care from birth to age 5, the early care and education system can be made more equitable for parents and children. (americanprogress.org)
  • Today, families with greater resources have many more choices when it comes to child care. (americanprogress.org)
  • For most parents, child care choices are constrained by the high cost of providing care for an infant or toddler. (americanprogress.org)
  • Currently, child care is most expensive and hardest to find when children are in their first few years of life, making infant and toddler care a promising investment in the financial security of families and the well-being of young children. (americanprogress.org)
  • 3 Accordingly, the supply of infant and toddler care is three times scarcer than child care for preschool-age children. (americanprogress.org)
  • While preschool is an excellent public investment, child care policy should begin at birth rather than in the year or two before kindergarten. (americanprogress.org)
  • 7 many providers use revenues from larger classes of older children to subsidize the high costs associated with infant care. (americanprogress.org)
  • This report analyzes the economic effects of access to child care for families with children under the age of 3. (americanprogress.org)
  • This dataset contains information on what families report spending on child care, the types of care arrangements that they use, as well as the dynamics of income and debt for parents with very young children. (americanprogress.org)
  • We responded quickly to families who faced losing child care, had food shortages, lost jobs, or reduced work hours, and were disconnected from social supports and resources. (zerotothree.org)
  • In reality, it would cut funding for Head Start, child care assistance, and after-school child care . (clasp.org)
  • Furthermore, the budget would slash health care, nutrition assistance, and other supports that promote health, wellbeing, and economic security for poor children and families, including those enrolled in Head Start. (clasp.org)
  • Health coverage is crucial to ensure that Head Start children can access a medical home for ongoing care and are up to date on immunizations, as required by the program. (clasp.org)
  • Increasing partnerships between Early Head Start and child care systems and programs, including family child care, through layered funding, service delivery partnerships, standards alignment, shared workforce development, and shared services. (nhsa.org)
  • As President Joe Biden's efforts to expand child care support have faltered, states have been the next-best hope for addressing a nationwide crisis in early childhood education. (woodtv.com)
  • Job title Care Manager, Children's Home Care Services (Pelham) Reports to Senior Manager, Care Coordinator Programs Family Services of Westchester, Inc. (FSW) provides mental health and social services that strengthen and support families, children and individuals at every stage of their lives. (fsw.org)
  • Snacks for the after-school program are provided by the Food Bank of Delaware through the Child and Adult Care Food Program. (fbd.org)
  • Of these, about 86% or 8.3 million children are in licensed child care facilities [ 1 ]. (cdc.gov)
  • The term early care and education (ECE) can include many different places where children are cared for outside of their homes. (cdc.gov)
  • Many of these places are licensed by states to provide safe care for children. (cdc.gov)
  • Some children spend up to 10 hours a day, five days a week, in care outside of their home [ 2 ]. (cdc.gov)
  • Families rely on ECE programs to safely care for their children while adults in the family work. (cdc.gov)
  • When child care is not available, it can cost families their paychecks and reduce business productivity. (cdc.gov)
  • Employee absenteeism as a result of lack of child care costs U.S. businesses $3 billion a year [ 15 ]. (cdc.gov)
  • For this guidance manual we will be using the term early care and education (ECE) programs to describe places where children are cared for outside their own home. (cdc.gov)
  • Furthermore, instead of creating yet another new federal preschool program at a cost of $8 billion, Congress and the Obama Administration should focus on terminating, consolidating, and reforming existing preschool and child care programs to better serve children's needs and to improve efficiency for taxpayers. (heritage.org)
  • The federal government spent at least $25 billion on federal preschool and child care programs in 2009, [1] but President Obama has pressed for significant increases in preschool spending. (heritage.org)
  • The Administration approved $5 billion in new early education and child care spending in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. (heritage.org)
  • Before Congress creates a new preschool program and increases spending on preschool and child care, it should evaluate whether the current programs are working. (heritage.org)
  • Turnover rates in child care positions in 1997 averaged 30% (3). (nrckids.org)
  • 1998. Worthy work, unlivable wages: The National child care staffing study, 1988-1997. (nrckids.org)
  • Washington, DC: Center for the Child Care Workforce. (nrckids.org)
  • Every center, regardless of setting, should have at least one licensed/certified lead teacher (or mentor teacher) who meets the above requirements working in the child care facility at all times when children are in care. (nrckids.org)
  • Additionally, facilities serving children with special health care needs associated with developmental delay should employ an individual who has had a minimum of eight hours of training in inclusion of children with special health care needs. (nrckids.org)
  • Using social media platforms such as Facebook and Pinterest, the volunteers can help youth, families and community groups learn how to buy, construct and care for clothes and other textile or fabric items. (msucares.com)
  • Our Family Electric Rate Assistance (FERA) and California Alternate Rates for Energy (CARE) financial assistance programs help qualifying families of all sizes lower their monthly energy bills when they need it most. (sce.com)
  • We should use a portion of these funds to provide quality child care and preschool education to low-income children, including those whose mothers now must work because of welfare reform. (brookings.edu)
  • This can be accomplished by reorienting child-care subsidies and tax credits toward low-income working families and by investing more in high-quality preschool programs for their children. (brookings.edu)
  • For the second consecutive year, the president has proposed a major increase in funding for child care and early childhood education. (brookings.edu)
  • But the more than fifty bills introduced in the 105th Congress demonstrate widespread support for publicly financed child care. (brookings.edu)
  • Clinton has proposed a child-care tax credit to provide additional assistance to nonworking parents with children less than a year old. (brookings.edu)
  • Three major federal programs fund child care and early childhood education (Figure 1). (brookings.edu)
  • The Child Care and Development Block Grant provides money to states to subsidize child-care expenses for families with working parents earning less than 85% of the state median. (brookings.edu)
  • The Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit is a nonrefundable credit for expenses for the care of a dependent child less than thirteen years old. (brookings.edu)
  • Current budget caps severely constrain any new initiatives in this area, but in the coming decade, child care and early education are likely to vie for resources with other federal spending priorities. (brookings.edu)
  • Many question the role government should play, if any, in the early education and care of children. (brookings.edu)
  • Any family member delay* medical care, 12m? (cdc.gov)
  • Any family member need and not get medical care* 12m? (cdc.gov)
  • Any family member receive home care*, 2 wk? (cdc.gov)
  • Data were collected from self-identifying childcare professionals sionals in the US provide care for 10 million children in center- through an online Qualtrics survey distributed from May 22, 2020, based and home-based settings (1). (cdc.gov)
  • If there's one thing you take away from today's call to share with children and families that you take care of, I hope it is that flu vaccination remains the best way to prevent flu in children. (cdc.gov)
  • In spite of difficulties imposed by the Israeli occupation, we have been able to establish a wide network of primary health care centres in villages and towns which ensures equal distribution of services, facilitates access for patients and applies the overall family care concept. (who.int)
  • We have also been providing services such as health care for women of child-bearing age, family planning, school health and health education. (who.int)
  • Mother and child care have suffered the same fate. (who.int)
  • One parent said, "The continued connection with my child's teacher was a lifeline for me and my family. (zerotothree.org)
  • Another family stated that the contact with her child's teacher helped her and her daughter to feel like "they weren't forgotten. (zerotothree.org)
  • This practice helps to build rapport with the whole family and gives the teachers valuable insight into the child's language and cultural background. (commpartners.com)
  • In other cases, the preschool teacher may have worked tirelessly to build the Spanish-speaking child's English proficiency, only to have the child placed in a bilingual education program for kindergarten that is 90% in Spanish. (commpartners.com)
  • They may have already identified children who need English language development support and can support transitions by sharing information about their curriculum and encouraging the families to share information about their child's progress. (commpartners.com)
  • The screening compares your child's milestones to those of other children of the same age. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Familial microcephaly, in which a smaller head size runs in the child's family, is normally mild and does not cause neurologic symptoms. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Participation in Early Head Start led to a long-term reduction in children's involvement with the child welfare system, and this was likely due to the impacts the program had on parenting and child development when children were two and three years of age. (zerotothree.org)
  • My children's wonderful foster family enrolled both my boys into Early Head Start. (ffyf.org)
  • Most (87 percent) Head Start children receive health insurance through the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and/or Medicaid. (clasp.org)
  • The objective of the Head Start program is to enhance the cognitive, social and emotional development of low-income children through the provision of comprehensive health, educational, nutritional, social and other services and to involve parents in their children's learning and to help parents make progress toward their educational, literacy and employment goals. (federalgrantswire.com)
  • An eight-week intervention involving 141 preschoolers in a Head Start program and their parents produced significant improvements in the children's behavior and brain functions supporting attention and reduced levels of parental stress that, in turn, improved the families' quality of life. (sciencedaily.com)
  • A carefully executed program that provided one or two years of early education to children in families earning modest incomes would pay for itself by improving children's future opportunities. (brookings.edu)
  • In the home-based setting, services are provided through a 4-component model: Personal Visits, FACE Family Circles (Group Connections), Screenings, and Resource Networks. (researchconnections.org)
  • AP) - As Monette Ferguson braces for the looming government shutdown to strip funding from her Head Start program for disadvantaged children in Connecticut, she harkens back to a decade ago when another congressional budget fight forced her to close preschools. (khon2.com)
  • If the shutdown isn't averted, Head Start programs serving more than 10,000 children would immediately lose federal funding, including Ferguson's program. (khon2.com)
  • The support I received from my Early Head Start program was positive parenting, parenting plans, cognitive/developmental therapy, and social/emotional health. (ffyf.org)
  • The author uses the U.S. Census Bureau's Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) to understand the challenges facing families with very young children and the opportunity to improve their lives by investing when children are young. (americanprogress.org)
  • This collection of brief issue papers describes 15 major problem areas facing American children and families and summarizes the state of knowledge about the scope of the problems, trends, current government program expenditures, costs per case, the effectiveness of current intervention strategies and public attitudes about the problem areas. (hhs.gov)
  • I am thrilled that we have secured an additional $550 million for this vital program, but our work won't be over until every child has access to early education. (house.gov)
  • Vice Chair Clark accepted the Pledge Award during the annual Head Start Breakfast on the Hill, where congressional champions addressed Head Start parents, alumni, and other supporters who were on Capitol Hill to advocate for the early childhood development program with members of Congress and their staff. (house.gov)
  • Today's Head Start on the Hill events are part of NHSA's 2020 Winter Leadership Institute, which brings together more than 500 Head Start leaders to plan for the future of the comprehensive early childhood education program. (house.gov)
  • The frequency and quality of interactions with children and families are essential components of any Early Head Start program. (zerotothree.org)
  • Our Head Start program prepares children to be good citizens, interested in their community and the environment through an evidence-based education program, and our New American program helps people coming to this country become part of the mainstream economy through financial education and support. (cvoeo.org)
  • The last section, Final Comments and Recommendations: Features of an Exemplary Program, offers a brief overview of the elements that we believe emerged as important for early childhood services for young children who challenge the system. (cyc-net.org)
  • We met Dana, the first child in the program that was to evolve into CIP, when she was 3 years old. (cyc-net.org)
  • Initially there was no space in a special education preschool classroom, nor did the program accept children with severe multiple disabilities. (cyc-net.org)
  • Summary: Communities for healthy living (CHL) - A family-centered childhood obesity prevention program integrated into Head Start services. (harvard.edu)
  • More than half (56 percent) of Head Start families receive nutrition assistance through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). (clasp.org)
  • All Head Start programs must adhere to Head Start Program Performance Standards (HSPPS) , which outline the services they are required to provide. (clasp.org)
  • The degree to which the proposed project will meet the Head Start Program Performance Standards located on the ACF website: http://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/hslc/Program%20Design%20and%20Management/Head%20Start%20Requirements/Head%20Start%20Requirements and other program objectives as specified in the program announcement. (federalgrantswire.com)
  • JOB TITLE: Site Director, Head Start Program (Yonkers) Family Services of Westchester (FSW) provides mental health and social services that strengthen and support families, children and individuals at every stage of their lives. (fsw.org)
  • Twenty-seven children ranging in grades K-5 gather at the Presbyterian Church of the Covenant in Claymont every Monday-Thursday for after-school enrichment through the EDGE Ministries program. (fbd.org)
  • Thankfully, there is no charge to students and their families to participate in the program! (fbd.org)
  • Last year, funding only enabled children to attend the program twice a week, but for the 2016-2017 school year, the church was able to secure enough funding to support the program for all children four days a week! (fbd.org)
  • A preliminary economic analysis, not included in the new study, estimates that implementing the program widely at Head Start sites would add just $800 per family and could yield a strong return on investment, said project leader Helen Neville, who holds the UO's Robert and Beverly Lewis Endowed Chair in Psychology and heads the Brain Development Lab. (sciencedaily.com)
  • FACE has been designed to implement a family literacy program for American Indian families in BIE-funded schools. (researchconnections.org)
  • Funds in the amount of $7,169,364 annually will be available to provide Head Start program services to eligible children and their families. (federalgrants.com)
  • Head Start preschool programs arrange home visits for every child before they enter the program. (commpartners.com)
  • Edith L. Gordon entered the graduate school of Bank Street College of Education in 1955 as part of an experimental program sponsored by the Ford Foundation in which students began teaching in inner city schools after only one semester of coursework and student teaching. (bankstreet.edu)
  • The SIUE Head Start/Early Head Start Program serves more than 860 families and children birth through age five, including children with special needs, throughout St. Clair County. (siue.edu)
  • The programs set to lose money serve just a fraction of the 820,000 children enrolled nationally at any given time. (khon2.com)
  • Programs whose grants don't start on Sunday will continue getting money, said Bobby Kogan, the senior director of federal budget policy at the Center for American Progress, a liberal think tank. (khon2.com)
  • Research on Early Head Start has provided rich insight into the importance of comprehensive early childhood programs with support beginning prenatally. (zerotothree.org)
  • Further, for children who had attended center-based Early Head Start programs, at fifth grade, grade retention was cut by more than half compared with the control group. (zerotothree.org)
  • The 16-day October 2013 shutdown was the last to hit Head Start hard, affecting 19,000 children and shuttering programs in several states. (thealpenanews.com)
  • About half as many programs are affected now because many moved away from having their grant start date coincide with the beginning of the federal fiscal year. (thealpenanews.com)
  • Fortunately, Congress also believes in the power of Head Start to transform lives, and is stepping in to provide more support for programs like mine. (ffyf.org)
  • With more funding, Head Start programs across the country would be able to better help children properly frame traumatic experiences, build coping skills, and course-correct before the individual and societal costs are too devastating. (ffyf.org)
  • This review focuses primarily on social and health service needs and programs affecting children and their families. (hhs.gov)
  • Trump's budget would cut or eliminate funding for nearly all of these services, undermining the capacity of Head Start programs to meet standards. (clasp.org)
  • Head Start also emphasizes the significant involvement of parents in the administration of their local Head Start programs. (federalgrantswire.com)
  • American Indian and Alaska Native programs may enroll additional over-income children if they enroll all children in their service area that are income eligible and predominantly serve children meeting the low-income criteria. (federalgrantswire.com)
  • Training and technical assistance grants are available to Head Start programs. (federalgrantswire.com)
  • Family Services of Westchester is proud that its programs are accredited by the Council on Accreditation (COA) and by the Better Business Bureau (BBB). (fsw.org)
  • The examples provided are not intended to be a comprehensive list of evidence-based programs, policies, or practices for each approach but rather illustrate models that have been shown to decrease youth or community violence victimization or perpetration or have beneficial effects on risk or protective factors for youth or community violence. (cdc.gov)
  • Random assignment is not always possible in evaluations of youth and community violence programs, policies, and practices conducted in real-world settings. (cdc.gov)
  • His arsenal included new programs: Medicaid, Medicare, Head Start, food stamps, more spending on education, and tax cuts to help create jobs. (npr.org)
  • Additionally, an estimated one million children are enrolled in Head Start programs [ 13 ]. (cdc.gov)
  • Contact your local Head Start preschool programs. (commpartners.com)
  • Because Head Start programs are designed to serve children from low-income families, they have an even greater percentage of ELLs in their programs. (commpartners.com)
  • Topping the list of programs to review should be Head Start, which serves approximately 900,000 low-income children at a cost of $9 billion per year. (heritage.org)
  • Funding these programs for preschool children potentially enhances school performance and future productivity, promotes work and self-sufficiency among those once dependent on welfare, and boosts the net incomes of the poor. (brookings.edu)
  • These results show an important pathway into child maltreatment and the need for well-supported programs for women who use illicit drugs during pregnancy and long-term support after birth of the child. (medscape.com)
  • The purpose of this forum was to review what is known about programs designed to prevent youth violence. (cdc.gov)
  • Supportive, responsive relationships with caring adults as early in life as possible can prevent or reverse the damaging effects of toxic stress in children. (ffyf.org)
  • These relationships exist between parent and child, but many children experience these interactions from other adults, like teachers. (ffyf.org)
  • Obesity was prevalent in adults and children but the relationship to food insecurity remains unclear. (cdc.gov)
  • SIUE East St. Louis Center Executive Director Tim Staples, EdD, (left) observes as a Helen Davis Head Start staff member serves lunch to preschoolers. (siue.edu)
  • SIUE Head Start/Early Head Start preschoolers eat their lunch at the Helen Davis Center. (siue.edu)
  • Staff members absorbed a plethora of information, responded to ever-changing guidelines, and developed new strategies to deliver needed services and resources to children, families, and the communities we serve. (zerotothree.org)
  • All that we have to share is supported by rich empirical and theoretical literature about developmentally appropriate early childhood practices, effective early childhood special education practices, integration of children with and without disabilities, the roles of families in early childhood services, the value of the collaborative process, and issues of system change. (cyc-net.org)
  • Thirteen percent of Head Start families received cash benefits or other services under Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). (clasp.org)
  • Additionally, in 2015, states used 6 percent of TANF funds to support Head Start or pre-kindergarten services . (clasp.org)
  • This would severely reduce the amount of funding available to provide income and supports to Head Start families, as well as funding for Head Start services. (clasp.org)
  • JOB DESCRIPTION Job title Administrative Assistant - Head Start (Rochambeau) Reports to Sandy Norwood, Site Director Family Services of Westchester (FSW) provides mental health and social services that strengthen and support families, children, and individuals at every stage of their lives. (fsw.org)
  • Job description Family Services of Westchester, Inc. (FSW) provides mental health and social services that strengthen and support families, children and individuals at every stage of their lives. (fsw.org)
  • Founded in 1954, Family Services of Westchester is a private, nonprofit, non-sectarian social services agency. (fsw.org)
  • This project is supported by the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a 5-year financial assistance award (Grant No. 90YE250) totaling $3,953,308, with 100 percent funded by ACF/HHS. (researchconnections.org)
  • The Administration for Children and Families solicits applications from local public or private non-profit organizations, including community-based and faith-based organizations, or for-profit agencies within a community that wish to compete for funds that are available to provide Head Start services to children and families residing in the Cities of Patterson and Prospect Park in Passaic County, New Jersey. (federalgrants.com)
  • By providing education, nutrition, and health services, Head Start is intended to provide a boost to disadvantaged children before they enter elementary school. (heritage.org)
  • The SIUE Head Start/Early Head Start staff continues to work diligently and tirelessly to make sure our services remain of high quality, are diversified and are offered safely," said Staples. (siue.edu)
  • Head Start provides early childhood education and development services to low-income preschool children. (brookings.edu)
  • Many young parents are just starting out in the workforce, hoping to give their children a bright future while struggling to afford the very immediate costs of raising a baby. (americanprogress.org)
  • The Head Start and Early Head Start workforce is in crisis. (nhsa.org)
  • The Head Start and Early Head Start workforce-a corps of dedicated professionals committed to the mission of serving the most vulnerable children and families-has been pushed to a breaking point. (nhsa.org)
  • I want every vulnerable child and family to have the same opportunities Head Start has given us. (ffyf.org)
  • January 29, 2020- WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus Representative Katherine Clark (MA-05) was recognized by the National Head Start Association with the 2020 Head Start Pledge Award for demonstrating a steadfast commitment to fulfilling the Head Start pledge to serve America's most vulnerable children and families. (house.gov)
  • For 55 years, Head Start has been partnering with vulnerable children and families on their paths to success, and our impact would not be possible without the steadfast support of our long-standing allies in Congress. (house.gov)
  • Early Head Start was the subject of a Congressionally mandated, randomized control trial study shortly after the program's inception, with follow-up studies after the intervention ended. (zerotothree.org)
  • As a 'pre crisis' intervention HeadStart is a programme for young people aged 16 - 24 who are not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET) or who are at a high risk of becoming NEET. (family-action.org.uk)
  • Early treatment, known as early intervention, helps children learn important skills, make the most of their strengths, and improve their quality of life. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Developmental and behavioral screening tests look at how a child is developing. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Developmental milestones are skills and behaviors that show up in babies and children at certain ages as they grow. (medlineplus.gov)
  • If the screening shows your child is developing at a slower rate, it may be a sign of a developmental disability . (medlineplus.gov)
  • Developmental and behavioral screening tests are used to see if a child is meeting his or her developmental milestones. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Why does my child need a developmental and behavioral screening test? (medlineplus.gov)
  • The major areas of overlap occurred for problems causing mental or psychological stress for children which, on the basis of research, appear to carry over into adult years with related social problems (e.g., lower incomes, family distress, etc. (hhs.gov)
  • Tax credits for families with children like state and federal Earned Income Tax Credits (EITC), help individuals and families with lower incomes increase their income while incentivizing work. (cdc.gov)
  • The most successful districts provide those surveys in any language needed by the family, then follow up with phone calls or visits to clarify the information on the form. (commpartners.com)
  • METHODS: Thirty-six Latino MSFW working in eastern North Carolina whose children attended Migrant Head Start completed interviews, focus groups and home visits. (cdc.gov)
  • There are studies that show that getting vaccinated reduces flu illnesses, but also importantly reduces flu related doctors' visits, hospitalizations and even deaths in children. (cdc.gov)
  • Children from lower socioeconomic status (SES) often have more problems with attention skills than do children from higher SES backgrounds, because, on average, they have more difficulty suppressing, or ignoring, non-attended information, Neville said. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Those cuts, coupled with plans to slash Medicaid, would significantly undermine children with disabilities . (clasp.org)
  • If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Administration for Children and Families, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant. (federalgrants.com)
  • This presents an exceptional opportunity for public policies that can support young families during this critically important stage. (americanprogress.org)
  • Head Start children and families are grateful for Vice Chair Clark's support and thank her for keeping the commitment to Head Start in both her words and her deeds," said NHSA's Executive Director Yasmina Vinci. (house.gov)
  • The authors provide examples of practices used by administrators, in-home educators, center-based teachers, and others to support children, families, each other, and the communities in which they live. (zerotothree.org)
  • Teachers and other staff members knew they needed a plan to keep families engaged in learning, support their parenting, and keep them connected to each other. (zerotothree.org)
  • Teachers' contacts were considered a critical support by families. (zerotothree.org)
  • We prepared over 1,400 tax returns this past year, providing valuable economic support to individuals, families and the community. (cvoeo.org)
  • Join us today to help expand access to the Early Head Start model of prenatal-to-three support. (nhsa.org)
  • Networking and social support are important for MSFW families to improve food security. (cdc.gov)
  • Nonetheless, it is clearly apparent that the boundaries of problems and solutions described here are profoundly shaped by the income and educational resources and opportunities available to the nation's children and families. (hhs.gov)
  • TANF funds provide cash assistance and a range of other benefits to low-income families. (clasp.org)
  • Idaho left early education up to families. (woodtv.com)
  • Their families don't make enough money to afford early childhood education. (woodtv.com)
  • Almost no state has explicit regulations for bilingual education in preschool, but most states do have regulations that begin in kindergarten or first grade. (commpartners.com)
  • National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). (nrckids.org)
  • This year's event will take an in-depth look at how anti-Black racism has impacted the early educational experiences of Black children and will provoke us to consider what it looks like to center and liberate Black children and to abolish structures, mindsets, and policies that maintain anti-Black racism in school settings, home settings, and in the early education policy field at large. (bankstreet.edu)
  • Any children in family receive Special Education/EIS? (cdc.gov)
  • TEG EHS uses the evidence-based Early Head Start home-based model and center-based model (Head Start ECLKC, 2018) to serve 200 enrolled children and families. (zerotothree.org)
  • More than 1,000 children will be able study in person in the 60 schoolrooms that have been built, Mayor Ihor Terekhov has said, a development welcomed by many parents. (yahoo.com)
  • This funding will provide economic stimulus to the nation while furthering the ACF mission to promote the school readiness of low-income children. (federalgrantswire.com)
  • Head Start Act, as amended by the Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act of 2007, Public Law 110-134. (federalgrantswire.com)
  • Parents or other primary caregivers attended weekly two-hour sessions in which they learned standard parenting practices that build strong relationships and about the value of the attention skills their children were receiving. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Email: [email protected] are enough to meet the needs of 240 children until 15 July 2019, of which 231 are already receiving treatment. (who.int)
  • Serving Pregnant Women and Families With Children, Birth to Five Years Old in Hancock, Brooke, Ohio, Marshall and Wetzel Counties of West Virginia. (npheadstart.org)
  • Diagnosis is made before birth by doing ultrasound tests or after birth by measuring the head circumference. (msdmanuals.com)
  • From birth to about age 1 or 2 years, children grow rapidly. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Enrolling early is best, for both pregnant mothers and their children. (zerotothree.org)
  • Early Head Start mothers who enrolled during pregnancy made more gains in emotionally supporting their children, and their children demonstrated stronger impacts on their social-emotional and cognitive development at age three. (zerotothree.org)
  • Children in Early Head Start are not only more likely to be immunized, but their parents offer more stimulating home environments, read more with their children, use less physical punishment, and have higher levels of self-sufficiency. (zerotothree.org)
  • Further, Early Head Start reduced aggressive behavior at age three, which helped produce fewer social behavioral problems at age five. (zerotothree.org)
  • Investing in Early Head Start has unexpected child welfare benefits. (zerotothree.org)
  • This article presents an overview of The Enola Group Early Head Start program's creative response to the challenges and opportunities during the COVID-19 pandemic. (zerotothree.org)
  • TEG EHS uses the Creative Curriculum Teaching Strategies GOLD (Teaching Strategies, 2011) to ensure and assess that children are meeting early learning goals and objectives. (zerotothree.org)
  • The Early Head Start model supports brain development when it is most rapid. (nhsa.org)
  • There is vast unmet need for the Early Head Start model. (nhsa.org)
  • and NHSA research, only 11 states and D.C. directly invest in Early Head Start, serving an estimated 6,226 children-a fraction of the unmet need. (nhsa.org)
  • Expanding federal and state funding for the Early Head Start model to meet unmet need and increase equitable access. (nhsa.org)
  • Continuing to evaluate and share results of Early Head Start practice and research to influence early childhood policy and practice. (nhsa.org)
  • Lawmakers in Minnesota and Oregon who invest $25 million every year in state funding directly in Early Head Start to supplement federal funding and serve more children. (nhsa.org)
  • Other kids come from families who may have the means but, until recently, didn't make early learning a priority. (woodtv.com)
  • There are an estimated 137,000 to 275,000 children on Head Start or Early Head Start waiting lists. (nhsa.org)
  • Join the National Head Start Association to help advance a strong and innovative early childhood profession. (nhsa.org)
  • Staples visited the Helen Davis Head Start/Early Head Start Center on Friday, Oct. 9. (siue.edu)
  • Additionally, the fact that a mother has used an illicit drug (or even a legal substance such as alcohol or tobacco) intertwines with many other factors that can affect a child. (medscape.com)
  • Working to eat: vulnerability, food insecurity, and obesity among migrant and seasonal farm worker families. (cdc.gov)
  • Significantly, children who are food insecure during their first years can experience lifelong consequences. (clasp.org)
  • A few years ago, this experience would've been inaccessible to nearly half of the children in Hawker's classroom. (woodtv.com)
  • According to the National Association for Regulatory Administration, approximately 9.8 million children younger than five years are cared for on a regular basis outside the home by non-relatives. (cdc.gov)
  • I started teaching ESL in 2012 at Shepton High School and I stayed there for 6 years. (pisd.edu)
  • Given the inequitable educational system that Black children experienced before the pandemic, it is no surprise that many questions have arisen and alarms sounded about the further marginalization of Black children during their earliest years. (bankstreet.edu)
  • Restaurant and fast food meals contribute 18% of daily calories for children and adolescents aged 2 to 18 years. (cdc.gov)
  • And based on estimates from statistical models, 7,000 to 26,000 related hospitalizations occurred per season in just children aged less than five years during the nine seasons before the COVID-19 pandemic. (cdc.gov)
  • In addition, 37 to 199 flu -related deaths have been reported per season in children less than 18 years of age during the most recent five pre-COVID pandemic influenza seasons. (cdc.gov)
  • Behaviour Problems in Youth: Sustainability of Effectiviness Two Years after Intake. (lu.se)
  • Strip, children under 15 represent 47% of the population whereas those between 15 and 60 years of age account for 39.1% of the total population. (who.int)
  • From fiscal year (FY) 1965 to FY 2009, Congress spent $167.5 billion in 2009 dollars on Head Start. (heritage.org)
  • The children also were evaluated for changes in cognitive abilities with standardized assessments of non-verbal IQ and language skills, both of which rose significantly in children whose parents received training. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Children who have experienced traumatic events, like mine, are prone to serious health risks. (ffyf.org)
  • Given the stigma of substance abuse during pregnancy, lack of disclosure by the mother to her health provider is common because such damaging information could ultimately lead to the separation of mother and child. (medscape.com)
  • FWKLIMCT # family members w/ work limitations due to health problem? (cdc.gov)
  • Following the Oslo peace agreements, signed in May 1994, the Palestinian Health Ministry began implementing its first five-year health plan. (who.int)
  • Implementation of the second five-year health plan was started in May 1999. (who.int)
  • When he started in 2017, he says kindergarten readiness rates "were like, whew, rock bottom. (woodtv.com)
  • Many pregnant women use such medications without prior consideration to the adverse effects of these substances on their unborn children. (medscape.com)
  • He has an adult child from his first marriage and would like to include her in the will. (uexpress.com)
  • I also think he is being selfish and unloving to me and his adult child to leave us in a situation where we would have to go through the probate process. (uexpress.com)
  • Over the course of a year, as children come and go, the number served tops 1 million. (khon2.com)
  • This silent period has been claimed to be typically found in children and has been called the second stage of second language acquisition, following the use of L1 (native language) and preceding productive use of L2, and can last between a few weeks to a year. (wikipedia.org)
  • As a member of the Appropriations Committee, Congresswoman Clark led the successful effort to increase the Head Start federal budget by $550 million in Fiscal Year 2020. (house.gov)
  • Each year, we weatherize hundreds of apartments and homes, saving lower-income families money that they spend instead at area businesses and on other critical expenses. (cvoeo.org)
  • In the US, 13.9% of 2 - 5 year old children have obesity. (harvard.edu)
  • AMERICAN FALLS, Idaho (AP) - After reading a book about the five senses to a semicircle of rapt 4-year-olds, Abi Hawker tells the children in her afternoon preschool class that she has a surprise for them. (woodtv.com)
  • KYIV (Reuters) - Ukrainian children began their second straight school year in wartime on Friday, some heading to new classrooms underground, others bracing to run to bomb shelters to take cover from Russian missiles and drones. (yahoo.com)
  • When he was studying online, there was not always an opportunity to get to a bomb shelter,' said Mariia Doloban, 32, whose 8-year-old son Oleksii starts the year at a new school in the capital Kyiv with a proper bomb shelter. (yahoo.com)
  • It's updated each year to reflect changing prices but not the declining share that food plays in the typical family budget. (npr.org)
  • For the three-year-old cohort, access to Head Start had one harmful impact (0.9 percent) and five (4.5 percent) beneficial impacts out of 112 measures. (heritage.org)
  • I am happy to start my 5th year at PSHS as an ESL teacher and department head. (pisd.edu)
  • Those teachers with a four-year college degree exhibit optimal teacher behavior and positive effects on children (6). (nrckids.org)
  • Much of the discussion centered on reducing negative components of parenting and fostering a positive atmosphere, such as providing guided choices for children, establishing expectations and praising good behaviors, said Klein, a research assistant in the Brain Development Lab. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Located in Florida, Alabama, Connecticut, Georgia, Massachusetts and South Carolina, they are in trouble because their grants start on Sunday, just as the shutdown would begin, said Tommy Sheridan, the deputy director for the National Head Start Association. (khon2.com)
  • This is a particular concern with nearly 20% of Head Start staff positions vacant nationwide, according to the National Head Start Association. (thealpenanews.com)
  • The trauma caused by family separation is heinous under any circumstances, particularly in a civil society centered on family values. (actionnetwork.org)
  • Although the increase in incidence rates of overweight and obesity in children has been leveling, approximately 32% of US children and adolescents aged 2 to 19 are overweight or obese (1). (cdc.gov)
  • The respondent was first asked whether the family has savings or cash assets more than $20,000 (INQ300). (cdc.gov)
  • If the family did not have savings or cash assets more than $20,000, the respondent would then be asked a follow-up question (IND310) to select a dollar range from a list printed on a hand card for the family's total savings and cash assets amount. (cdc.gov)
  • CDC has summarized the best available evidence in Youth Violence Prevention Resource for Action [4 MB, 64 Pages] . (cdc.gov)
  • The Division of Violence Prevention (DVP) is in the process of updating and expanding this Resource for Action and has developed this summary table with descriptions of newly added examples that meet the criteria for inclusion (i.e., meta-analyses or systematic reviews or rigorous experimental or quasi-experimental* evaluation studies on youth or community violence or on risk and protective factors). (cdc.gov)
  • Good afternoon, for my portion of the presentation, I will cover recommendations for influenza prevention and treatment in children from the CDC perspective. (cdc.gov)
  • I would like to start by reminding us of why influenza prevention in children remains critically important. (cdc.gov)
  • Equitable access by geography, race, and ethnicity must be a driving force so we close long-standing gaps in child development. (nhsa.org)
  • Teachers were tasked with creating a new way to provide learning opportunities for the children and families outside of their classrooms. (zerotothree.org)
  • Teachers also tapped into their creativity and ingenuity to keep families connected and provide activities that promoted interest-based learning opportunities in the home setting. (zerotothree.org)
  • Because they can be wiped off, the sheet protectors provide a place for the kids to do a page more than once or erase mistakes. (popsugar.com)
  • The children received a Flat Vickie in the mail and parents took pictures of their children with their "teacher, Flat Vickie," doing activities in their homes. (zerotothree.org)
  • This policy is intentionally separating children from their parents who are seeking asylum and protection from civil war, intolerance and social upheaval. (actionnetwork.org)
  • SNAP provides nutritious food to low-income children and parents. (clasp.org)
  • We try to have all activities done with children embedded with the parents all of the time," Klein said. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Parents begin to see results that they like -- benefiting the children and themselves," Pakulak said. (sciencedaily.com)
  • A control group of children and parents engaged only in traditional Head Start programming. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Parents also need to feel confident, respected, and welcome when they bring their child to your class and when they learn their child is moving to a new class or service. (commpartners.com)
  • How does the Department engage parents and families? (ed.gov)
  • Within several months, Dana was welcomed into a wonderful foster family in Lawrence, Kansas, community. (cyc-net.org)