Please join us for an update on efforts being made in early education to support children’s health and wellness, including updates from Governor DeWine’s Office of Childhood Initiatives, Ohio Department of Health, Ohio Department of Education and ongoing work by the OECHN working groups. We will be meeting in person in Columbus at OCCRRA and via this webinar link for those who are unable to travel in for the updates.
Feed Our Future: Local Foods for Growing Minds began as a local farm to school effort in Northeast Ohio to inspire local school districts and households to promote healthy, local foods. Over the past year, Feed Our Future has expanded its presence to reach both a regional and national audience, partnering with other like-minded organizations to ensure that school aged children have choice for local foods and also have opportunities to engage with the local food system within their school community.
In partnership with the Early Ages Healthy Stages coalition, Feed Our Future is currently exploring ways in which its model can be expanded to support early education.
Register for the webinar here.
Healthier Generation will be hosting a Take 15 Family Engagement Webinar on November 7th at 4:30 PM ET. https://healthiergeneration.webex.com/healthiergeneration/k2/j.php?MTID=t7d6b8f56170afb318995b55bd071bc8a
Anyone interested in learning more about general family engagement best practices/communication strategies can register for this free webinar at the link above. The webinar is only 15 minutes long so hopefully can accommodate more schedules.
Healthier Generation is also providing OECHN with early-access to one of our newest family engagement resources, a Healthy Day Checklist, attached and linked here: https://www.healthiergeneration.org/resources/healthy-day-checklist.
All future Family Engagement resources will be housed here: https://www.healthiergeneration.org/resources/family-engagement.
This session will give a brief introduction and overview of the PAX Good Behavior Game. Attendees will learn how PAX can teach self-regulation, self-management, and self-control in young people. When adults are equipped with the strategies to teach these skills to children in addition to academics, they create a nurturing environment that has dramatic impact on children, schools, and communities.
To register, click here.
Please join us for an update on efforts being made in early education to support children’s health and wellness, including updates from Ohio Department of Health, Ohio Department of Education and ongoing work by the OECHN working groups.
Meeting is taking place via webinar. To register, please click here.
The Ohio Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics and Ohio Department of Health invite you to a Parenting at Mealtime and Playtime (PMP) training that will focus on breastfeeding!
You will learn tips on how to support mom and the baby.
There will be a physician, as well as a WIC and ODH consultant that will be sharing specialized information.
You will learn how to use PMP resources which include a variety of family-friendly handouts such as “Breastfeeding” and a mobile app.
To register, go to OhioTRAIN at https://oh.train.org . If you have not used OhioTRAIN before, go to “Create Account” on the website and follow the directions. Once you are in OhioTRAIN, enter the course number 1088699 in the search box.
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.