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CCC&Y Weekly Newsletter Update for Sept. 28, 2022
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Prevent Child Abuse Arizona — We’re Hiring! Statewide Safe Babies Court Teams Coordinator
The Statewide Safe Babies Court Teams Coordinator will work in collaboration with judicial and child welfare leadership, community partners and identified sites to enhance three identified Safe Babies Court Team (SBCT) sites in Arizona through planning, implementation, training, and evaluation.
The Statewide Coordinator will also convene the state-level leadership team, county-based court teams, and other stakeholders to promote coordination and collaboration; provide community-wide and SBCT-specific training opportunities; and conduct ongoing data collection for outcome tracking. The Coordinator will explore and champion prevention services statewide to reduce out-of-home placement for infants and toddlers.
United Way of Northern Arizona — UWNA Annual Campaign Begins!
Step Up for Our Community and be part of the movement that is continuing to make positive, lasting changes in Coconino, Navajo and Apache counties by donating today to the United Way of Northern Arizona.
Together we can:
Improve early childhood development through education initiatives like KinderCamp™ and the Dolly Parton Imagination Library.
Encourage positive youth development to ensure strong and resilient teens.
Help our neighbors in times of emergency by providing basic needs for safety and security.
Education Forward Arizona — Take Action to Prioritize Arizona Education
Arizona voters care about the issues that matter most in helping students to succeed.
In fact, a recent survey shows Arizona voters have clear priorities for education, including:
Ensuring we have great teachers and school leaders;
Addressing school funding and teacher pay;
Helping more students improve in reading and math; and
Increasing opportunities for Career and Technical education.
CCC&Y Weekly Newsletter Update for Sept. 21, 2022
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CCC&Y supports Prop. 308. Please see Fact Sheet for more information
Arizona Proposition 308, the In-State Tuition for Non-Citizen Residents Measure, is on the ballot in Arizona as a legislatively referred state statute on November 8, 2022.
A “yes” vote supports allowing non-citizen students to receive in-state college tuition when a student (a) attended school in Arizona for at least two years and (b) graduated from a public school, private school, or homeschool in Arizona.
A “no” vote opposes allowing non-citizen students to receive in-state college tuition, thus continuing to require out-of-state tuition rates for non-citizen students who attended for at least two years and graduated from schools in Arizona.
First Things First — Child care scholarships, comradery, and support – A look inside Quality First
In this edition of Latest Things, we are bringing you three stories about Quality First, one of the primary statewide programs that First Things First funds. Quality First supports Arizona’s child care providers, so they can support our young children. Participating in Quality First is free for regulated child care centers, homes and preschool programs in Arizona. Currently, more than 1,300 providers across the state participate in Quality First. We invite other child care providers to join us, too.
United Way of Northern Arizona — Strategic Plan for Northeast AZ Underway
United Way of Northern Arizona is in the process of developing a plan to bolster our work in northeastern Arizona and support our nonprofit partners in Navajo and Apache counties.
The strategic plan being developed is similar to a process we went through several years ago in the greater Flagstaff region, which allowed us to refocus our efforts on the most critical needs in Coconino County.
A special Task Force has been assembled for this project and is being led by Eric Scott, Human Resource and Risk Manager for Navajo County and a member of the UWNA Board.
The creation of this plan comes at a time when this economically challenged area (poverty rates range from 23% to 32%) is going through an important transition. Utilities in the area are moving from coal-based energy to renewables and natural gas, resulting in the closure of three power plants in the region
Children’s Action Alliance – Arizona Center for Economic Progress — Save Our Schools AZ – Only one week left to get signatures!
We’re down to the wire to stop another attempt by the legislature to ignore the will of voters. They are again trying to dismantle public education and expand ESA vouchers which YOU have told them repeatedly, you do not support.
The petitions to stop this ill-advised expansion are due NEXT FRIDAY, Sept. 23rd. We need everyone to get a petition and get 10 signatures in 5 days! You can find petitions at teamsosarizona.com. You can also find locations to sign a petition if you haven’t already done so.
CCC&Y Weekly Newsletter Update for Sept. 14, 2022
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