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April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month
Luz Maynes - Apr 18, 2012
This month and throughout the year, Paso a Paso encourages all individuals and organizations to play a role in making Taos County a better place for families. By ensuring that parents have the knowledge, skills, and resources they need to care… Read More >>
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March is National Nutrition Month!
Luz Maynes - Mar 7, 2012
Help you and your family make healthy choices about what to eat. Get Your Plate in Shape Before you eat, think about what goes on your plate or in your bowl. Foods like vegetables, fruits, whole grains, low-fat dairy products and lean protein… Read More >>
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Mom’s love good for child’s brain
Jim Dryden - Feb 15, 2012
January 30, 2012 By Jim Dryden Washington University School of Medicine http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/23329.aspx The hippocampus (highlighted in fuchsia) is a key brain structure important to learning, memory and stress response. New research… Read More >>
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Kindergarten in a retirement home proves a hit with young and old
Kate Hammer - Jan 9, 2012
Kate Hammer — EDUCATION REPORTER INVERMERE, B.C.— From Saturday's Globe and Mail Published Friday, Dec. 30, 2011 8:03PM EST The sun-drenched common room at the south end of Columbia Garden Village retirement home in Invermere, B.C., is… Read More >>
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Transforming Public Education: Pathway to a Pre-K-12 Future
PEW - Dec 8, 2011
Pew's Pre-K Now campaign report explains that by starting public education with pre-k more children will develop the foundational skills for learning and achievement that will carry them through school. “For decades, policy makers and school… Read More >>
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New report finds children in rural areas face different health challenges
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services - Nov 4, 2011
Children in rural areas are more likely to face different challenges to their health and have less access to care when compared with children in urban areas, according to a new report from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). The… Read More >>
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Home Visiting Planning Tool
Zero to Three - Oct 13, 2011
The ZERO TO THREE Policy Center's new Home Visiting Community Planning Tool guides communities through the process of creating new or expanding existing home visiting services that meet their unique needs. It helps communities use data to identify… Read More >>
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NM Seeks Federal Education Waiver
Hawa Konte - Oct 6, 2011
Published : Monday, 26 Sep 2011, 10:19 AM MDT Web Producer: Hawa Konte ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - New Mexico will be applying for a waiver from the federal government to opt of out the No Child Left Behind Act. State Education Secretary-Designate Hanna Skandera… Read More >>
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Treating the Cause, Not the Illness
By DAVID BORNSTEIN - Sep 2, 2011
Health Leads: A program allows doctors to “prescribe” basic resources like food assistance, housing improvements, or heating fuel subsidies. In 1965, in an impoverished rural county in the Mississippi Delta, the pioneering physician Jack… Read More >>
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Harwood Museum Neighborhood Art Project
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June 14th to August 12th Free classes taught by a variety of Taos artists Activities will include clay, painting, printmaking, and much more All ages are welcome lunch provided by Taos Municipal Schools Coming to these Neighborhoods this summer: Tuesdays:… Read More >>
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The Medical Home: Health Care Access and Impact for Children and Youth in the United States
Maternal and Child Health Library - Apr 5, 2011
The Maternal and Child Health Library provided the following analysis of the The Medical Home: Health Care Access and Impact for Children and Youth in the United States article. "Receipt of care in medical homes is shown here to be associated with… Read More >>
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April is Child Abuse Prevention Month
- Apr 1, 2011
April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. This month and throughout the year, Paso a Paso encourages all individuals and organizations to play a role in making Taos County a better place for families. By ensuring that parents have the knowledge,… Read More >>
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Early childhood in the 2011 Legislative session
Paso a Paso - Feb 1, 2011
With the 2011 Legislative Session underway, early childhood advocates are working hard to keep adequate state funding available to ensure that our state's youngest citizens have access to quality health and educational programs. Here’s a list… Read More >>
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Early Education rally draws 700
KRQE - Jan 24, 2011
SANTA FE (KRQE) - The Invest in Kids Now campaign called on legislators Monday to take money from the state’s Land Grant Permanent Fund to pay for early childhood education. “The fund is supposed to be for education,” said Allen Sanchez,… Read More >>
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Forum Gives Early Childhood Supporters Opportunity to Share Policy Reccommendations with Legislators
Press release - Jan 8, 2011
On Jan.24, 2011, Albuquerque residents taking part in the early childhood development initiative “Strong Starts for Children” will join with legislators and early childhood advocates from around the state at the La Fonda Hotel to discuss… Read More >>
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Seeking Contractor for Network Project
Liz W G - Nov 17, 2010
Paso a Paso Network Contractor Scope of Services The Paso a Paso Network is accepting applications from individuals interested in implementing the following scope of services. This contract is for up to 30 hours per week through April 30, 2011,… Read More >>
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Taos MEN seeking female mentors for girls
Taos News - Oct 9, 2010
Taos MEN is looking for women. Mentorship organization Taos Men Engaged in Nonviolence has expanded its mentoring program of boys to include girls, program coordinator Baleria Polanco told The Taos News last week. “We started in spring 2009. The… Read More >>
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Walk to create support for Taos victims’ families, promote nonviolence
Taos News - Oct 2, 2010
Taoseña Nicole Romero knows about tragedy — she’s lost a handful of family members to violence. After her 17- year-old brother, Matthew, was killed in a fight at a friend’s house last April, Romero decided it wasn’t enough… Read More >>
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Taos MEN key to state forum
Taos News - Aug 22, 2010
Taos Men Engaged in Nonviolence got to participate last week (Aug. 5) in a groundbreaking forum on the importance of fatherhood at the University of New Mexico- Valencia, executive director Crispin Clarke reported. “The goal behind it is how to… Read More >>
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Super men: Taos MEN mentor local youth
Taos News - Mar 29, 2010
Before Elias Montoya became a patrolman with New Mexico State Police, he was a devoted father — something he learned by example and is trying to pass on to young boys as a mentor with Taos Men Engaged in Nonviolence. “My dad was a minister… Read More >>
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Local programs help families find stability
Taos News - Mar 2, 2010
When Fe West was in the hospital in August 2007, she had no insurance, no way of accessing affordable health care, few people to turn to and her green card was not in order. What she did have was a newborn daughter, Sofia, and a lot of questions. Thankfully,… Read More >>
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Hospital program gets prestigious award
Taos News - Jul 21, 2009
The American Hospital Association gave Taos’ Holy Cross Hospital a major boost as the hospital’s First Steps child care and parenting program won the association’s coveted NOVA award. The award, which was established in 1993 according… Read More >>
