Eye on Early Childhood Blog
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Eye on Early Childhood is a blog hosted by Strategies for Children. They post about the early childhood practices, policies, and research that help children and their families thrive. They share the voices of families, early educators, advocates, and policymakers. Their blogger, Alyssa Haywoode, is a former journalist who wrote editorials for The Des Moines Register and The Boston Globe.
Eye on Early Childhood Blog
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Jade Oliver was living in Michigan trying to choose a career. She thought about being an architect and an engineer and a nurse. She worked in the burn unit. She did hospice work. “I didn’t like the sad parts of hospital work,” she says. “I knew I needed to work with children. That’s where my heart was.” One ..read more
Eye on Early Childhood Blog
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“A lot of what I did is serendipitous,” Helen Blank said last month on The 9:30 Call, telling the story of her career. A friend came to dinner and talked her into earning a master’s degree in urban planning. She spent time working for anti-hunger groups. Another friend pushed her to go back to work ..read more
Eye on Early Childhood Blog
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Cherish Casey’s life has been full of lessons that have led her to become a family engagement social worker at Ellis Early Learning and a member of Strategies for Children’s Advocacy Network. “A single mom raised me, but also women who were caretakers,” Casey says, recalling her early role models. “My mom always had someone’s ..read more
Eye on Early Childhood Blog
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We’re excited to announce that Amy O’Leary, Strategies for Children’s executive director, has won one of the Eastern Bank Foundation’s 2024 Community Advocacy Awards. “Each year our Community Advocacy Awards celebrate passionate nonprofit leaders and organizations focusing on the most critical needs in the communities Eastern serves,” Eastern Bank explains on its website. “This year ..read more
Eye on Early Childhood Blog
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Last week, Strategies for Children hosted a webinar to share our new case study, The 9:30 Call: From Crisis to Enduring Community and Action, which was written by Minna Jung, with support from the W. Clement & Jessie V. Stone Foundation. The 9:30 Call webinar was a chance to look back at the challenging, early days ..read more
Eye on Early Childhood Blog
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Yesterday, the House Committee on Ways and Means released its $58 billion budget proposal for fiscal year 2025. The budget represents a 3.3% increase over the current fiscal year 2024 budget, but $150 million less than Governor Healey’s proposal released in January. “House leaders said the budget is ‘competitive,’ despite the state collecting less in taxes than officials expected over ..read more
Eye on Early Childhood Blog
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Welcome to the 2nd Annual Developmental Monitoring and Screening Week in Massachusetts. It’s a week devoted to raising awareness about the importance of monitoring and screening young children’s emotional, physical, and cognitive development. “Awareness and action are crucial!” the United Way of Massachusetts Bay (UWMB) says in a new blog post. “Collectively, we are ..read more
Eye on Early Childhood Blog
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“Deciding which kind of child care is best can be stressful, and choosing the right program from a sea of options can be confusing and frustrating. Making that process faster and easier means you can get back to what’s important: spending time with your family. “Great Starts is designed to offer families a streamlined, simplified ..read more
Eye on Early Childhood Blog
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We’re excited to announce the release of a new case study: The 9:30 Call: From Crisis to Enduring Community and Action. Join us for a special webinar conversation about the case study on April 4th, from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Written by Minna Jung, with support from the W. Clement & Jessie V. Stone ..read more
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“In 2023 Moms First and Boston Consulting Group worked to document the return on investment when companies invest in child care benefits for their employees. This report underscores the undeniable correlation between robust child care benefits and a thriving workforce, highlighting how companies stand to gain immensely from investing in the well-being of working parents ..read more