Early Care and Education: Rooted in Community, Growing in Excellence Quality Matters Monterey County is a quality rating and improvement system (QRIS), an initiative designed to support child care programs and preschools to provide the highest quality early learning experiences …
Public Health Week | April 2-8, 2018
The Monterey County Weekly featured Bright Beginnings in it’s latest issue, “Growing the Future.” It’s Public Health Week and we believe it’s never too early to improve a child’s health and overall chances at success. A huge thanks to all of our …
Monterey County’s Early Care and Education System
Learn more about our current systems to be able to implement strategies that will expand access around our County! Join us Friday, April 20th or Wednesday, April 25th to deepen our understanding of the early care and education systems in …
Bright Beginnings Annual Report | 2016-2017
Bright Beginnings has been a central coordinator of strategic action on early childhood in Monterey County since 2012. The Initiative uses a collective impact approach to scale-up effective strategies and maximize the impact of resources to support young children and …
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Monterey County Cannabis Tax Revenue Community Forums Help ensure that these tax dollars will support Monterey County children! Important decisions are happening throughout the state around marijuana legalization. As county and city agencies explore how legalized cannabis impacts their residents, …
Strolling Thunder on May 8th!
On May 8th, babies and families from all 50 states and the District of Columbia will again descend on Capitol Hill for ZERO TO THREE’s second annual Strolling Thunder event! The families will share their stories with their Members of Congress and urge …
Early Childhood Development Resources
How do we nurture children who remain resilient in the face of injustice, whether to themselves or others, children willing and able to mount meaningful responses to injustice even when that’s scary and hard to do so? In this hour-long …
Application for Technical Assistance Projects for Child Care Centers – Round 10
First 5 Monterey County has released Round 10 of the application to select child care programs to receive technical assistance services that will improve child care quality and support inclusion for children ages 0 to 5 years and their families. Eligible applicants …
Strategic Plan for Early Childhood Development in Monterey County
The Monterey County Early Childhood Development (ECD) Advisory Group has been working hard over the past six months to engage key stakeholders, analyze local data and research, and identify priorities to achieve our goal of ensuring all children are well …
Annual Report: Bright Beginnings 2016-2017
Come and show your support for Bright Beginnings and for investing in young children and families! Join us at 1:00 pm on March 20th at the Monterey County Board of Supervisors meeting. Bright Beginnings staff and community leaders will be presenting …