GEEARS and DECAL announced the launch of a statewide public awareness campaign for Quality Rated child care. The message is simple: Quality Rated helps families take the mystery out of searching for child care.
Georgia Shape is providing grant funding and technical assistance to elementary, middle and high schools to improve student fitness efforts. Applications must be submitted online by May 2, 2016.
It takes many hands to raise Quality Rated banners across Georgia. But one group in particular is literally doing some behind-the-scenes heavy lifting that improves the way early care programs serve children.
Emory University’s Department of Pediatrics PARTNERS for Equity in Child & Adolescent Health Program will award planning grants of up to $11,000 to organizations and communities interested in exploring the creation of a school-based health center.
Georgia’s achievement gaps between children of color and white children, between low-income children and children in higher-income families, and between English language learners and English speakers are all narrowing, showing improvement across almost all sectors.
Bright from the Start: Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning announced today that Fannin County is the first and only county in Georgia where all eligible child care programs are Quality Rated or are working toward earning a Quality Rated star rating.
The 2016 session of the Georgia General Assembly ended last week, with both chambers working past midnight on Sine Die—the… Read More
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Early County News
Offering family-focused cooking classes to address obesity prevention, encouraging men in the community to volunteer in schools, and providing health services for students in school-based health centers are just some of the ways the 10 Georgia Family Connection Collaboratives in Region 3 are improving conditions for children and families in and around metro Atlanta.
House and Senate committees worked throughout last week, considering bills that passed out of one chamber by Crossover Day. The… Read More
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