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Idaho KIDS COUNT Policy Cafe
Small Faces in a BIG Recession - Part 2:
Making it Better for Kids - What Will it Take?
Date: July 14, 2010
Location: Boise, ID.
Event presentations and reports are available on this page in the "Small Faces"
section - scroll down to find "Small Faces in a BIG Recession - Part 2."
Say Hello on Halloween
Date: October 31, 2009
In 2009 Idaho KIDS COUNT joined with several other organizations to encourage everyone to "Say Hello on Halloween!"
Click here for more information about the "Say Hello on Halloween" project.
Click here to download the "Say Hello on Halloween" sign for your door. (large file--3.51 MB)
Idaho KIDS COUNT Academy
Date: October 8, 2009
Location: Boise, ID. Click here for event presentations, a video, and more!
Idaho KIDS COUNT Policy Cafe
Making Use of Economic Recovery Funds Part 2: Youth and Young Adult Options for Idaho
Date: September 10, 2009
Location: BSU Student Union Building, Hatch Ballroom C
Click here to view the draft agenda.
Idaho KIDS COUNT Forum
Making Use of Economic Recovery Funds: Child Care and Early Education Options for Idaho
Date: March 27, 2009
Location: Le Cafe de Paris, basement banquet room
Click here to view the agenda.
IVC Fall Forum
October 24, 2008
Click here to view forum materials posted on the Idaho Voices for Children website.
IVC Early Learning Forum
September 4, 2008
Owyhee Plaza Hotel, Boise
Click here to view forum materials and presentations posted on the Idaho Voices for Children website.
IVC--KINCARE Policy Forum
June 18, 2008
Click here to view forum materials and presentations posted on the Idaho Voices for Children website.
News
About Legislative Action on Children
6/24/08
House Passes Major Child Welfare Bill
The House of Representatives passed the Fostering
Connections to Success Act (H.R. 6307), major new child welfare legislation that
would create a new kinship care program, provide services for children aging out
of foster care, provide new money for training for private child welfare
providers, and provide for the educational stability and health care needs of
children in the child welfare system.
4/5/08
Linda Jensen and Harriet Shaklee: Legislators once again fail to support early education in Idaho
Idaho Statesman, Reader's View
2/25/08
Advocates hope pre-K poll wakes up lawmakers
Idaho Statesman
1/9/08
Family Task Force offers no legislative proposals
Idaho Statesman
About Idaho Child Well-being
8/8/08
Linda Jensen: Idaho needs tighter rules for those who watch kids.
Idaho Statesman
Idaho KIDS COUNT E-newsletters
The 2010 KIDS COUNT Databook is now available! Click here to see the report, data, and additional resources.
New Reports from the Idaho KIDS COUNT Policy Cafe on July 14th - "Small Faces in a BIG Recession - Part 2: Making it Better for Kids - What Will it Take?"
- Powerpoint: "Why Poverty Matters", Harriet Shaklee
- Full Report: "When it Comes to Kids, Poverty Matters", Harriet Shaklee
- Powerpoint: "Idaho's Working Mothers", Judy Brown
- Judy Brown's full report: coming soon
New Idaho KIDS COUNT Report:
"Serving Idaho’s Children, Youth and Young Adults: Tracking ARRA Spending in Idaho"
by Judith L. Brown, April 2010
This is the fourth in a series of monthly updates tracking Idaho’s use of stimulus funds under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), enacted in February 2009.
New Idaho KIDS COUNT Report:
Statewide Survey of Early Education & Pre-K Program Standards (2010)
This project provides a resource for the groups working to adopt statewide program standards for early education programs.
Join the conversation! Click here to participate in the new Idaho KIDS COUNT e-Forum today!
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