Mimi DiBartolomeo
Laasya Bhagavatula
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Supporting the Leaders Who Care for Children in California Our partners at Rockwood Leadership Institute prioritize relationships. Deep connection is a part of their organization’s ethos. Every meeting begins with smiling faces and weekend updates. Rockwood colleagues then ground attendees with breath work or a stretching exercise to create space for everyone to arrive, be … Continued
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Behind the scenes of everyday life and activity, there is a network of family members, friends, and neighbors (FFN) who are caring for our nation’s youngest children. Often unnoticed, these individuals provide critical care to the vast majority of children in home-based, informal settings and are an essential part of the fabric of today’s childcare … Continued
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While children are the beating heart of our communities, our nation’s youngest are not being kept safe from disease and affliction. Years of progress in reducing the number of uninsured children are being reversed. As we watch the devastating impact of COVID-19 take its toll on our communities and public health system, we are also … Continued
A sustainable, comprehensive, paid family leave policy is important to ensure that adults can take the time they need to nurture young children so that they grow up healthy, confident, and ready to learn. With shelter-in-place, social distancing, and quarantine orders in effect across the country as a result of COVID-19, families have had to adjust to new realities, including the complexities of providing care to children and … Continued
Diana Garcia
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Learn how Visión y Compromiso is providing trainings for family, friend, and neighbor caregivers of young children, and teaching us what quality care looks like.
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Learn more about the lessons we have learned about the strategies and practices to effectively connect with family, friends, and neighbors caregivers to foster nurturing early learning experiences.
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At the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, we believe all children deserve a nurturing network of adults who have the knowledge and resources to provide the best experiences at home, in care settings, and in school, so that they can grow up healthy and ready to learn, and enter kindergarten prepared to succeed. In pursuit … Continued
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Tips and tricks to help inform anyone thinking about their next convening, including how we brought informal caregivers together to expand their networks, generate new insights, and ideas for tangible next steps.
The Children’s Health Leadership Network was launched in 2016 to answer a critical question: where will the next generation of champions for America’s children come from? A partnership between the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, the Annie E. Casey Foundation, and The Atlantic Philanthropies, the Network’s first class brought together 16 advocates working in states … Continued
Jeff Sunshine
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For the past seven years, the Packard Foundation helped build and has continued to invest in Educare California at Silicon Valley (Educare SV). In doing so, we have sought to serve young children and their families in East San Jose, and to offer a beacon of high-quality early learning for the region. Experts across the … Continued
