A Kids Book About Systemic Racism by Jordan Thierry
Systemic racism is incredibly difficult to understand — even for grownups! This book was made to help kids understand what systemic racism is and how it’s built into laws, schools, stories, and other institutions in a way that collectively makes life much harder for people of color.
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Each week, DCYF ESIT Tribal Support Specialist Brian Frisina will provide a key topic to help support us all in getting to know our Tribal Nations partners better.
This week’s term is: Indigenous Data Sovereignty
Open data is a site of tension for Indigenous peoples. Open data provides opportunities for sustainable development according to Indigenous aspirations, yet also sits at the nexus of current and historic data challenges as a result of colonization, bias, and a lack of knowledge of Indigenous rights. Indigenous data sovereignty (IDS) provides a framework for maximizing the benefit of open data for Indigenous peoples and other users of Indigenous data and for affecting the stewardship of all data. Open data communities often assume many binaries, including a single government actor (nation-states), that data is open or not, and that open data is useful data (devoid of biases and relevance issues). In the context of Indigenous peoples, there are clear challenges for the mainstream open data movement around these binaries, as well as paths forward to assure the protection of Indigenous rights and data for development.
Source: State of Open Data, Issues, 21. Indigenous Data Sovereignty.
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The Washington State Early Support for Infants and Toddlers (ESIT) Core Competencies is now an official DCYF publication, access it here! |
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You are invited to register for the next Hot Topic Roundtable!
This is an optional time for peer networking and learning from each other. ESIT State Leadership Team staff will be present to answer policy-related questions and facilitate the conversation.
Sessions take place on the second Wednesday of each month.
Please encourage any direct service providers to attend!
Re-Entry to In-Person Services: COVID-19 Safety
Sept. 8 | 8-9 a.m.
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Safety for Home Visitors
Oct. 13 | 8-9 a.m.
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“If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it.” - Margaret Fuller
Have you heard of Hands & Voices (H&V)? It’s a parent organization dedicated to supporting families of children who are deaf or hard of hearing (DHH) — including those who are deaf-blind — from birth through high school.
Reach out to your local H&V chapter or visit handsandvoices.org to access information and resources, learn about events, and connect with other families.
Check out the National Center for Deaf Blindness Key Topic for Families.
Visit Learn About the Hands & Voices Organization to learn more.
Rental Assistance:
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has a new website (consumerfinance.gov/renthelp) that provides rental assistance information for renters and landlords in their local area. In addition, the CFPB website shares guidance for renters:
Utilities Assistance:
- The American Rescue Act Plan Act includes $4.5 billion in additional Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) funding to help families with low incomes afford home heating and cooling costs and meet unpaid electric and natural gas bills.
- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is administering more than $1 billion in funding to assist low-income households with drinking water and wastewater bills through the newly established Low-Income Household Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP). Visit https://www.acf.hhs.gov/ocs for additional information.
Join DEC for sessions offering the latest research, evidence based practices, and advice for professionals working with young children with disabilities and their families.
Network with like minded professionals and families to explore the national response in Early Intervention, Early Childhood Special Education, and related fields to issues of inclusion, equity, and social justice as well as virtual learning and other critical issues. Make plans to join in!
Sept. 20 - 24
A virtual event
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Help Me Grow Washington is asking for input on the ParentHelp123.org Resource Finder, including whether and how you have used it and any features you’d like to see incorporated in the future.
This survey is intended for community partners and providers. Feel free to share it with others. A specific parent/caregiver survey will be coming in Fall 2021.
Take the survey for a chance to win a $100 donation to your favorite nonprofit organization!
HAND IN HAND: COMING TOGETHER TO SUPPORT DIVERSE FAMILIES
A free, online event open to organizations interested in providing connections, support, and tools to elevate the voice of families who have children and youth with disabilities or special health care needs.
WSLI’s Mission
To elevate family voice: provide connections so that family voice is respected, amplified, and heard in order to support children and youth with special health care needs and their families at all levels in Washington.
Tuesday, Aug. 24
8:30 a.m. – Noon
What to expect:
- The History and Work of WSLI
- All In! Elevating Equity and Inclusion When Working with Families
- Ripples of Transformation: The Family Engagement Journey to Leadership
- Panel of Multi-Cultural Parent Partners
ASL interpretation available. Register by Aug. 13 for interpretation services or other accommodations.
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Brazelton Touchpoints Center (BTC): Together with families, providers, and communities, BTC develops and applies knowledge of early childhood development to practice and policy through professional and organizational development, evaluation, advocacy, and awareness and serving as a resource for proven practices. Learn more about BTC. To get the latest news, subscribe to BTC.
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DCYF Office of Tribal Relations (OTR) Signup: Subscribe to DCYF's OTR newsletter, under DCYF Leadership, for information, updates, learning opportunities, and upcoming events.
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Join MyPeers, created by the Office of Head Start (OHS) to connect with Head Start and early childhood colleagues around the country on this and other topics. The Teacher Time community currently has more than 1,300 members who are networking, sharing, and learning from each other. Find it under "All Communities" and select the blue "Join" button.
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Northwest Regional Telehealth Resource Center: Get the latest in your inbox and sign up for the NRTRC mailing list.
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Early Childhood Technical Assistance (ECTA) eNotes: ECTA eNotes newsletter shares the new resources from ECTA Center as well as news items related to early intervention and early childhood special education gathered from a variety of reliable sources. Subscribe to the ECTA Newsletter.
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