Anne Fletcher, HUD, on difficulty supporting families bc housing, labor etc are across fed agencies: “It’s like stone soup. One dept can give you carrots and one can give you potatoes, but localities have to make soup bc we can’t, federally, just give you soup” #2022APPAM

Holiday food is delicious, but food with kids can be complicated. Some tips from a New Mexico nutritionist on enjoying the season without standoffs or stress. momentsnm.org/2022/11/17/hol…

It's the last day to comment on the APS calendar for next year. Worth checking out if you are a person whose life is run by this calendar, especially the later winter break (starts Saturday 12/23 and kids don't go back til 1/10). aps.edu/news/news-from…

From UNM just now: The Stretch and Relax class on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday has been removed from the schedule due to no participation. Sorry for the inconvenience. This feels like a metaphor for how it's all going, yeah?

We have a busy week coming up! *Spirit Week! 3/27/23 - 3/31/23 **Fun Run! 3/31/23 ***Last day to order the 2022/23 yearbook! 3/31/23 ☮️💙🚀

A new analysis from Hispanic Research Center finds that early childhood teachers and caregivers in settings with a large proportion of Latino children were more likely to possess characteristics that can facilitate high-quality #ECE experiences. hispanicresearchcenter.org/research-resou…

Watch Alax, NM's extraterrestrial early childhood enthusiast, learn about healthy development and the FIT program (plus watch our deputy director be a little bit silly) youtube.com/watch?v=qaXuuu…

Thank you for a fun filled 80's themed Fun Run!! Thank you to our Inez PTA for organizing the event!, Mr. Anderson for MCing and to our staff and families for joining in the fun! Inez Rockets Fly High!

Kindergarten Registration is open and we are taking transfers! For more information call our front office at 505-299-9010. drive.google.com/file/d/1WZ9UVh…

#SoonInAJPH "Perspectives of Home-Based Childcare Providers in New Mexico on Barriers and Facilitators to Participating in the Child and Adult Care Food Program, 2021-2022" Care providers say food programs help, but children need more than the program reimburses.Hailey Heinz

CCPI partnered this week with colleagues at UNM Family Development Program and MediaDesk to present ZERO TO THREE in Minneapolis. The team presented on New Mexico's recent strides in policy and research, family engagement, and communications. We love telling New Mexico's story!

Now online: a special issue on Policies and Strategies to Increase Equitable Access to Family Nutrition All papers are Open Access: bit.ly/477cgV8 RWJF Mathematica Alfredo Morabia

Our team has 2 pieces out today in AJPH about connecting home-based childcare providers to food reimbursement for the kids in their care, and the challenges they face complying with program standards. Peer review in tweet below, overview at ccpi.unm.edu/sites/default/…

NM's ECE policies were featured at a Joint Economic Committee, w testimony by Speaker Javier Martínez. UNMCCPI was cited by Martin Heinrich, on how child care investments have helped providers & families. Read the whole brief here: ccpi.unm.edu/sites/default/… And watch: jec.senate.gov/public/index.c…

Thanks to Univ. of New Mexico communications for featuring this new research + CCPI's broader work to evaluate progress and outcomes from NM's big moves on child care policy. news.unm.edu/news/unm-resea…

ICYMI: This High Country News piece describes how NM became a leader in early childhood education and especially child care, featuring insights from deputy director Hailey Heinz, and work CCPI partnered on with our colleagues at the Urban Institute

The team has new work out today on NM families' perspectives recertifying their child care subsidy benefits. Eligibility workers were key to the process, and recertification was trickier for families with bigger households or gig work. Check it out here: rdcu.be/d3ADn

New work in Children and Youth Services Review. We interviewed families at WIC clinics about child care subsidies. Many families hadn't heard of it or thought they wouldn't be eligible, despite needing care. Read more here (no paywall, for a limited time!) authors.elsevier.com/a/1kPcxhNfL1G3X

New findings: Which department oversees child care subsidies has consequences for how we talk about the program, its mission, and eligibility policy. New paper in Policy Studies Journal. Paywalled outside academia, but DM or email me for a PDF. doi.org/10.1111/psj.70…