Monthly Archives: April 2014

State Senate approves bill establishing Office of Early Childhood and advancing preschool expansion

Posted on April 30, 2014 by rachelbwilf

On Friday, a bill designed to expand preschool access and move our state toward a unified, comprehensive early childhood system took a major step forward when the Senate voted to pass the proposal in a bipartisan vote (33-2). “Today, with … Continue reading →

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Read, Count, Grow: Our new program offers providers hands-on support focused on literacy and numeracy

Posted on April 29, 2014 by rachelbwilf

A provider helps children trace their feet on paper and measure them A child matches lids and tops to containers of different sizes At mealtime, a provider helps children count food, utensils, and dishware A child compares wooden blocks of … Continue reading →

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Connecticut’s Help Me Grow Campaign for Early Screening and Intervention, by Pavita Singh and Rachel Wilf

Posted on April 21, 2014 by rachelbwilf

Imagine living in a world where all children have “the opportunity to develop as optimally as possible.” This is the vision of Help Me Grow, a program of the Connecticut Office of Early Childhood. This spring, the Office of Early … Continue reading →

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Essential business advice for family child care providers, by Julia Granata

Posted on April 18, 2014 by rachelbwilf

For the past two and a half years, Julia Granata has been supporting All Our Kin’s family child care providers in planning and running sustainable and profitable small child care businesses. She’s an expert in overcoming the specific business challenges … Continue reading →

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A Hamden family child care provider reopens her program with help from All Our Kin

Posted on April 16, 2014 by rachelbwilf

When Geraldine Elliott first started a family child care program as a young mother over twenty years ago, she felt isolated from sources of support and ill-equipped to manage her business. Although she loved taking care of kids, eventually, she … Continue reading →

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Celebrating the Week of the Young Child with the children in your life

Posted on April 12, 2014 by rachelbwilf

This week, communities across Connecticut are celebrating young children and the parents, family members, caregivers, and teachers who support them. If you have a young child in your life, we hope you agree with this statement from Alison Gopnik, Andrew … Continue reading →

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On Pay Equity Day, celebrating the work of early childhood providers

Posted on April 8, 2014 by rachelbwilf

Today is national Pay Equity Day, a day to raise public awareness about the gap between men’s and women’s wages. One of the most commonly cited statistics is that women working full time typically earn just 77 cents on the … Continue reading →

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New CLASP report: job schedule volatility in low-wage occupations underscores need to increase access to flexible, affordable child care options

Posted on April 4, 2014 by rachelbwilf

Today we have a guest post from Ray Noonan, a junior at Yale University who is currently interning at All Our Kin. Ray first joined All Our Kin as a Dwight Hall Summer Fellow in 2013. We are very thankful … Continue reading →

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