Tue, 09/29/2020
Region 9 Head Start Family Engagement Conference Speakers Exceptional ideas in an unconventional year: Family Engagement Conference speakers model new approaches An unconventional year makes it clear that the 2020 Family Engagement Conference should lean to the exceptional for intelligent... Continue ReadingCategories: General Tags: Families, Family Engagement and Cultural Effectiveness, head start, Parents
Wed, 07/29/2020
By Edward Condon, Executive Director, Region 9 Head Start Association Financial Advisor George Fraser is a teacher at heart. He values a face-to-face relationship—meeting people where they are and genuinely helping them. All of which is why he... Continue ReadingCategories: General
Sun, 08/11/2019
By Larry Carr and Edward Condon Sacramento Bee - Sunday, August 11, 2019 We who have homes and jobs and health insurance can become jaded to why people experience homelessness. Typical generalizations are: They don’t work hard enough, they drink,... Continue ReadingCategories: General Tags: Families, head start, Homelessness
Thu, 04/19/2018
by Yasmina Vinci, Executive Director, NHSA Enrollment in state-funded preschool programs has more than doubled in the past 15 years, but an annual report released today by the National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) reveals that one of the defining aspects... Continue ReadingCategories: General, Our Voice Tags: head start, National Head Start, NHSA, Pre-K, Quality
Tue, 10/31/2017
We are fortunate to have many small minority enterprises in Silicon Valley, enriching our downtowns and neighborhood business districts. These small businesses employ thousands of workers—many at lower wages. Programs such as Social Security and Medicare benefit these small... Continue ReadingCategories: General
Mon, 10/23/2017
A heads-up for the community: Head Start helps keep kids, parents healthy article was published on Saturday, October 21, 2017 in the Bakersfield Californian. CLICK HERE TO ACCESS THE FULL ARTICLE Continue ReadingCategories: General Tags: Bakersfield, Community, head start, Health
Wed, 09/27/2017
Head Start boosts the economy as well as kids Head Start boosts the economy as well as kids. Recently published in the Sacramento Bee (9.26.17). Sacramento's Greater Economic Council president and CEO and Region 9 Head Start Association executive director offer... Continue ReadingCategories: General Tags: Employers, Parents, Sacramento
Fri, 09/8/2017
By Tameka Henry, Regional 9 Head Start Association Parliamentarian Wherever you are standing—you need to lead. That has been a guiding principle for me—especially from the time my now teenage daughter was enrolled in Head Start 10 years ago... Continue ReadingCategories: General Tags: Action, Funding, head start, National Head Start
Wed, 09/6/2017
08/10/2017 02:06 pm ET Effective use of federal funding is imperative to meet the needs of America’s most vulnerable early learners. To ensure those precious public resources are efficiently spent, Congressional leaders regularly (and rightly) ask... Continue ReadingCategories: General Tags: National Head Start
Mon, 08/7/2017
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