Our Health Institute is the premier event for Head Start health managers and staff throughout California.

Office of Head Start Health Update, Tuesday, May 3 - 12:15-1:00pm

Want the latest info from OHS about health initiatives and programs?  Wondering about recent policy changes and how they will affect your program?  CHSA has arranged a special briefing prepared by Robin Brocato, OHS' Health Program Specialist.  Ms. Brocato will be presenting live by telephone and fielding questions from attendees. 

Registration Options:

One Day Option - Our one day registration is great for locals and for agencies with limited budgets for training and travel. To see what day best fits your needs please visit our schedule page health institute schedule. 

Purchase Orders - Advance payment or purchase order number is not required of Head Start agencies to register their staff.  Agencies can register now and provide a P.O. number later.

Please review the cancellation policy . 

Examples of the over 40 workshop topics: 

•  Playgrounds, Healthy Children: Monitoring for Playground Safety in the  HS/EHS Setting
•  Farm to Preschool: Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food
•  Hearing and Vision Screening Resources Panel
•  Safety and Sanitation: Do you have a HACCP program in place to keep      your food safe?
•  Implementing a Wellness Program and Promoting Health and Nutrition  to Parents & Staff
•  Medication Administration Panel
•  Poison Preparedness and Prevention by the CA Poison Control System
•  Outline to Create Best Plan to Serve Homeless Children and Families        through Preschool Services
•  Postpartum Depression: A Family Affair

Link to more workshops & descriptions

 Register Now! 

Hotel: 

San Francisco Airport Marriott

1800 Bayshore Highway, Burlingame, CA 94010

Reservations: 1-800-228-9290  - Telephone Code: CHSA Spring 

Online Reservation:  Hotel Reservation   

Report from the California Head Start-State Collaboration Office

By Michael Zito and Nancy Remley

The collaboration office (CHSSCO) is working on the following activities intended to build bridges between Head Start and important State partners. Current activities include:

Bridges Journal

The winter 2011 edition of the Bridges Journal has just been released and is available at: http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/cd/re/documents/bridges2011winter.pdf

This issue was developed in partnership with the Child Development Training Consortium and has a wealth of professional development information for early educators.

Alignment of Head Start Child Development and Early Learning Framework with California Preschool Learning Foundations

Based on information gleaned during the Office of Head Start Summit several weeks ago in Baltimore, the CHSSCO, in partnership with the California Head Start Association, will convene a meeting of interested California grantees and delegates, State TTA Center staff and others to discuss alignment of the Head Start Child Development and Early Learning Framework with the California Preschool Learning Foundations. We anticipate this first meeting will occur sometime in the next several months and we promise to keep you informed.

State Early Learning Council (ELAC)

Now that the Early Learning Quality Improvement System Committee (ELQIS) has completed its report to the Governor and Legislature, it has an expanded membership and a new name: the California Early Learning Advisory Council. The ELAC has Head Start representation from the CHSSCO and the director of Los Angeles County Office of Education Head Start. Over the next three years, the ELAC will guide pilots of many of the ELQIS recommendations for a quality rating system, including further work in examining early childhood data systems, workforce development, and parent involvement.

For ELAC information go to: http://www.calelac.org/

Braided Funding Partnerships

The CHSSCO, in cooperation with the California Head Start Association (CHSA) and the California Department of Education, Child Development Division (CDE/CDD), has formed a workgroup to examine emerging issues related to utilizing multiple funding sources to improve the quality of early education programs. The workgroup is considering a number of products, including a FAQ and toolbox of resources for grantees partnering with state funded programs.

Partnership with Community Care Licensing

The Head Start-Community Care Licensing Workgroup has developed training materials to assist grantees better understand the various infant-toddler licensing categories. Members of the workgroup conducted a workshop at the recent CHSA Education Conference on these materials and upcoming changes at Community Care Licensing.

Head Start Inclusion Workgroup

This workgroup, formed by the State-Based T/TA Office disabilities specialist and CHSSCO, includes the CHSA, CDE Special Education Division, First 5, WestEd, Department of Developmental Services, and local Head Start disabilities managers. The workgroup is planning for a statewide webinar and regionally based and facilitated interagency discussions on May 23, 2011 regarding Early Head Start and Head Start interagency agreements with local education agencies and regional centers

Partnership with the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch and Department of Health Care Services(CDHCS)Children's Medical Services Branch

Two years ago, the CHSSCO, began a dialogue with Head Start health specialists across the state regarding the difficulties they had getting lead screenings done by Childhood Health and Disability Program (CHDP) providers. To improve compliance, we formed a workgroup with CDPH and CDHCS staff that have responsibilities for ensuring that CHDP providers complete required screens. This workgroup developed and disseminated a "Lead Screening Survey" to all of California's Head Start programs to determine their success in having necessary screens completed. 60 grantee and delegate agencies from across California responded. The CDHCS will use this information to improve CHDP provider compliance, especially by those that a Head Start program identified as one that does not routinely complete the required lead screens on children. CDHCS and CDPH staff have also developed several documents regarding best practices for obtaining screenings that we will be mailing to directors in the near future.

Contact Michael Zito at mzito@cde.ca.gov if you have any comments or questions.

The Office of Head Start is offering an exciting "I Am Moving, I Am Learning" (IMIL) training opportunity. Free IMIL trainings are currently being scheduled across the country.  

IMIL training provides grantees with the following:

• Strategies and resources for infusing quality physical movement, active play and healthy nutrition messages into daily classroom routines; and
• Strategies to promote moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and healthy nutrition messages to parents/caregivers.

California Training Dates:

• Coronado, California - May 17-19, 2011
• *Tentative: San Mateo, California - June 7-9, 2011

The Office of Head Start strongly encourages Head Start and Early Head Start grantees that have not been trained in IMIL to participate. There is no registration fee and participants receive over $100 in training materials. Grantees are responsible for their own travel and per diem costs.

The trainings are three full days and participants are expected to stay through the closing session which ends at 5:45 p.m. on the last day. Registration will open approximately 30 days prior to each training session and will, initially, be limited to grantees that have not previously been trained. After the first registration close date, if there is still space available, previously trained grantees may register. If you would like to participate, but are unable to attend a local training in your area, please contact Angella Brown, logistics coordinator at Paltech via phone (703) 908-8869 or email abrown@pal-tech.com.

May 25, 2011 

 Capitol Plaza Ballrooms, 1025 Ninth Street (at K Street)

Sacramento, CA 95814

This event will bring together early learning advocates from across California to "Seize the Moment for California's Youngest Children" and brief state legislators on why high-quality early learning programs are an essential investment for California and the nation.

During Early Learning Advocacy Day, you will:

• Participate in small-group visits with state legislators.
• Learn about innovations in early learning taking place throughout California.
• Meet and network with other early learning advocates.

Space is very limited. Register NOW at:  elad2011.eventbrite.com - Registration fee is $45. 

For more information, go to www.preschoolcalifornia.org or www.caeyc.org.

CHSA is pleased to announce the recipients of the School Garden Grant from Western Growers Foundation

o Contra Costa County Community Services Bureau*

          o Delta Sigma Theta Head Start/State Preschool

          o El Dorado County Office of Education, Child Development

          o Empire Head Start

          o Foundation for Early Childhoold Education, Inc

          o Glenn County Office of Education

          o Head Start Child Development Council, Inc.*

          o High Desert New Beginnings, Inc.

          o Karuk Tribe Head Start

          o KidZKount, PCAC

          o Lake Family Resource Center Early Head Start

          o Los Angeles Unified School District

          o MAAC Project Head Start*

          o Marin Head Start

          o Modesto City Schools

          o North Coast Opportunities Head Start Child Development

          o Northcoast Children's Services*

          o Pacific Asian Consortium in Employment *

          o Plaza De La Raza Child Development Services, Inc.

          o Rescue Head Start

          o Salida Union School District

          o San Jacinto Unified School District

          o SETA Head Start*

          o San Juan Unified School District -ECE

          o Wu Yee Children's Service

          o Yolo County Office of Education Head Start

* multiple awards received

The Head Start Garden Project is sponsored by Western Growers Foundation (WGF). This program is made possible by a USDA Specialty Crop Block Grant through the California Department of Food & Agriculture, with additional financial support from Lakeshore Learning.

A message from the California Department of Education, Child Development Division.  

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Dear Early Care and Education Providers,

WestEd, the Center for Prevention and Early Intervention is announcing a new statewide program, California Inclusion and Behavior Consultation (CIBC) Network, funded by the California Department of Education, Child Development Division (CDD). As a partner in early care and education, WestEd is requesting your help by posting CIBC Network information and the links for the consultation request form, consultant recruitment information, and the toll-free number on your existing websites. 

CIBC Network has ongoing statewide recruitment for community consultants. Interested persons may view the consultant description, requirements, and complete the application on the CIBC website.

You may cut and paste information from the attached information sheet along with the website link: www.cibc-ca.org and toll free number: 1-877-524-2422.    

Thank you for your assistance. For further information, please contact:

Sue Bollig

mbollig@wested.org 

916-492-4009