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WSA Newsletter- Action Alert, Head Start advocacy for 2022, Racial Justice Resources ... conta.cc/39GVvoU

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Teachers, HV and Family Support Trainings! conta.cc/3h38Vjv

Resources for Families, May/June Training for Staff, Help us plan, Head Start advocacy alert conta.cc/3bAHxFR

We're excited to be accepting nominations for our Inaugural Executive Director! Know a relationship-driven & entrepreneurial leader committed to and rooted in anti-racist principles and practices? Send them our way! npag.com/waecpf-execdir #FirstTweet

Supporting approximately 5k early learners and their families, PSESD's Early Learning program met the challenges of COVID, while keeping focus on meeting the needs of National Head Start Association and WSA Head Start/ECEAP children, their families, and the staff supporting them. bit.ly/35nyYyc

👇🏾 This report highlighted #HeadStart as a model for the early care and education system across the country. nhsa.org/press_release/… Check out Liz Szabo's recent story on how Head Start is leading the way again. cc: WSA Head Start/ECEAP npr.org/sections/healt…

"By blocking new funding for the #HeadStart workforce, they will essentially be casting a vote to [deny] thousands of children the opportunity to be ready for kindergarten." Strong words from WSA Head Start/ECEAP. Read the full op/ed ⬇️ sanjuanjournal.com/life/head-star…

Head Start early learning short on staff in Southwest Washington clbn.us/6wY3B

Sen. Murray proposes measures to help parents with child care costs - and our Parent Ambassadors go to DC to help! king5.com/article/news/p… via KING 5 News

I started my career in politics as a parent advocate fighting to save my local preschool program. I know firsthand how important the work parent advocates like WSA Head Start/ECEAP are doing in WA state. I'm doing everything I can to support you and get my child care plan passed.

Thousands of WA’s most in-need families are struggling to get their children into an #EarlyLearning program, and a big part of the problem is the same thing hitting other economic sectors — a lack of available workers. ow.ly/GQJv50JnsKi Jeanie Lindsay 🏳️‍🌈 WSA Head Start/ECEAP WA State Department of Children, Youth & Families

👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾 This. Thank you to Naaz Modan for her coverage of the #HeadStart workforce crisis and to West Virginia Head Start Association, Inc. and @WSAHSeceap for sharing their voices and on-the-ground experiences.

Thanks to the support of the WSA Head Start/ECEAP Seattle Preschool Program WA State Department of Children, Youth & Families City of Seattle subsidy programs, and our families and communities, 81 children finished their final year of preschool at our José Martí Child Development Center and are ready for Kindergarten! Felicidades!

Two fabulous ECEAP directors testified yesterday at the House Children, Youth and Families Committee about workforce challenges faced by ECEAP and other #ece programs across the state. bit.ly/testimony120122 #waelex #waleg

ECEAP Director Jodi Wall lays out why staff compensation is so critical: “When kids are able to go through our programs, the impact is enormous. But we don’t have all our classrooms open because we don’t have enough staff. clbn.us/AjER1 #ece #waleg

.WSA Head Start/ECEAP provides vital funding for Head Start programs throughout the #SouthSound. I will always advocate for more education opportunities for families.

Initiative 2109 cut hundreds of millions from the children who need it most. There are only about 4000 Washingtonians who pay this capital gains tax - the very richest. Please vote no on 2109. #NoOn2109

Don't forget the human cost when balancing state budgets | Editorial seattletimes.com/opinion/editor… via The Seattle Times