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What does EAHS look like when we do our best work?

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Or dial 1-800-216-0770, Passcode:  427883

This meeting will be centered around interactive discussions that continue to revisit our mission, vision, and values.

Agenda:

• Welcome and Introductions
• Review of January 2020 Meeting
• Review of Strategic Planning Activities to Date
• Overview of Results Based Accountability Framework
• Part 2 – Mission, Vision, Values exercise
• Strategic Planning Next Steps

We need your experience, knowledge, generosity, and passion! When we work together, we can make sure that young children in Cuyahoga County are growing healthy bodies and minds, right from the start!

Do you have questions regarding social distancing in your early care and education program? Join this one-hour chat discussion with pediatrician, Danette Glassy, MD, FAAP. Dr. Glassy will review the CDC guidance for early care and education programs and provide practical strategies for implementation in a variety of early care programs.

The registration link can be used for both the live event and on-demand viewing. The recording will be available to watch on-demand starting 30 minutes after the event ends until June 15, 2020. Because access to the live event is limited and the session may be full, we recommend watching the webinar on-demand. A version with English closed captions will also be posted on the Early Childhood Learning and Knowledge Center (ECLKC) in the coming weeks.

Participants will receive an email with a link to download the certificate of attendance, at the end of either the live event or on-demand viewing.

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As communities in the United States begin to re-open, you will have to make decisions to keep your staff and the families you serve safe. Public health officials have provided guidance that answers some of your questions, but other decisions will have to be made using your best judgment. Join the CDC Foundation for a 90-minute online seminar that will:

• Discuss how the virus works and spreads
• Share a process that can help you analyze the risks in your unique settings
• Work through some relevant scenarios with public health experts

Join us for a virtual discussion around the impact of housing and healthcare and the promising approach to improving maternal/infant health
About this Event
Research Findings and Recommendations for Policy Makers

Safe, stable, and quality housing is essential for families—particularly mothers and children–to thrive and achieve optimal health. However, a lack of affordable housing nationwide has made families vulnerable to high housing cost burden and housing instability, as households are forced to make tradeoffs between housing and other basic needs, such as food, healthcare, and utilities. This puts families under high stress and places them at risk for homelessness and additional material hardships. This can have significant impacts on child and maternal health.

Given the significant impact of housing on perinatal health, integrating and aligning housing and healthcare may be a promising approach to improve maternal health and infant vitality.

Healthy Beginnings at Home (HBAH) is an innovative initiative designed to improve perinatal outcomes among women experiencing housing instability. HBAH brings together housing and health-care organizations in partnership to demonstrate the positive benefits of safe, stable and affordable housing on maternal and infant health outcomes.

This event will highlight observations from HBAH, new research, and explore emerging policy recommendations to integrate and align housing and healthcare.

Please join us as researchers from Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Children’s HealthWatch facilitate a discussion on policy recommendations, including our featured speaker, Dr. Megan Sandel.

You’re invited to join us for a child care round table discussion featuring Akron Mayor Daniel Horrigan and Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley this Friday, July 17th from 11 AM to 12 PM. During the webinar, participants will discuss the critical role child care plays in supporting families, businesses, and the local economy. Round table participants will include:

• Mayor Daniel Horrigan, City of Akron
• Mayor Nan Whaley, City of Dayton
• Laura DiCola, Summit Education Initiative
• Palmer Jason, Good Shepherd Academy Child Care
• Ronette Moss, Akron Area YMCA
• Charmaine Webster, Dayton/Montgomery County Preschool Promise

The discussion will be facilitated by Shannon Jones, Executive Director of Groundwork Ohio. We invite you to join us in watching the live discussion and submitting your questions and feedback through the chat box function.

You’re invited to join us for a child care round table discussion with Congressman Troy Balderson this THURSDAY, July 23rd from 9-9:45 AM. During the webinar, participants will share their experiences and concerns with Congressman Balderson, along with the critical need to support child care during the COVID-19 recovery. Round table participants will include:

• Leigh Anne Easterling, Mary Evans Child Development Center
• Eric Karolak, Action for Children
• Kimberly Tice, Ohio AEYC

The discussion will be facilitated by Shannon Jones, Executive Director of Groundwork Ohio. We invite you to join us in watching the live discussion and submitting your questions and feedback through the chat box function.

The Strategic Planning Train is Moving

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This meeting will be centered around the decisions we have made based on your feedback and our progress to date on our new strategic plan.

Agenda:

• Welcome and Introductions
• Review of May 2020 Meeting
• Review of Strategic Planning Activities to Date
• Strategic Planning Next Steps

We need your experience, knowledge, generosity, and passion! When we work together, we can make sure that young children in Cuyahoga County are growing healthy bodies and minds, right from the start!

Ohio Legislative Children’s Caucus Webinar

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Join us as we begin planning our strategies that support nutrition and physical activity opportunities for young children and their families in Cuyahoga County.   This virtual strategic planning meeting will challenge us to consider ways to think about our work to have the biggest impact on our community.

We are excited to begin our discussion this week on our coalition’s work focused on the nutrition and physical activity needs of young children.  As a part of our discussion, we are requesting you come to the discussion considering the following:

• What is within the coalition’s control to address these needs? Please consider our pillars of work:  training and technical assistance, research and evaluation, community collaborations, and advocacy and communications.
• How are we currently doing? We will:
  • Identify 3 indicators that support the results statement (All children in early care and education are healthy in Cuyahoga county)
  • If data is not available we can develop a data agenda
  • Prioritized list for new or improved data
  • Where would you want to invest resources to develop quality data?
• What will it take to do better? We will discuss:
  • No cost/low cost solutions
  • Off the wall ideas
  • What does the research say about what works?
  • Information and research agenda

Meeting Information: 

Microsoft Teams meeting

Join on your computer or mobile app:  Click here to join the meeting

Or call in (audio only)

Phone Number: 1 469-208-1353

Passcode:  863194810#

Phone Conference ID: 863 194 810#

We are excited to begin our discussion this week on our coalition’s work focused on social emotional needs of young children.  As a part of our discussion, we are requesting you come to the discussion considering the following.  If you are unable to attend the meeting, please feel free to send your thoughts to me via email.

1. What is within the coalition’s control to address these needs? Please consider our pillars of work:  training and technical assistance, research and evaluation, community collaborations, and advocacy and communications.
2. How are we currently doing? We will:
   • Identify 3 indicators that support the results statement (All children in early care and education are healthy in Cuyahoga county)
   • If data is not available we can develop a data agenda
     • Prioritized list for new or improved data
     • Where would you want to invest resources to develop quality data?
3. What will it take to do better? We will discuss:
   • No cost/low cost solutions
   • Off the wall ideas
   • What does the research say about what works?
   • Information and research agenda

Meeting Information: 

Join on your computer or mobile app:  Click here to join the meeting

Or call in (audio only)

Phone Number:  1-469-208-1353

Phone Conference ID: 880 323 798#