8 Reasons To Attend Symposium 2016

By Lynette Fraga, Ph.D. on February 03, 2016

Child Care Aware® of America has a lot of great sessions, discussions, and events lined up for you at Symposium 2016 in April. We’re working hard to put together a program that includes opportunities to learn from and interact with your peers, speak with policymakers about the best ways to affect real change, and learn from experts on data, legislation, and resources for the field.

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Child Care Aware® of America Announces 10 Sites For Vroom Rollout

By Chrisi West on January 29, 2016

Arlington, VA – Today, Child Care Aware® of America announces the selection of ten sites across the country that will join a national network of communities, states, and organizations activating Vroom, an initiative of the Bezos Family Foundation that is helping parents across the country promote brain development in children birth to five years old.

Topics: Systems Building, Family & Community Engagement, News

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W. K. Kellogg Foundation Partnership to Help Families Find Quality Child Care

By Chrisi West on January 27, 2016

Arlington, VA -   Child Care Aware® of America (CCAoA) in partnership with local Child Care Resource and Referral (CCRR&R) agencies, with support from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, will launch a new initiative to improve access to accurate information about quality early childhood education and care, particularly to and for low income families.,

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Child Nutrition Reauthorization In Reach

By Guest Blogger on January 20, 2016

Today, the Senate Agriculture Committee held a hearing to markup the “Improving Child Nutrition Integrity and Access Act of 2016” a bill that reauthorizes and amends the child nutrition portion of the National School Lunch Act (NSLA).

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Examining the Flint, Michigan Water Crisis

By Adina Young on January 15, 2016

The city of Flint, Michigan is home to nearly 100,000 residents. Throughout the past several months, these residents have been living a nightmare scenario: the water flowing out of their taps is not safe to drink.

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December 2015 Footnotes

By Lynette Fraga, Ph.D. on January 11, 2016

We’re finally feeling winter’s chill here in Arlington, Virginia, so it’s as good a time as any to sit down and recap everything we were able to accomplish in December!

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