The Urban Child Institute

01/31/2023

TN Families Need Affordable Childcare! Please consider signing the petition to support the Promising Futures Act (SB750/HB785)
https://lnkd.in/ejkdEGXR

Tennessee Child Care Crisis: A study by Tennesseans for Quality Early Education (TQEE) revealed that more than 80 percent of working parents reported employment disruptions due to inadequate child care, citing affordability, quality, and access as major challenges. Many reported recently quitting, being fired, or turning down a job offer or promotion as a result of child care problems. And one in five stopped seeking employment altogether.

Tennessee Promising Futures would offer child care scholarships for lower-income and middle-income parents. https://www.promisingfuturestn.org/

Promising Futures - a scholarship program for children through age 5 to attend high-quality early care and learning programs - will help Tennessee children get a head start on their future, while giving working families a chance to thrive. But we need your support to ensure state policymakers pass t...

04/29/2021

Check out this terrific volunteer opportunity to help get 30,000 new books into the hands of Shelby County children! Can you spare 3 hours during the week of May 3-7?

01/27/2021

Let’s ensure all caregivers have access to the supports they need in order to engage in positive interactions with young children.

For those who've experienced toxic stress, just getting through the day can feel tough, let alone being the best parents or caregivers you can be. In this vi...

01/18/2021

Communities can reduce neglect by offloading stress & supporting adults to develop skills to engage in brain building 'serve and return' interactions.

For those who've experienced toxic stress, just getting through the day can feel tough, let alone being the best parents or caregivers you can be. In this vi...

01/13/2021

The expansion of this program to include Regional One Health along with Methodist South Hospital will provide books and other early literacy-promoting materials to around 4000 Mid-South families with new babies in 2021! #

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01/04/2021

Welcome, Bluff City Baby! Introducing Elyan and his proud parents, Natazia and Deshundrick. Elyan was the first baby born in 2021 at Methodist South Hospital. Now housed at Literacy Mid-South, Bluff City Baby has added Regional One Health for 2021!

08/26/2020

https://www.ymcamemphis.org/childcare/virtual-learning-locations/

The Y makes accessible the support and opportunities that empower people and communities to learn, grow and thrive.

08/19/2020

Summer activities might look a little different this year, but there is still one activity that everyone can do. Shape your future by completing the today—it’s not too late!

08/19/2020

08/10/2020

Check out (and please share) this terrific presentation by Memphis' own, Pastor Charlie Caswell.

Pastor Charles Caswell, Executive Director of Legacy of Legends, makes a presentation at the ACEs Summit at Martin Luther King High School in Memphis. Advers...

08/05/2020

Accurate data are critical to target resources to the communities that need them the most – a priority for philanthropy. Read this letter from 480 philanthropic leaders (including UCI) demanding that the census count not be cut short by a month so everyone has the opportunity to be counted.

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