Title: HHS/ACF/OPRE Head Start Classroom-based Approaches and Resources for Emotion and Social skill promotion (CARES) project: Site Recruitment Materials
Category: Notice
Issuing Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families
Action: Comment Request
Issue Date Month/Year: 3/2008
Citation: Federal Register: March 31, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 62) Page 16861
URL: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/E8-6343.htm
Summary: The Head Start Classroom-based Approaches and Resources for Emotion and Social skill promotion (CARES) project will evaluate program enhancements within Head Start settings serving three- and four-year-old children. This project focuses on identifying the central features of effective programs to provide the information Federal policy makers and Head Start providers will need if they are to increase Head Start's capacity to improve the social and emotional skills and school readiness of preschool-age children. The project is sponsored by the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE) of the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), part of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
The Head Start CARES project will use a group-based randomized design to test the effects of several different evidence-based strategies designed to improve the social and emotional development of children in Head Start classrooms.
The purpose of the proposed information collection is to recruit Head Start grantees to participate in the project, through informing grantee staff about the project, soliciting their interest in participating, and collecting information to assess their programs' eligibility to participate in the project.
Action Date: Consideration will be given to comments and suggestions submitted within 60 days of this publication.
Contact: Copies of the proposed collection of information can be obtained and comments may be forwarded by writing to the Administration for Children and Families, Office of Administration, Office of Information Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW., Washington, DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. E-mail address: OPREInfoCollection@acf.hhs.gov. All requests should be identified by the title of the information collection.
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Monday, March 31, 2008
Friday, March 28, 2008
FLIERL ADDRESSES UNITED WAY
Peter Flierl, MSW, Director of Philanthropy & Communications, was privileged to speak at the annual meeting of the United Way of Rockland on leveraging United way Community Impact Funds to generate additional funds for the Head Start healthy eating initiative. We were looking to raise at least $51,000 or ten cents per meal to help cover the increasing costs generated by providing healthier meals and snacks to our children, i.e., more than 300,000 meals.
Flierl spoke about using the United Way inspired proposal writing that created greater awareness of the collaboration with Cornell Cooperative Extension for nutrition education in the classroom for children and at each Head Start school for parents. The basic concept was then used successfully to request a $50,000 grant from Rosie's For All Kids Foundation for whole food. That grant is expected to lead to additional grants of $90,000 over the next 3-4 years.
Flierl also noted Head Start of Rockland's need for new funding from the private sector. Often perceived as a behemoth as one of the top 200 employers in Rockland County and with a budget in excess of $10,000,000 annually, the public and business don't understand that the agency lives hand to mouth with operating reserves of about one week's expenses.
Flierl thanked United Way of Rockland for its generous support, noting that the impact is real, that we expect to help children eat healthier and make better lifestyle choices.
Flierl spoke about using the United Way inspired proposal writing that created greater awareness of the collaboration with Cornell Cooperative Extension for nutrition education in the classroom for children and at each Head Start school for parents. The basic concept was then used successfully to request a $50,000 grant from Rosie's For All Kids Foundation for whole food. That grant is expected to lead to additional grants of $90,000 over the next 3-4 years.
Flierl also noted Head Start of Rockland's need for new funding from the private sector. Often perceived as a behemoth as one of the top 200 employers in Rockland County and with a budget in excess of $10,000,000 annually, the public and business don't understand that the agency lives hand to mouth with operating reserves of about one week's expenses.
Flierl thanked United Way of Rockland for its generous support, noting that the impact is real, that we expect to help children eat healthier and make better lifestyle choices.
KUDOS TO ROCKLAND FAMILY SHELTER
Rockalnd Family Shelter has done it right in its new headquarters and shelter on Johnsons Lane in New City. We attended the regular meeting of the Institute for Nonprofits and were blown away by the new facility. It is bright, cheery, and inviting. The support group room and kitchen is a place where you could comfortable snuggle in with a good book and be set for hours. Congratulations to Carolyn Fish, her board, and staff on a job well dome!
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
SEFA ADMITS HEAD START OF ROCKLAND
George Goldsmith, chairman of the Statewide SEFA Council, and Ouida Dawson, executive director of Head Start of Rockland, announced that Head Start has been admitted to the New York State Employees Federated Appeal. This coveted designation permits state employees to make contributions directly to Head Start and other approved charities.
SEFA, the State Employees Federated Appeal, is a charitable solicitation of New York State employees conducted under the authority of State Finance Law § 201-1. State employees may give to any of the charitable organizations that participate in SEFA, which now includes Head Start of Rockland. Most important, SEFA unlocks the power and convenience of payroll deduction for making contributions.
SEFA encourages participants to make their contribution a personal and meaningful decision, including designating their gifts for specific charities like Head Start of Rockland. Employees may have their gift sent to one, two, three or more specific organizations. The choice is theirs.
Head Start of Rockland is the leading provider of preschool and early childhood education in Rockland County with nearly 900 children attending its schools. The agency is accredited by the National Association for Education of Young Children (NAEYC) and is licensed in New York for child care and preschool special education services. It is one of the 200 largest employers in Rockland County.
For information on making a contribution to Head Start of Rockland, please log on to its website, www.headstartofrockland.org, or call Peter Flierl, director of philanthropy, at 845-358-2234, ext 43. You can also provide feedback at the agency’s blog, www.headstartofrockland.blogspot.com, one of the first blogs administered by a nonprofit in Rockland County.
SEFA, the State Employees Federated Appeal, is a charitable solicitation of New York State employees conducted under the authority of State Finance Law § 201-1. State employees may give to any of the charitable organizations that participate in SEFA, which now includes Head Start of Rockland. Most important, SEFA unlocks the power and convenience of payroll deduction for making contributions.
SEFA encourages participants to make their contribution a personal and meaningful decision, including designating their gifts for specific charities like Head Start of Rockland. Employees may have their gift sent to one, two, three or more specific organizations. The choice is theirs.
Head Start of Rockland is the leading provider of preschool and early childhood education in Rockland County with nearly 900 children attending its schools. The agency is accredited by the National Association for Education of Young Children (NAEYC) and is licensed in New York for child care and preschool special education services. It is one of the 200 largest employers in Rockland County.
For information on making a contribution to Head Start of Rockland, please log on to its website, www.headstartofrockland.org, or call Peter Flierl, director of philanthropy, at 845-358-2234, ext 43. You can also provide feedback at the agency’s blog, www.headstartofrockland.blogspot.com, one of the first blogs administered by a nonprofit in Rockland County.
CARS FOR TOTS SUPPORTS HEAD START
We are pleased to announce that Cars for Tots located at 230 Route 303 South in West Nyack has made a donation of $486 to Head Start of Rockland for support of its preschool and early childhood education programs in Rockland County. Among those making a gift of a used car on behalf of Head Start are: Stephanie Arone, Christopher Candreva, Anthony Kliamovich, Joanne Leddy, Annie Mardirossian, James B. Murtaugh, Cicilio Pena, Mary Rosadio, Sergio Roman, Patricia Ryan, and James Slinn.
If you would like to donate your used car and get a tax deduction for making a gift in support of children in Rockland County, please call Cars for Tots at 845-727-3000 or call Peter Flierl, Director of Philanthropy & Communications at 203-273-5168. You can make a difference in the lives of young children! Call today.
If you would like to donate your used car and get a tax deduction for making a gift in support of children in Rockland County, please call Cars for Tots at 845-727-3000 or call Peter Flierl, Director of Philanthropy & Communications at 203-273-5168. You can make a difference in the lives of young children! Call today.
Monday, March 03, 2008
VIRTUAL MARCH FOR CHILDREN
Advocates who care for young children will conduct a "Virtual March" on Washington on Tuesday, March 4, 2008 urging Congress to provide icreased funding for Head Start and child care.
Child care and Head Start funding has been essentially flat for 7 years. The minimal increase of $148,000,000 for Head Start barely meets inflation and does nothing to pay for quality improvements in the recent bipartisan reauthorization of the Head Start Act.
Partners for the virtual march are: National Association for the Education of Young Children, National Women's Law Center, Child Welfare league of America, Early Childhood and Education Consortium, National Head Start Association, and Voices for America's Children, among others.
You can "join the march" by calling Nita Lowey at 203-225-6506/225-0546, Eliot Engel at 845-735-1000, or Hilary Clinton at 202-224-4451/202-228-0282.
Child care and Head Start funding has been essentially flat for 7 years. The minimal increase of $148,000,000 for Head Start barely meets inflation and does nothing to pay for quality improvements in the recent bipartisan reauthorization of the Head Start Act.
Partners for the virtual march are: National Association for the Education of Young Children, National Women's Law Center, Child Welfare league of America, Early Childhood and Education Consortium, National Head Start Association, and Voices for America's Children, among others.
You can "join the march" by calling Nita Lowey at 203-225-6506/225-0546, Eliot Engel at 845-735-1000, or Hilary Clinton at 202-224-4451/202-228-0282.
READ TO YOUR BUNNY - Rockland Parent Child
SPRING INTO READING: “READ TO YOUR BUNNY”
March is Early Childhood Literacy Month at The ROCKLAND PARENT-CHILD CENTER
On March 1st, the Rockland Parent-Child Center, with the support of a grant from the Target Foundation, will be launching their “Spring Into Reading” early childhood literacy project, heralding a month long series of special events and activities designed to promote literacy among the toddlers and pre-schoolers who participate in their “Parents and Toddlers Together” program, as well as children and families from their local community. The following programs will be held during the month of March at the Rockland Parent-Child Center, located at 137 First Avenue in Nyack.
Toddler Literary Lunch Bunch
Storytime, food and refreshments -- Wednesdays in March, 11:30am to 12noon
March 5 “Mice & Beans”*
March 12 “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie”*
March 26th “Click, Clack, Moo”*
Spring Into Reading Saturdays
“Read To Your Bunny”* themed stories, arts & crafts, refreshments & give-aways!
March 1, 10:30am to 12noon
March 29, 10:30am to 12noon
*”Read To Your Bunny” By Rosemary Wells. Published By Scholastic Books, 1999.
*”Mice & Beans” By Pam Munoz Ryan, Scholastic Books, 2001
* “If You Give a Mouse A Cookie” By Laura Joffe Numeroff, Laura Geringer Books, 1985
* “Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type” By Doreen Cronin, Simon & Schuster, 2000
Molly Gibeau-Griffin, Executive Director, said: “Literacy for toddlers is about promoting a child’s self-esteem and helping parents learn about and engage in reading readiness activities. Pre-verbal children cannot express to you how much they take in. It is critical that parents speak and read as much as they can to their youngsters. At RPCC, we believe that children’s earliest experiences with learning set the stage for learning through life. Our Parents and Toddlers Together program has been an integral part of the fabric of our community for over twenty years. Hundreds of families with toddlers have come through our doors seeking advice, support, and guidance in raising their children. We are so happy to be a part of that process for so many young children and their parents and we are grateful to Target for giving us the support we need to help make it all happen.”
“At Target, we are making a real difference every day through our grant-making program,” said Laysha Ward, vice president, community relations, Target. “We’re proud to partner with the Rockland Parent-Child Center as part of our ongoing commitment to give back to the communities where our guests and team members live and work.”
The Rockland Parent-Child Center, located at 137 First Avenue in Nyack, is a family support center that offers a broad range of family support services, including infant/toddler playgroups, parent support groups, educational workshops and support for incarcerated parents. Housed in a cozy Victorian home on a tree-lined street, the Rockland Parent-Child Center has been providing a safe and welcoming gathering place for families from all walks of life for over 20 years.
For information, contact Wanda Octaviano, Director of Programs at 845-358-2702 or e-mail Wanda@rocklandparentchild.org.
March is Early Childhood Literacy Month at The ROCKLAND PARENT-CHILD CENTER
On March 1st, the Rockland Parent-Child Center, with the support of a grant from the Target Foundation, will be launching their “Spring Into Reading” early childhood literacy project, heralding a month long series of special events and activities designed to promote literacy among the toddlers and pre-schoolers who participate in their “Parents and Toddlers Together” program, as well as children and families from their local community. The following programs will be held during the month of March at the Rockland Parent-Child Center, located at 137 First Avenue in Nyack.
Toddler Literary Lunch Bunch
Storytime, food and refreshments -- Wednesdays in March, 11:30am to 12noon
March 5 “Mice & Beans”*
March 12 “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie”*
March 26th “Click, Clack, Moo”*
Spring Into Reading Saturdays
“Read To Your Bunny”* themed stories, arts & crafts, refreshments & give-aways!
March 1, 10:30am to 12noon
March 29, 10:30am to 12noon
*”Read To Your Bunny” By Rosemary Wells. Published By Scholastic Books, 1999.
*”Mice & Beans” By Pam Munoz Ryan, Scholastic Books, 2001
* “If You Give a Mouse A Cookie” By Laura Joffe Numeroff, Laura Geringer Books, 1985
* “Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type” By Doreen Cronin, Simon & Schuster, 2000
Molly Gibeau-Griffin, Executive Director, said: “Literacy for toddlers is about promoting a child’s self-esteem and helping parents learn about and engage in reading readiness activities. Pre-verbal children cannot express to you how much they take in. It is critical that parents speak and read as much as they can to their youngsters. At RPCC, we believe that children’s earliest experiences with learning set the stage for learning through life. Our Parents and Toddlers Together program has been an integral part of the fabric of our community for over twenty years. Hundreds of families with toddlers have come through our doors seeking advice, support, and guidance in raising their children. We are so happy to be a part of that process for so many young children and their parents and we are grateful to Target for giving us the support we need to help make it all happen.”
“At Target, we are making a real difference every day through our grant-making program,” said Laysha Ward, vice president, community relations, Target. “We’re proud to partner with the Rockland Parent-Child Center as part of our ongoing commitment to give back to the communities where our guests and team members live and work.”
The Rockland Parent-Child Center, located at 137 First Avenue in Nyack, is a family support center that offers a broad range of family support services, including infant/toddler playgroups, parent support groups, educational workshops and support for incarcerated parents. Housed in a cozy Victorian home on a tree-lined street, the Rockland Parent-Child Center has been providing a safe and welcoming gathering place for families from all walks of life for over 20 years.
For information, contact Wanda Octaviano, Director of Programs at 845-358-2702 or e-mail Wanda@rocklandparentchild.org.
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