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Early Childhood News

6/26/19

$155,000 grant will allow Scottsbluff preschool to serve more students, Scottsbluff Star-Herald         

5/31/19

Early learning center to improve campus, services, Grand Island Independent

5/25/19

Madison preschool honored for quality efforts, Norfolk Daily News         

5/23/19

College savings account for each Nebraska newborn advanced, Unicameral Update 

5/23/19

Hearing aid coverage for children approved, Unicameral Update     

5/23/19

Bank of the Valley equips schools with money, Columbus Telegram          

5/21/19

Bill allowing teachers to use 'reasonable physical contact' on students headed to floor, Omaha World-Herald         

4/30/19

Norfolk joins foundation to bolster local childcare, early childhood education, Norfolk Daily News         

4/25/19

Fund will give more than half a million to help working families afford quality child care, Lincoln Journal-Star         

4/24/19

Scott Frost returns 'home' to Wood River for tailgate party Tuesday night, Kearney Hub 

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Media Contact

Michael Medwick
mmedwick@firstfivenebraska.org
(402) 261-9671, ext. 105

First Five Nebraska
Cornhusker Office Plaza
301 South 13th Street, Suite 600
Lincoln, NE 68508

E-Newsletters

June 2019

What's Inside:

  • Lawmakers restore funding cuts to early childhood programs
  • FFN Director Becky Veak honored with Nebraska Head Start award
  • Thriving Children Conference 2019 will focus on link between economic development and community vitality 

April 2019

What's Inside:

  • Govenor signs bill to streamline chlid care licensing
  • Update on early childhood bills in the Legislature 
  • Nebraska wins competitive Pritzker grant to expand quality services for infants and toddlers

March 2019

What's Inside:

  • Closer look at early childhood bills moving through the Legislature
  • Our Policy Leadership Academy members visit their senators at the Capitol
  • Recovery grants offered for child care providers impacted by the recent blizzard and/or flooding in Nebraska 
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