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August Family Child Care Networking Event Thank you to Geminus for visiting family child care providers in Elkhart County to invite them to the Family Child Care Networking event held last month. Each provider received a bag filled with information, resources, and giveaways, along with an invitation to attend the event.  Family child care...

Launching Beyond the Blues Beyond the Blues is a group for pregnant and postpartum women with perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMADs) that will be launching at Oaklawn’s Goshen location in September.  The group came about through collaboration between members of the Building Strong Brains  Maternal and Infant Health action team. Katy Carlson...

Professional Development Opportunity for New School Leaders and Center Directors Early Learning Indiana, in partnership with McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership at National Louis University, is inviting new school leaders to grow their leadership skills through a three-part professional development series. This series is generously...

  4 Virtual Sessions Tuesdays Sept. 17, October 1, 15, 29 6:30-7:30 p.m. 4 Weeks Long Register here.

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...