Announcements Archive

• Merrill Gay Recognized by the New Britain Herald
  

  Merrill Gay, coordinator of the New Britain Discovery Collaborative and former Alliance co-chair, was chosen by the New Britain Herald as one of the "12 to Watch in '12: Up-and-coming faces in the life of New Britain."

• Meriden Children Zone Receives Promise Neighborhood Grant
  

  The Meriden Family Zone, a project of Meriden Children First, has received a $460,000 U.S. Department of Education Promise Neighborhood Grant to plan and implement new school reform, family engagement, housing, and health initiatives.

• Results of the WCGMF Grantee Perception Report
  

  In the fall of 2010, the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) conducted a survey of Memorial Fund grantees about their perceptions of the Memorial Fund's performance. This report highlights the findings from that survey.

• CT Voices for Children Progress Report Released
  CT Voices for children has released Connecticut Early Care and Education Progress Report, 2010, a progress report on Connecticut's early care and education system.
• Memorial Fund Hosts Ukrainian Youth Ministers and NGOs
  

  On June 15, 2010, the William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund welcomed a delegation from the Ukraine that had traveled to the United States to exchange information about policy and practices that support children and families.

• Families and Communities Raise Our Children: The Role and Cost of Effective Local Early Childhood Councils
  

  This report looks at the roles, functions and scope of community-based local early childhood councils and makes recommendations about funding a local early childhood infrastructure.

• Connecticut Early Care & Education Progress Report, 2009
  

  CT Voices for Children just released its first annual comprehensive report on the state of early care and education in Connecticut.
   

• CAHS releases annual Kids Count Data Book
  

  Three on a Seesaw: Balancing Early Care and Education, Families, and the Economy includes 20 town-level indicators, commentary by state analysts and advocates, and an essay about early childhood education.

• Family Child Care Toolkit Licensing Project
  

  All Our Kin offers caregivers a clear guide for becoming state-licensed family child care providers.