Mary Alice Lee, policy analyst for CT Voices for Children, discussed the HUSKY program with Mike Bellamy on December 18. Audio is an MP4 file - QuickTime Player will play it.

CT Voices for children's Cyd Oppenheimer breaks down the November rescissions made to the state budget and the impacts the cuts have on early childhood initiative. The interview aired in late November.

Barbara Edinberg, the retiring director of research and policy and Robin Lamott Sparks, the incoming director of research and policy at the Bridgeport Child Advocacy Coalition, spoke with Mike Bellamy on Nov. 20 on the eye-opening 2012 "State of the Child" report. Audio is an MP4 file - QuickTime Player will play it.

The Colchester Board of Education was briefed by the Colchester Early Childhood Literacy Team on Nov. 13 to propose steps to create an effective pre-K to grade three education system.

Barbara Edinberg, the retiring research director at Bridgeport Child Advocacy Coalition, was honored in October by CT Voices for Children as the organization's winner of the "Community Advocacy Award."

Mark Sims of CT Radio Network attended the second convening on Friday, October 19 regarding child health & development and the role it plays in the first 1,000 days of life.

Mark Sims of CT Radio Network attended the second convening on Friday, October 19 regarding child health & development and the role it plays in the first 1,000 days of life.

The second convening on the "First 1,000 Days" of a child's life took place on October 19, with the focus on child health and development. The Hartford Courant wrote a preview article on the event.

Dr. Darcy Lowell was a guest on WICC's "Coffee Break Chat," discussing the CT Association for Infant Mental Health (she's a member of the association's board), brain development in the early years and how toxic stress can affect a child's brain development.

The Wethersfield Early Childhood Collaborative hosted a kick-off event to present Wethersfield's Community Plan for Young Children & Families on Oct. 11.