For Our Babies is inviting guest bloggers (individuals and organizations) that have similar goals as this campaign to share resources and information. You locate the guest blogs using the “Guest Blog” blog category. Our first guest blog will be from Children Now talking about the Children’s Movement.
News Roundup: April 17
Prenatal Care Highlighting the importance of quality prenatal care, the Taylor County (Texas) Child Fatality Review Team found that the majority of reported child deaths within the county in 2010-2011 were related to preterm birth and preventable or treatable diseases and disorders. Dr. Nicole Bullock points out that many women in the area, especially those […]
News Roundup: April 12
As part of Leon County, Florida’s participation in the Whole Child Project, community healthcare organizations provide free developmental screenings for children between the ages of six months and five years. Designed to ensure children can enter kindergarten ready to learn, these screenings evaluate social-emotional, cognitive, and physical development to identify issues that might require intervention.[Source] […]
Brain Hero!
“What if you could take action to reduce crime, improve health and education levels, increase family incomes and state revenues, and improve the quality of life in communities throughout your state? Where would you begin? Science tells us that you may find the solutions to these complex social problems in early childhood when the brain […]
News Roundup: April 10
In an effort to track and eventually reduce pre-term births, Louisiana has instituted a new reporting program through it’s Department of Health and Hospitals. The Louisiana Birth Outcomes Initiative requires birth registration to include the gestation period and provides doctors the option of including information on the cause of early delivery. In addition, the Initiative […]
News Roundup
Illinois’ Child Care Assistance Program helps subsidize the cost of daycare for 85,000 families, but the program is facing severe cuts in the proposed state budget. [Source] Meigs County, Ohio has had to shutter their Child and Family Health Services and Pregnancy Care Clinic due to a loss of state funding. The clinic, in operation […]