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| Early Childhood Matters |
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On March 20, 2008; Governor Ted Kulongowski convened Oregon's first-ever summit on Early Childhood. The shared goal is to create a system ensuring that every Oregon child is safe, healthy and learning.
Governor Kulongowski introduced "Early Childhood Matters": Oregon's framework for a statewide birth-through five-early childhood system. The framework is a "Call to Action" with a common set of strategies that will help to generate specific ideas for public policy as well as ideas for community action.
In brief the framework addresses the following components:
Health Matters: Promote physical, social and emotional development and improve access to community-based health and behavioral health services.
Family Matters: Strengthen services that support parents and family safety and stability
Early Learning Matters: Ensure high-quality early care and education settings are affordable and accessible for all.
Early Childhood Matters is available here.
A summary report of the Summit is available here.
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| Happy Birthday, Oregon! |
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Oregon will celebrate its 150th birthday in the year 2009. Planning for this big event has already begun. Check out the Oregon 150 Web site. You can share your thoughts and ideas with the planning team, sign up to receive e-mail updates, and learn how you can get involved. Oregon 150 "Sustain the Spirit"
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