Joined important Education Northwest webinar on Friday re: new federal data on college student basic needs insecurity. Proud of work we are doing at SUNY - The State University of New York with Benefits Data Trust, SchoolHouse Connection, & Seldin / Haring-Smith Foundation (SHSF) to address food insecurity, housing insecurity, & transportation obstacles.

Beautiful day in Memphis with our Memphis Area Transit Authority and Head Start partners National Head Start Association, at our ribbon-cutting for a new bus stop at Head Start ON a community college campus SouthwestTN

Thrilled to celebrate this new bus stop, which will drop children directly in front of their Head Start here in Memphis with Dr. Yvette Taylor from Federal Transit Admn and Gary Rosenfeld Memphis Area Transit Authority. Wonderful to have Seldin / Haring-Smith Foundation (SHSF) partner with National Head Start Association PublicTransportation to bring it to life.

Delighted to announce that after months of work, Abigail Seldin and I, in partnership with National Head Start Association, are launching the Civic Mapping Initiative's Head Start Transit Map! civicmaps.org/head-start-tra… Also thrilled that thanks to Memphis Area Transit Authority, we already have our first new bus stop!

Federal Transit Admn Memphis Area Transit Authority Seldin / Haring-Smith Foundation (SHSF) National Head Start Association PublicTransportation There are 3000+ Head Start locations that are less than a mile from a transit stop, but too far for a toddler to walk. Learn more about these exciting opportunities to remove barriers from our National Head Start Transit Map developed with National Head Start Association civicmaps.org/head-start-tra…

Federal Transit Admn Memphis Area Transit Authority Seldin / Haring-Smith Foundation (SHSF) National Head Start Association PublicTransportation Honored to be joined at this ribbon-cutting for a new Head Start bus stop — the first of three in Memphis! — by TN State Senate Minority Leader Senator Raumesh Akbari.

California Head Start Families Face Transit Challenges, A New Map Shows dlvr.it/SxrvzN

Three Memphis-area bus stops have been relocated closer to Head Start and preschool programs as a push to ensure a safe trip to and from school. tinyurl.com/yqp5lh7m

🔗: kqed.org/news/11965328/… About 30% of Head Start programs in CA are not located within walking distance from a public transit stop. Advocates are calling on transit planners to improve access to the nation’s main early childhood education program for lower-income families.

Folks who care about childcare and transportation access, and the power of data to bring them together — check out this new work from Seldin / Haring-Smith Foundation (SHSF): civicmaps.org/head-start-tra…. Bravo Abigail Seldin and team on another mapping project that is already driving real world solutions!

Join ACCT & National Head Start Association to change the landscape of child care on campus by bringing more #HeadStart programs to #communitycollege campuses. #KidsOnCampus Launch Feb 6th at 10:30am 901 Mass Ave NW, WDC (Marquis Ballroom 7/8) eventbrite.com/e/kids-on-camp… #NLS2024

Thank you Seldin / Haring-Smith Foundation (SHSF) for supporting this important work, and making visible what today’s students, including the 1 in 5 college students who are raising children, look like across college campuses in the US.

Thanks to Elissa Nadworny for this story featuring ACCT partnership with National Head Start Association to bring more childcare centers to campuses. Made possible by Foundations mentioned below as well as Crimsonbridge Foundation Annie E. Casey Foundation Seldin / Haring-Smith Foundation (SHSF) Trellis Foundation Imaginable Futures #kidsoncampus

Relieved that with our partners Target and GoFundMe, Scholarship America will be opening an emergency grants program for students impacted by the hurricanes - just in time for midterms. Join us, and help these students finish their semesters! gofund.me/0f760e7e

1/ Exciting news this morning! Thrilled to join @GoFundMe to ring the Nasdaq bell! 🎉 Scholarship America is honored to partner with @GoFundMe, ECMC Foundation, Ascendium's Education Philanthropy, @CrimsonbridgeFdn, and @Trellis_Fndtn on the Emergency Grants for Single Moms program. 🧵