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Children’s Institute shapes early childhood policy, secures public investments for early childhood programs and services, and works with school communities to strengthen early learning for children and teaching practices for educators.

Registration is open for the 2024-2025 Early School Success Academy!

Our Early School Success Academy is team-based learning experience for educators working to strengthen early learning in their communities, preschool to third grade. District or school teams participate in four virtual sessions between October and March and five coaching sessions scheduled at their convenience.

Why participate? You’ll join a network of educators across Oregon working to strengthen early learning in their school communities. You’ll also get access to rich content, expert thought partnership, coaching, resources, and a membership to our exclusive change library.

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It's time to celebrate! 🎆 

Our Champions for Children annual event is happening October 25, 2024! Join us and become part of our movement to celebrate and prioritize children across sectors, from education to health, housing, and more.

RSVP🔗childinst.org/cfc2024

Thank you, sponsors: @the_ocf, @careoregon, @nwnaturalgas, @pncbank, @tillamook, @cambiahealth, @heritagebanknw, @pacificwestbank, @onpointcu, @pacific_power, @workplacechange, @gillspointstire
In a new post from his column, "Elliot's Provocations," Elliot Haspel (@earlylearningnation) unpacks current events in the early learning and care sector, encouraging us to view child care as a deep-set societal value. Read more: https://bit.ly/NoOrdinaryGood

We got to interview Elliot on the Early Link Podcast in 2021! Listen here: https://bit.ly/CrawlingBehind
Parents have spoken loud and clear—they want culturally responsive programs, stronger relationships with providers, and better access to services to support their children’s social-emotional needs. Oregon’s social emotional health metric is a game-changer for families across Oregon. Ensuring all young children have access to critical social-emotional health services will lead to better outcomes as they grow. Let’s support this step towards health equity for our youngest Oregonians!
 
Learn about this groundbreaking work at bit.ly/3VVTqN4
 
In partnership with Oregon Pediatric Improvement Partnership (https://www.linkedin.com/company/opip/) and @oregonhealthauthority 
 
#healthequity #earlychildhood #socialemotionalhealth
It's time to celebrate! 🎆 

Our Champions for Children annual event is happening October 25, 2024! Join us and become part of our movement to celebrate and prioritize children across sectors, from education to health, housing, and more.

RSVP🔗childinst.org/cfc2024

Thank you, sponsors: @the_ocf, @careoregon, @nwnaturalgas, @pncbank, @tillamook, @cambiahealth, @heritagebanknw, @pacificwestbank, @onpointcu, @pacific_power, @workplacechange, @gillspointstire
In an effort to recognize child care providers across the state of Oregon for their exceptional work, the Oregon Legislature has allocated an annual $500 payment to eligible child care providers in 2024 and 2025. So far, over 7,000 child care providers have submitted applications!

Applications and website are now up to date with information and guides to help with the application process, and documents are available in Spanish, Russian, Somali, Arabic, Vietnamese, and Traditional Chinese.

Child care providers can apply for payments at https://bit.ly/OCCWapply

@childcareforor @familyforwardaction

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