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Redmond Early Learning Center Shines as an Early Learning Innovator
Early learning leaders in Central Oregon met on January 8 at the Redmond Early Learning Center (RELC) to discuss how best to meet the needs of kids and families throughout the region. The meeting included a tour of the RELC, which opened three years ago...
More than ABCs and 123s: Health and Kindergarten Readiness
A work group convened by Children's Institute and the Oregon Health Authority has issued recommendations for health-driven metrics for kindergarten readiness. The goal is to drive system-level changes and improvements to kindergarten readiness, especially for children served by the Oregon Health Plan (Medicaid).
Oregon’s Infant-Toddler Care Dilemma: Providing Quality Care at an Affordable Cost
Imagine you’re an Oregonian earning a median-level household income of $78,683 a year. Let’s also imagine you’ve just become a new parent and are researching infant-toddler care options in advance of your planned return to work. Do you choose a child care option...
Lyn Hennion Interviewed by KOBI-TV
Children's Institute board member Lyn Hennion spoke with KOBI-TV on the importance of early childhood. Ninety percent of a child's brain is developed before they enter kindergarten, yet Oregon lacks an early childhood system to ensure that every child gets what...
The Time Is Now for Oregon to Invest in Early Childhood
The Early Years Are Critical Children experience their most profound cognitive, social, and emotional growth in the first eight years of life. Babies are born learners and their brains produce a million neural connections each second. By the time children reach...
Oregon’s Child Care Crisis
To solve its child care crisis, Oregon must build an affordable, high-quality child care system that keeps children safe and supports their brain development.
The Policy-Practice Feedback Loop: Putting Outcomes First
By Mari Megias This piece originally appeared in the Harvard Kennedy School Alumni Stories. Swati Adarkar, a 1989 graduate of the two-year MPA program at Harvard Kennedy School, wants every child, regardless of family income, to have the best possible start in...
Swati Adarkar Interviewed by KOIN6 News
Swati Adarkar was interviewed by KOIN6 news yesterday about Governor Brown's budget proposals for the 2019 legislative session. The full story is available on the KOIN6 website. Featured Comments Another part of the proposal, which would address kindergarten...
Early Head Start May Prevent Child Abuse
Participation in Early Head Start (EHS) can help prevent child abuse and other maltreatment, as well as support other positive long-term family stability outcomes. That’s according to a study published in Child Trends this month, which linked EHS enrollment data to...
All Hands on Deck as Baker City Plans for Improvements in Early Learning
More than two dozen education, health, and community leaders met in October to begin mapping out the future for Baker City's youngest citizens. Early childhood advocates in Baker City, a frontier Oregon town with a population of 10,000, were hopeful that passage of...
