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Young Children are Artists Too

To honor the annual Week of the Young Child, April 10-16, 2021, Edward Street is planning to present a young children’s art exhibit entitled “Spring is Busting Out All Over!” which will be held in the Printer’s Building Hallway Gallery on Portland Street in Worcester. We are planning to exhibit the children’s artwork from April 1-30,2021.              

Please contact - Jo Ann Borinski @ jborinski@edwardstreet.org if you are interested in participating  by February 19th. 

 Project Bread Legislative Agenda:

• school meals universally free for all students
• improve nutrition standards for school meals
• encourage sourcing from local producers and processors

 For those of you who were not able to join the Boston Children’s Hospital virtual panel on supporting early childhood mental health, you can still watch the recording. Please click below

 Looking for a new professional development opportunity? Tune in to this series of free video chats with Brookes authors, renowned experts on inclusive education, early childhood, and communication and language development. These brief, informal chats are a great chance to get tips and guidance from the experts on the topics you care about the most. 

 Universal child care just got a boost in Massachusetts where a new bill – nicknamed “The Common Start Legislation” – was filed yesterday at the State House.  

 A COALITION OF early education advocates will introduce an ambitious proposal Tuesday to completely overhaul the state’s early education system. The legislation would provide universal, affordable early education in Massachusetts, turning childcare from a system that is now largely private pay to one that is primarily publicly funded.  

 Massachusetts establecería gradualmente un sistema universal de educación temprana y cuidado infantil desde el nacimiento hasta los 5 años, bajo un proyecto de ley nuevo respaldado por una coalición estatal de más de 120 grupos. 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has made $50.8 million in grants available to support small businesses, microenterprises, and their employees, families and communities. Massachusetts Growth Capital Corporation (MGCC) will be administering these funds to businesses experiencing economic hardship and a loss of income due to the COVID-19 pandemic   

 From Katherine Clark, 5th District of Massachusetts.  

Child care is fundamental to our families and our economy. The U.S. child care industry supports more than $99 billion in total economic activity. In addition to its valuable role to our economy, access to child care enables parents to provide for their families and women to enter and stay in the workforce. Child care is also central to the development and future success of our children. Simply put, child care is essential.   

  The Worcester Public Schools Nutrition Department is providing breakfast and lunch meals to our students this 2020-2021 school year. Meals are available while students are participating in remote/distance learning. We are finding that many parents are not availing themselves of this resource and want to hear from you what the obstacles may be.  Please let us know how we can help remove the barriers to access this resource.