Our next CAT meeting will focus on peer to peer learning for each of the CATs and next steps for a shared data measurement system. Please save the date and details will follow shortly. If you have any questions or …
Who won the Amazon gift certificates?
Thanks to everyone who participated in the Bright Beginnings Mid-Year Evaluation Survey. As a thank you for your time, two participants were randomly drawn to receive an Amazon gift certificate. The winners are Jayanti Addleman from the Monterey County Free Libraries …
Policy Advocacy Network: Advocacy Day, January 31
Please mark your calendars and set aside January 31, 2017 to come to Sacramento for Advocacy Day. We will begin with a morning kick off breakfast, located in the Capitol Basement. A networking lunch will provide attendees an opportunity to …
Ordering Marketing Materials: Bright Beginnings and Porque Me Amas
One of the most frequent tool requests we’ve heard from communities are materials to talk about Bright Beginnings and early childhood development. Porque Me Amas As a reminder, Bright Beginnings has launched thePorque Me Amas Campaign in partnership with Monterey …
Radar Alert: CA State Policy Opportunities
The California legislature has begun work on framing the legislative and budgetary priorities for the upcoming 2017-18 session. There will be many bills that will be relevant to our field, but we want to pay particular attention to a bill …
Advocacy with the Board of Supervisors
Every year, Bright Beginnings presents an update to the Board of Supervisors through the Monterey County Children’s Council’s Annual Report. This is an opportunity for Bright Beginnings and partners to share strengths and challenges that are having an impact on …
Looking to 2017: Policy Opportunities, New Awareness Materials and More…
2016 was a year of learning, evolution and transition for Bright Beginnings. Throughout the year, we designed personal marketing materials for each Collaborative Action Team (CAT), brought in various training opportunities based on community feedback including nationwide experts, and launched the …
Local Policy Work in Action
We are excited to highlight this year’s Women’s Policy Institute (WPI) County fellows to share their experiences and encourage other women from our community to form a WPI-County team for 2017. WPI-County is a leadership and policy training fellowship for …
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SAVE THE DATE CAT Convening Feb. 24, 2017
Our next CAT meeting will focus on peer-to-peer learning for each of the CATs. Please save the date and details will follow shortly. If you have any questions or recommendations for topics, contact Nina at nina@first5monterey.org or 831-444-8549.