SAVE THE DATE -- Fall Networking Institute

Dental Health Forum - Sept 14th

Are you a Health or Nutrition Professional in your Head Start Program?  Are you planing to attend the Dental Health Forum?

Information just went out.  See your Program Director if you didn't get the flyer.

Are You Going to the Early Childhood Summit?

Early Childhood 2010: Innovation for the Next Generation


August 3-4, 2010
Hilton Washington Hotel
Washington, D.C.

For more information check out:   http://www.earlychildhood2010.org/

Request for Public Comments -- Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Note:  The following is a reprint of a email correspondence from NHSA Public Policy Director Ben Allen.  It is submitted as an FYI item.


Earlier this year, federal lawmakers approved the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (also known as the Affordable Care Act or ACA). This act created the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting program and provided $1.5 billion in mandatory funding over 5 years to fund this program. This program is designed to provide high quality, evidence-based, voluntary early childhood home visitation services to families living in at-risk communities. The act specifies that most of the program’s funds must be used for “evidence-based” home visiting program models.

Consequently, the Health Resources and Services Administration and the Administration for Children and Families in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is soliciting public comments on the proposed criteria for evidence of effectiveness of home visiting program models for pregnant women, expectant fathers, and caregivers of children birth through kindergarten entry. Public comments are due by August 17, 2010.


For More Information:
http://my.nhsa.org/download/RequestforPublicCommentsonHomeVisiting.pdf

Board and Committee Co-Chairs to Meet August 11th

Summer is a time for fun, but it is also a time for planning for the new school year.  Your MHSA leaders will be meeting on August 11th to set goals and brainstorm strategies for your Association.

Do you have something to tell them?  Is there something on your mind?  Do you have suggestions for strategies?  We'd love to hear from you.  Leave us you comments or contact us through the MHSA website contact page.

Thank you,

The Next Public Policy Committee Meeting

The next Public Policy Committee Meeting of the MHSA will be a web conference on Monday, July 26th at 10 AM. 

To register for the meeting Click Here.

Welcome to the New MdHSA Blog

We have added a new communication tool to our line up!  We hope you will return often to this extension of the MHSA website for up to date information about Head Start in the state of Maryland and early child care and school readiness in general.

Want to be a guest author?  Contact Acting Executive Director Nadine Owens Burton.

Stay tune!