NEWS

Annual Early Childhood Conference at Saint Mary’s College - “Joyfully Connecting with All” October 26, 2024. Several workshop sessions will be delivered in Spanish and sessions will be presented that are designed specifically for early educators working with infants/toddlers/two year olds, preschoolers and administrators/directors. Training...

Beacon Health System received a $5.4 million grant from the federal Health Resources and Services Administration for the Healthy Start Initiative: Eliminating Disparities in Perinatal Health. The Healthy Start Initiative will aim to improve birth outcomes, promote health equity, and eliminate health disparities. As part of the initiative, the...

The Building Strong Brains Coalition continues to strategically learn together, develop, and implement action strategies, as well as identify ways to overcome barriers to progress. These diagrams show how the three action team focus areas are evolving to be more precise and focused on overcoming those challenges. Maternal and Child Health Action...

Caitlin Wynne, a member of the Community Supports for Children and Families Action Team who works as a school social worker at Bristol Elementary, reached out to ask if the Building Strong Brains network had a kindergarten readiness tool for public use. Caitlin was seeking a tool that she could share with families to help encourage kindergarten...

Communications Support Team Surveyed the community to learn about Elkhart County early childhood messaging Conducted a branding workshop Launched social media. Follow Building Strong Brains on Facebook Developing and planning a website refresh Data Support Team Reviewed Elkhart County and state dashboards Developed an inventory of existing...

FREE Professional Development Opportunity: Intentional Teaching (earlylearningindiana.org) IU Early Childhood Center at the Indiana Institute of Disability and Community is hosting There is Always Hope: 2024 Early Childhood Relational Health Webinar Series. This multi-part series is completely free for all early childhood professionals in...

Share this newsletter Connect a family to the TMW Institute SPEAK CAT study Follow the Building Strong Brains Facebook Page Connect a family to Parent Cafes Connect a family to Triple P for Baby Connect a family to Bright by Text Connect a family to Imagination Library Children from birth to 5 years old can be signed up to receive a free book...

Libraries are pillars in our community that serve the public good as places where we can see knowledge and connection. Libraries play a huge role in community literacy. They help all of us learn and grow. They work for the public good. We are excited that our local libraries are joining the community in the Building Strong Brains work as key...

Dolly Parton’s Imagination LibraryCrossroads United Way, Elkhart County’s Imagination Library affiliate, is leading the continued outreach and enrollment of young children in Elkhart County. Elkhart County has already enrolled 1,445 children to receive a free book every month. Children from birth to 5 years old can be signed up to receive a free...

Libraries are one of the bedrocks of American life and experience. They are community treasures that play huge roles in inspiring and educating our communities. Thank you to our Elkhart County libraries for the amazing and important work they do in Elkhart County! Representatives from Elkhart County libraries are actively engaged in the Building...