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Webinar: Breaking the Cycle of Homelessness
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 Advocacy Leadership Webinar Series
Join us on July 24th for a webinar, "Breaking the Cycle of Homelessness: Supporting Young Parents and Their Children," Featuring Patricia Julianelle, Director of Program Advancement and Legal Affairs, Shawanda Jennings, Program Specialist, Illinois Birth to Three Institute, Ounce of Prevention Fund, and Tara Ervin a PAT MIECHV home visitor in St. Louis, Missouri.
Pre register now!
Families and their children who experience homelessness face a host of challenges and often have difficulty accessing the right services. At the same time these families face barriers to accessing supports such as home visiting.
This webinar will focus on raising home visitor awareness of the policies and rights of infants, toddlers and families experiencing homelessness. Participants will learn about an innovative MIECHV home visiting demonstration project in Chicago. Listeners will also have an opportunity to hear from a St. Louis based MIECHV home visitor discuss on the challenges and practitioners tips for working with for families experiencing homelessness.
The audience also will learn ideas for supporting policies that eliminate barriers and provide greater access to services to support pregnant and parenting youth. Additional learning resources will be identified for the field. |
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What We're Reading & Watching
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 Tyler Morning Telegraph
Empowering Mothers: Fathers, siblings, learn to care for baby too
This is Part 6 of the series by the Tyler Morning Telegraph Empowering Mothers - Improving Birth Outcomes.
This story focuses on how men are learning to be more involved in parenting starting from conception. The article features the Lemus family of Tyler, Texas. The familiy is working with a PAT home visitor to be the best parents they can be for their 10-month-old daughter who has a rare condition called semi-lobar holoprosencephaly.
National Home Visiting Resource Center
Engaging Connecticut Fathers in Home Visiting
Connecticut is one of many states making strides to promote father engagement in home visiting. In 2009, a small pilot introduced five male home visitors into two priority communities to support fathers (and father figures) of children enrolled in home visiting. Ten years later, Connecticut has the capacity for 25 male home visitors to deliver the Parents as Teachers model across the state. This growth is thanks, in part, to support from the federal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program.
NHVRC spoke with Jennifer Wilder, primary prevention services coordinator in the Connecticut Office of Early Childhood, to learn more about father engagement and to discuss lessons learned.
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Northam Announces Plan to Eliminate Racial Disparity in Maternal Mortality Rate
Governor Ralph Northam plans to eliminate Virginia's racial disparity in the maternal mortality rate by 2025.
The Governor has instructed relevant state agencies to implement a framework for scaling home visiting that was recently endorsed by the Governor's Children's Cabinet.
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Gov. Parson approves of $6 million in new funding for home visiting programs
The Missouri Department of Education (DESE) will receive $3,058,000 to serve an additional 1,529 high need families and the Missouri Children's Division will receive an additional $3,074,000 to expand their home visitation program statewide, which focuses on preventing child abuse and neglect and diverting children from the custody and care of the state.
The Missouri Children's Trust Fund recently unveiled a report that makes recommendations for enhancing the state's home visiting system. The plan calls for increased interagency coordination, and points to strategies to improve program implementation and quality, specifically in DESE funded programs.
The Hill
.png) Congress needs to work to combat the poverty, abuse and neglect issues that children face
This opinion piece highlights National Foster Care Month, uses the author's personal life experiences to build a case for Congress to keep up momentum on passing an evidence-backed plan to fix child and family poverty.
By Lisa Foehner, Director of Advocacy and Strategic Messaging at Parents as Teachers National Center. Lisa served in the offices of former U.S. Sens. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) and Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.).
(Click on the articles to see full content from the publishing authors). |
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Take Action On CAPTA
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The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) is the only federal program dedicated to the prevention, assessment, identification, and treatment of child abuse and neglect.
CAPTA provides critical funding for programs in all 50 states through services such as voluntary home visiting programs, peer-peer group supports, early childhood and child care programs, and respite and crisis care. CAPTA is also the only legislation that addresses universal primary prevention capacity building at a local level.
On May 20, CAPTA reauthorization passed in the U.S. House, but the race isn't over-the legislation is now before the Senate Appropriations Committee.
Please send an email or Tweet now using our 3-click campaign. |
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Kansas State Senator Pettey's Reflections - StoryCorps Archive
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.jpg) Senator Pat Pettey (D-KS-6), recently joined Callie Peace, Executive Director of the Kansas Parents as Teachers Association to talk about being a mom and the challenges of parenting.
The Senator's story is now part of the National Archives and in the Parents as Teachers StoryCorps Archive Community.
During the interview, Sen. Pettey said, "I can think back to when my daughter was born....I was a first time parent...even when you have a knowledge base you are in this new world that you are unfamiliar with...having someone else to tell you are doing the right thing...is so encouraging ..." as she recalled why she supports home visiting. Listen to the rest of her story now!
You can join the PAT archive too.
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Listen to the stories already submitted.
We look forward to receiving your submissions! |
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Planning a Site Visit During August Recess
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 Every August, Members of Congress leave Capitol Hill and head home to their district for an entire month. Congressional recess is an opportunity for PAT affiliates to build relationships with their decision makers.
Listen to our recorded webinar about how to maximize your impact during the recess.
During the webinar you will learn:
- about congressional recess
- 3 ways to interact with your legislators during congressional recess
- in-district meetings
- site visits
- town hall events
This webinar is particularly appropriate for state offices, MIECHV state offices, affiliate supervisors, implementing agency leadership and advisory committee members.
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