Children's Mental Health

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.

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.

HOPE for New Haven Executive Director Georgia Goldburn couldn’t believe her eyes when she opened her mail after the Memorial Day holiday break. It was a check from the Department of Social Services, made out to her center, for just under $15,000.

Babies learn, respond and interact from the earliest moments of their lives, according to Matthew Melmed, the executive director of Zero to Three in Washington, D.C. and the former executive director of the CT Association for Human Services. He returned to his former stomping ground on April 1 to help CAHS celebrate its 100th anniversary and delivered a powerful message about early childhood and the need to nurture young children, particularly now, as it relates to the recession.