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Catholic Charities Resource Fair - September 14th from 11:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M.

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Catholic Charities Resource Fair - September 14th from 11:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M.

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Community Investment - Greater Health Now 

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Community Investment - Greater Health Now 

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Greater Health Now - Improving the health of our communities by bringing people together and building workable solutions.

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Community Investment - Greater Health Now

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Improving the health of our communities by bringing people together and building workable solutions.

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Advocacy Updates — Washington Communities For Children

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“Our meeting with Representative Saldana was amazing! We met with her Legislative Assistant, and they were super excited about WCFC and PCECN’s work, and were thrilled that all of us in the room were women of color. They would like to champion and support anything we have coming up in the future, including our fiscal ask (and if they are unable to champion, they were willing to connect us with a legislator that could!).” - Taylor Caragan, State Health Provider Voice Lead

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Equity & Professional Development Workshop Registration Form

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Workshop Details:
Date: October 3rd
Time: 3:00 P.M. - 4:30 P.M. PST
Topic: Equity in Early Learning
Speaker: Maria Carriedo, Owner and Director of Busy Bee’s Child Development Center
Location: Virtual (Zoom link will be sent to you closer to the date of the workshop)
Professional Development Hours: WORK and STAR Hours Available
Join us for an engaging and dynamic workshop where we’ll learn and dive into critical discussions about equity in early learning. Gain valuable insights from our guest speaker, Maria Carriedo, who will share her inspiring work in providing equitable education. Connect with like-minded professionals, learn, collaborate, and become part of a supportive community.

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Help Me Grow Central Washington is a network of parents, caregivers, service providers, and professionals of all kinds. Thanks to this strong network we are able to help people and make our communities better. You can support Help Me Grow Central Washington in several ways:

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Give your child the brightest future possible.

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The Partner Toolkit was created to provide communication tools to support partners with their communications about Help Me Grow Washington. Help Me Grow Washington partners include anyone who is part of the network: parents, caregivers, service providers, employers and professionals of all kinds who focus on connecting families to the local resources they need.
Help Me Grow WA Universal Messaging

Help Me Grow WA Localized Messaging

This messaging will be helpful when describing Help Me Grow Washington in specific counties or regions in the state.

Digital and print materials are available below to download. Please email us if you have any questions or feedback; we welcome suggestions on new materials!

Digital Materials

Help Me Grow WA Logos

Social Media Graphics

Print Materials

Help Me Grow Flyers

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The Partner Toolkit was created to provide communication tools to support partners with their communications about Help Me Grow Washington. Help Me Grow Washington partners include anyone who is part of the network: parents, caregivers, service providers, employers and professionals of all kinds who focus on connecting families to the local resources they need.

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Kasey Knutson, Public Information Officer

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Kasey Knutson, Public Information Officer

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This is the home page for Kittitas County Public Health. Our missions is to protect and promote the health and the environment of the people of Kittitas County.

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Big Thanks!

This project would not have been possible without the many advocates, experts, and WCFC Early Childhood Network members who provided valuable time, input, and skills. Special thanks to the following individuals who participated on the Fair Start for Kids Act Communication Workgroup:

Toolkit design & content creation

Colleen Condon, Molly Curtiss, Molly Draben, Cadie Dye, Debbie Ham, Brittany Hartikainen, Katie Maisch, Eiledon McLellan, Melissa McPheeters, April Messenger, Linden Obel, Nancy Spurgeon

Toolkit translation

Marina Medrano

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Fair Start for Kids Act Communication Toolkit - Washington Communities For Children

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This project would not have been possible without the many advocates, experts, and WCFC Early Childhood Network members who provided valuable time, input, and skills.

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Please follow this link to sign in to today's meeting:

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Please follow this link to sign in to today's meeting:

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Education:
Medical School at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine.
Residency in Pediatrics at Children's Hospital of Oklahoma

Experience:
Dr. Shockley worked 1 year in Pediatric Urgent Care at Children's Hospital of Oklahoma Emergency Department. She also Worked 3.5 years at Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic in Wapato, WA, taking call at Toppenish Hospital for newborns and pediatric admissions.

Why CWFM:
I love to work with families as a whole, that means integrating behavioral health and social assistance with traditional medicine. I also love to teach!

Courtney aspires to:
"Improve the health and wellbeing of kids and teens and to empower them to pursue their dreams. "

Hobbies:
Reading, Hanging out with my kids, Traveling, All things DISNEY!

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Courtney Shockley, MD | Community Health of Central Washington

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Education: Medical School at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine.Residency in Pediatrics at Children's Hospital of Oklahoma Experience: Dr. Shockley worked 1 year in Pediatric Urgent Care at Children's Hospital of Oklahoma Emergency Department. She also Worked 3.5 years at Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic in Wapato, WA, taking call at Toppenish Hospital for newborns and pediatric admissions.

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Why Early Learning is Important:

Research has shown that children who are able to participate in early learning programs perform better throughout their years of schooling. Early learning programs focus on six areas of kindergarten readiness:

Social-Emotional - Children do better in school when they can regulate their emotions, establish positive relationships with others, and constructively participate in group settings.

Physical - The early years are important for the development of fundamental gross-motor and fine-motor skills needed to be active learners.

Language - Children need to understand increasingly complex language and use language to express their thoughts, ideas, needs, and feelings.

Cognitive - Children are more successful in school when they have positive approaches to learning, and are able to attend, engage, and persist to solve problems.

Literacy - A child's progress in reading and writing is one of the best predictors of whether the child will function competently in school and in life.

Math - Research shows that math is the number one predictor of future success in reading and math.*

*Duncan, Greg. University of California, 2007. Early Childhood Longitudinal studies. "The strongest predictors of later achievement are school-entry math, reading, and attention skills. Early math skills have the greatest predictive power."

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Research has shown that children who are able to participate in early learning programs perform better throughout their years of schooling. Early learning programs focus on six areas of kindergarten readiness: Social-Emotional - Children do better in school when they can regulate their emotions, establish positive relationships with others, and constructively participate in group settings.

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Eva Chavez or Suman Pandey at YVFWC, Lincoln

Amanda Lee at YVFWC in Toppenish

Stephen Pearson at Central WA Family Medicine

Central WA Family Medicine Branch in Ellensburg

Sarah Ortner BHC at Ellensburg

Questions for consideration:

How can we do outreach in Kittitas?

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Washington Communities for Children (WCFC) is a network of coalitions dedicated to improving the wellbeing of children, families, and communities. Ten WCFC Regions across the state that have trusted relationships with over six-hundred organizations and individuals. Trusted partners include early learning providers, social service agencies, early intervention services, child welfare organizations, libraries, juvenile courts, school districts, public health agencies, higher education, families, and many others.

MISSION

Connecting local and statewide efforts to improve the wellbeing of children, families, and communities.

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Washington Communities for Children (WCFC) is a network of coalitions dedicated to improving the wellbeing of children, families, and communities. Ten WCFC Regions across the state that have trusted relationships with over six-hundred organizations and individuals.

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Science-backed early learning for children from birth to age 5.

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Vroom helps you add science-backed early learning moments to mealtime, bathtime, bedtime or anytime. By helping your child learn now, you get them ready for school, friends and life.

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Investing in Children Coalition is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Ayúdame a Crecer/ Help Me Grow Central WA

Time: Every month on the First Tue, until Dec 3, 2024, 5 occurrence(s)

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89217593141

Meeting ID: 892 1759 3141

Dial by your location

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Meeting ID: 892 1759 3141

Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/ktykPoAVl

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Zoom is the leader in modern enterprise video communications, with an easy, reliable cloud platform for video and audio conferencing, chat, and webinars across mobile, desktop, and room systems. Zoom Rooms is the original software-based conference room solution used around the world in board, conference, huddle, and training rooms, as well as executive offices and classrooms. Founded in 2011, Zoom helps businesses and organizations bring their teams together in a frictionless environment to get more done.

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Health Provider Outreach - Presentation Slides

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Health Provider Outreach - Presentation Slides

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Across the nation, Help Me Grow offers families seamless access to community services and supports so they can easily connect to the resources they need, when they need them.

The Help Me Grow Washington network represents a growing, powerful coalition of communities and individuals invested in building an organized system of community resources to help children grow up healthy.

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The Help Me Grow Washington network represents a growing, powerful coalition of communities and individuals invested in building an organized system of community resources to help children grow up healthy.

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Resources | Investing in Children Coalition

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New parents often need assistance when preparing for the birth of a child and caring for them after birth until age five. You can benefit from specially trained professionals who will show you how to get medical, social, educational, and other parenting resources to build a strong network of support for yourself and your child.

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Carina was able to successfully connect a family from Mexico. who lacked housing to the appropriate community resources

Home Visiting is going great!

Carina had two referrals from Parents as Teachers and she sent those off. In two weeks, she will be following up with the family.

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August Meeting Padlet (click the image below to go to our last meeting's Padlet)

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August Meeting Padlet (click the image below to go to our last meeting's Padlet)

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The following is a list of the Connect to Everyone funding priorities based on Community Health Needs Assessments, Healthy People 2030, and performance metrics.

Which of the following is the need your project will address?

Access to Care (transportation, telehealth, increase preventative care)

Nutrition (education, outreach, food insecurity, nutritional disease such as diabetes)

Workforce Development (promotion of a distributed and diverse workforce, education)

Social Connection (age-friendly ecosystems, behavioral health, resiliency, promotion of community engagement)

Are you collaborating with other community organizations on this program/project? If so, please list.

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How was need determined? What evidence do you have that this is an issue or concern for the people you are serving? Provide any data you have that justifies the need, describes the access or service gap, etc.

Please describe the desired measurable outcomes and the anticipated timeline