Think waaaay Back.

Attention Child Care Providers, Emergency Regulations have been issued.

Print a copy of the letter by clicking the following link emergencyregulations32913

Let’s Talk Parents — Poll

The Top 5 Reasons Cutting Child Care in KY is Such a Bad Idea

5. It’s hard to improve quality if child care programs can’t afford to stay open. 

Child Care Cuts – Take Action Now!

Little Kids Shouldn’t Take the Big Cuts.

Tell Frankfort To Rethink Cuts to Child Care.

Yesterday the Cabinet of Health and Human Services announced deep cuts in child care assistance which would take effect in April. Everyone knows parents with young children need child care in order to work.  Kentucky’s economy is weak enough. Now is not the time to make it more difficult for parents to get and keep a job!

• Effective April 1, 2013 the state will not accept new applications from low income working families seeking assistance.
• Effective July 1, 2013 income eligibility for current participants will be dramatically reduced  — in fact, families would have to live below the poverty line to receive assistance (i.e, low wage workers would no longer receive assistance).

Immediate action is needed! There is a direct connection between parents’ ability to work and our economy.  The last thing we need is increased unemployment.  This isn’t good for kids and it’s not good for business.

Please click Take Action to send an editable, prewritten message to the Governor, and forward this email on to 2 additional friends, colleagues, clients, or family members and ask them to take action too.  It’s very important that the Governor hears from as many people as possible.  Thank you.

Where will you be next Thursday?

The news of massive budget cuts this week makes us all ask if kids count in Kentucky. That is a haunting question given the deep cuts to children’s supports on Tuesday, January 29. Next Thursday, February 7, is Children’s Advocacy Day (CAD) at the Capitol. It is THE day to make your voice heard for kids. Whatever your passion – fending off those Cabinet cuts; child fatalities due to abuse and neglect; human trafficking of young people – CAD is the place and the time to make a difference.

Register to attend CAD now!

Children’s Advocacy Day Schedule

• 9:00-9:30am: Check-in and Register on the second floor mezzanine in the Capitol
• 9:30-10:15am: Kick-off rally in the Capitol Rotunda with youth speakers and performers
• 10:15-12:00pm: Meet with your legislators, and view artowrk in the tunnel
• 12:00-2:00pm: Mini-seminars on the 2013 Blueprint for Kentucky’s Children in Annex Room 125. View the schedule of topics and speakers here.
• 2:00pm: View the House or Senate in session

Whether you plan to stay for the day or just come for an hour, your presence and your voice will make a difference.

See you at the Capitol!

What is your Flu I.Q.?

Don’t forget to join 4-C as we advocate for KY’s kids on 2/7.

Children’s Advocacy Day at the Capitol began in 2004 as an effort to unite advocates from across the state to raise their voices on behalf of children’s safety, health, education and economic well-being. Hundreds of advocates from over 50 counties now gather at the Capitol in Frankfort every year to ask legislators to invest in kids.

Expect to see elected officials, social workers, teachers, judges, doctors, public health experts, therapists, members of the military, seniors, and kids come together to rally on children’s issues and talk to legislators.  Click here for more information. 

The 9th Annual Children’s Advocacy Day will take place at the Capitol in Frankfort on Thursday, February 7, 2013.

Join us! REGISTER HERE

JCPS is accepting applications for kindergarten students through January 11th.

The registration site at 4309 Bishop Lane is open during the winter break.

Here is information for families on registering for kindergarten and also the 2013-14 JCPS Elementary School Clusters.

Call 485-6250 for more assistance.