by Jeff Goldammer, Director of Head Start and Early Head Start and 30-year Head Start veteran, Economic Security Corporation in Joplin October is Head Start Awareness month. What do people need to know about Head Start? Some people will want to know that Head Start was established in 1965 and has served more than 38
Our partner of the month is CarePortal – an organization focused on supporting children and families interacting with the foster system, whether they are trying to stay together as a family through a crisis or need the support of their community to ensure children’s needs are being met. CarePortal utilizes technology to help meet children
The Parent Leadership Training Institute of Kansas City (PLTI-KC) believes that families, communities and democracy are strengthened when parents have the knowledge and skills to maximize child outcomes at home, in school, in their neighborhood and in public policy. Through the 21-week leadership and civics program with nationally-trained local facilitators, PLTI-KC helps parents get in
by Allison Gregory, Executive Director – SWMO, FosterAdopt Connect FosterAdopt Connect is one of many Springfield organizations looking to provide shelter and service supports to Springfield’s approximate 1,100 homeless or unaccompanied area teens. While providers are eager to offer services, these teens too often stay under the radar – avoiding situations that could result in
Hi! My name is Asia Collins Muhammad and I just started as the Outreach Coordinator at Kids Win Missouri. I’m excited to connect with families, providers, systems leaders and policymakers to help strengthen programs and policies that support children and families. To share a bit about myself, I graduated with a BS in Elementary Education
by Ashlee Liska, Program Director at STRIPES 360 – Republic School District STRIPES 360 was established to provide quality and affordable programming for students during non-school hours for children and youth in Republic School District. Their summer is jam-packed with fun, hands-on activities wrapped up in three thematic units: Strange But True, Construction Zone, and
S.T.A.R. stands for Staffing, Training, Advocacy, and Resources, and those are exactly the things Tina Mosley and Adrienne Pennington are providing to empower and support the needs of early educators in Missouri. Through research-based training necessary to develop the professional as a whole, their goal is to collaborate with both private and non-profit childcare programs
A big shout out and thank you to the four legal services organizations throughout the state for their time and knowledge during our June monthly update call. It was incredible to learn about all of the critical services they have available to support kids and families in Missouri! If you are an organization that serves
Our Listen Learn Love Podcast was organically born from friendship and a passion for diversity and equity education. After a particularly deep, but all too common conversation about race in the United States we had the idea that we should be recording and sharing our conversations as educational material. Our own conversations were usually framed
by Craig Stevenson, Director of Policy and Advocacy, Kids Win Missouri The 2021 Regular Session of the Missouri legislature concluded on Friday, May 14th at 6 PM. Policy priorities such as COVID-19 liability, criminal justice reform, gasoline tax, and education reform were all sent to Governor Parson’s desk. As these priorities were resolved, Republicans and
