Children across Georgia Have Access to Free Meals this Summer
Free meals are available for children 18 and under (and some eligible adults) throughout Georgia through the Summer Food Service Program.
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County Data Snapshot Helps Collaboratives Help Vulnerable Children and Families
Georgia Family Connection Partnership has debuted a new data product to help Collaboratives in all 159 counties across the state understand the needs of the children and families in their communities.
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Georgia Honored as “Pacesetter” in Early Reading Work
Georgia is one of eight states named 2014 Pacesetters by the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading.
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Superintendent Woods applauds General Assembly, Gov. Deal for Passing and Signing House Bill 91
State School Superintendent Richard Woods applauded the General Assembly and Gov. Nathan Deal for passing and signing House Bill 91 into law Monday, March 30.
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Quality Rated Welcomes 500th Rated Program
A Riverdale child care center has become the 500th child care program rated in a State of Georgia initiative designed to help parents in selecting quality early education programs in their communities.
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Applications to Provide Georgia’s Pre-K Program in 2015-2016 Now Available
DECAL has posted the application packages for Georgia’s Pre-K Program for the 2015-2016 school year on its website. Deadline for Submitting Applications is 5 p.m., April 21, 2015
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Georgia’s Innovative Summer Transition Program Receives Positive Reviews from Parents and Teachers
Programs target Rising Kindergarten and Rising Pre-K students needing additional support
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Request for Proposals: Comprehensive School-Based Health Center Program
Emory University’s Department of Pediatrics Urban Health Program will award planning grants of $10,000 each to organizations and communities interested in exploring the creation of a school-based health clinic in their area.
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Georgia Releases 2014 School Climate Star Ratings
The Georgia Department of Education yesterday released its first School Climate Star Ratings. The 2014 ratings are based on survey results and data from the 2013-2014 school year.
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DECAL Celebrates National CACFP Week at Local Center
National Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) Week is a national education and information campaign to raise awareness of how the USDA’s CACFP works to combat hunger and bring healthy foods to the table for adults in day care and children in child-care homes, centers and in after-school and summer feeding programs across the country.
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Read Across Georgia Mobilizes State’s Commitment To Early Literacy
Partners and stakeholders from across the state working together to get all children in Georgia on a path to reading proficiently by the end of 3rd grade helped Gov. Nathan Deal, First Lady Sandra Deal, and DECAL Commissioner Amy Jacobs kick off Read Across Georgia Month.
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Measuring Access to Opportunity
A new KIDS COUNT Data Snapshot, Measuring Access to Opportunity in the United States, which the Annie E. Casey Foundation released today, shows that the official measure of poverty, created 51 years ago, by itself doesn’t capture a true and complete picture of low-income families living in the United States today. A new Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) gives us a much better idea of how many kids are living in poverty, because it accounts for variables like regional cost-of-living fluctuations and non-cash benefits.