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Investment in Family Child Care Training Program Boosts Local Economy

A recent University of Connecticut study commissioned by the Annie E. Casey Foundation further underscores the importance of investing in family child care training programs as implemented by All Our Kin, a New Haven nonprofit dedicated to educating and empowering parents and teachers with the resources and tools they need to run a successful business.

The training helps parents become licensed child-care providers, while expanding access to high-quality early care and education and giving families more child care choices.

Success By 6 Advisory Council

The Success By 6 Advisory Council actively participates in supporting the vision, mission and goals of Success By 6. Members serve in an advisory role and will use their content expertise and knowledge of early childhood-related issues in the community to promote leadership, dialogue, collaboration, public policy and regional planning that will help to connect Success By 6 to the region and beyond. Members will also identify opportunities that will guide the work of Success By 6 and advise United Way regarding community resources and investments.

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Children's Health Tool Kit: A Community Prescription for School Readiness

The Child Health and Development Institute of Connecticut (CHDI) has just released A Tool Kit for
Integrating Child Health Services into Community Early Childhood Initiatives designed to help communities
address health issues as part of their school readiness efforts. The implementation of the Tool Kit's
recommendations should create a fully integrated system that coordinates early care and education as
well as family services and supports with a comprehensive healthcare network to ensure optimal healthy

A Bird's Eye View

Submitted by Amy Townsley on June 28, 2011 - 1:45pm

As a result of participating in different town early childhood collaborative meetings, I am fortunate to have a bird’s eye view of early childhood issues in our region -- I have learned a lot about the unique resources of towns and cities in Connecticut while at the same time have found that community members are identifying similar challenges as they work to ensure all children and families have what they need to be successful.

SB6 Turns 6 Breakfast Celebration was a HUGE SUCCESS!

Success By 6 Turns Six Breakfast Celebration

On May 19, 2011, over 300 friends of United Way came together to celebrate the many accomplishments of Success By 6 since its formation six years ago. Success By 6 was born out of a community-wide needs assessment, known as COMPASS, that identified education disparity as a critical issue in our region.

Success By 6 is United Way’s initiative to ensure that children enter school developmentally on track in terms of health, literacy, social, emotional and intellectual skills regardless of race or socioeconomic status. Success By 6 is a key element of United Way’s Education work, and one of the primary ways United Way is working to address the achievement gap.

Enjoy this selection of photos from May 19th event.

Join Us In Celebrating The Week of the Young Child!

The Week of the Young Child, now in its 40th year, is an annual celebration sponsored by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). The purpose of the Week of the Young Child is to focus public attention on the needs of young children and their families and to recognize the early childhood programs and services that meet those needs. The 2011 Week of the Young Child is April 10-16 and the theme is Early Years are Learning Years.

Town Fair Tire Holds Born Learning Lunch and Learn

This year's campaign rally at Town Fair Tire's Corporate Headquarters featured Randy Whitcomb talking about how their giving has helped our communities through some tough times. Amy Townsley, Community Impact Coordinator, led the group through an introduction to Born Learning, United Way's national initiative to help parents feel comfortable as thier child's first teacher. Education begins when a child is born. The brain undergoes its most dramatic growth in the earliest years of life as children begin to develop their capacity to think, learn, speak, and reason.