St. Mark Youth Enrichment Provides Before & After-School and Summer Programs
St. Mark Youth Enrichment provides safe places for kids in the greater Dubuque area with before and after school and summer programs. These programs fill a gap for working families and students in need of support with reading, math, and social emotional skills. With a philosophy of inclusion, safety, and trust staff make connections with
Women’s Funding Network announces ‘Signal for Help’ program for those trapped at home with abusers
The Iowa Women’s Foundation is proud to support the Women’s Funding Network in launching a new online initiative, “Signal for Help,” to assist those experiencing gender-based violence during pandemic stay-at-home orders. Signal for Help is a simple single-hand gesture that can be visually and silently displayed during video calls to alert family, friends, or colleagues
LINK Grinnell Develops After-School Program and More
Grinnell, IA Community members and business leaders convened for months to address the childcare desert in Grinnell. A collaboration between the Grinnell Chamber of Commerce, Pow-I80 and JMP Early Childhood Iowa yielded a feasibility study that confirmed the Grinnell area had a severe shortage of child care spaces to serve the community. Since the initial
For Essential Workers, Nothing Is More Essential Than Child Care
This guest column from IWF Executive Director, Dawn Oliver Wiand was originally published in the Gazette Thursday, April 2nd. For the last three weeks, our country has grappled with the question, “In a crisis, what can’t we live without?” We’ve had to make tough calls in our attempts to answer this question—millions of Americans are
The Marita Theisen Child Care Center is the Latest Development in the Steeple Square Project
The overall Steeple Square project has been focused on restoring an historic church campus while revitalizing what is arguably the city’s most vulnerable neighborhood. The most recent addition to the campus is the Marita Theisen Childcare Center, housed in the former church rectory. Plans for this center were formulated in response to a critical
The Montgomery County Child Development Association, Inc. Works Towards Opening the Red Oak Child Development Center
In the fall of 2018, after Red Oak was identified by CCR&R as having insufficient childcare availability, a small group of citizens joined to address providing quality, affordable childcare for our community. The group quickly expanded to form a board governed 501c3 non-profit corporation, the Montgomery County Child Development Association, Inc. (MCCDA). MCCDA is now
25 Years of House of Hope
House of Hope turns 25 years old this year! Since 1995, House of Hope has helped hundreds of women and families out of homelessness in the Cedar Valley. In the last year, House of hope has expanded services and added multiple programs to help more women and families out of homelessness and poverty. In the
The Stanton Child Resource Center Maintains a 5-Star Rating on the IQRS
The Stanton Child Resource Center (SCRC) has achieved and maintained a 5-star rating on the Iowa Quality Rating System since 2016. While SCRC provides excellent child care to its current families, the need for additional child care spaces in Southwest Iowa is dire. There are very few licensed centers in our area, making the need
Clinton Head Start & Early Head Start – Community Action of Eastern Iowa
There is increasing need for infant and toddler care in Iowa. Currently, Clinton Early Head Start has over 100 families on the waitlist and we know there is a need even beyond this number. According to 2018 data, Clinton County had 3,445 children under five years old. There are 1,677 licensed/registered child care spaces. Because
Cambridge and TrafFix Devices Make Major Contributions to New Child Care Center
We are so excited to hear that Cambridge Investment Research and TrafFix Devices have pledged major contributions ($1.25 million from Cambridge and $500k from TrafFix) to Jefferson County Kids Inc’s, future child care center! These companies are creating a model of how the business community can come together and work to increase the availability of
