Alliance in the News

On the heels of the July 19 visit by Dr. Joan Lombardi, Diane Orson of WNPR interviewed Alliance Executive Director Ann Pratt, as they talked about creating an effective early childhood system.

Submission to the New Haven Register's Elm City Express Blog for the July 19 visit by Dr. Joan Lombardi. The blog receives thousands of hits per month, according to its editor.

CT-N covered the July 19 event with Dr. Joan Lombardi. The link will only be available for a finite amount of time.

A self-submission to the New Haven Independent, highligting the New Haven Early Childhood Council's presentation on their early childhood blueprint. The presentation was part of a larger event featuring Dr. Joan Lombardi of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

This is a self-submission to the Hartford Courant's I-Towns section after Dr. Joan Lombardi's visit on July 19. The item appeared July 22.

New Britain Herald's Lisette Velasquez covered the July 19, 2010 event featuring Dr.  Joan Lombardi at CCSU in New Britain. Article appeared in the paper on July 20.

Don Stacom, the New Britain reporter, put together a news brief for the Hartford Courant on July 16 for the July 19 Healthy, Safe and Ready to Learn event at CCSU.

CT Public News Service put together the Alliance's fifth story of the year to help keep young minds active during the summer months. Brain development is very important in the first few years of life, and keeping that brain active is one of the keys to life-long success. Reporter interview Tressa Giordano of Our Savior Preschool and Child Care in South Windsor. Story ran on July 13. Was picked up by Clear Channel Radio, which distributed it to all 460 stations nationwide.

Merrill Gay, co-chair of the Alliance and executive director of the New Britain Early Childhood Collaborative, was intereviewed by staff writer Lisette Velasquez of the New Britain Herald in a pre-event story for July 19's visit by Dr. Joan Lombardi of the U.S Department of Health and Human Services. The article ran on July 14.

After the New Haven Register wrote a story on the Care4Kids checks being cut to providers prior to June 30, Alliance Executive Director Ann Pratt penned a letter to explain why those funds were spent and needed to be spent. The original article that ran on June 16 did not specify the reasons. The letter was submitted to the NHR on June 18 and ran on June 29.