The Weekly Briefing
| Welcome to The Weekly Briefing, featuring news from Children's Futures, updates about our community partners' activities and links to recent news articles about early childhood health and development. | |
| Volume 1, Number 24 | Week of August 24-31, 2007 |
In This Issue
- News from Children's Futures
- East Ward Center Moving Upstairs
- New CF Website Launched
- CF Annual Report Available
- September Center-Based Programs for Expectant Parents, Parents and Children
- Links to News Articles and Columns
- Maternal Death Rate is Rising
- Maternal Blood Sugar Linked to Kids' Obesity Risk
- FDA Warns Nursing Moms of Painkiller Risk
- The Infant Mortality Gap
- Community Activities
- Healthy Housing Training Workshop
- Child Development Associate Credential Classes
- Trenton Healthy Mothers/Healthy Babies General Coalition Meeting
- Dedication of the Trenton YWCA Health and Fitness Center
- EITC Asset Building Coalition Economic Empowerment Forum
News from Children's Futures
East Ward Center Moving Upstairs
Tuesday, September 4th marks the East Ward Parent Child/Family Support Center's first day in its new space in the same building. Since opening as the first CF Center a few years ago, the East Ward has operated the family-friendly basement site in St. Francis Medical Center's Crean Hall. Families coming to the center's new home on Crean Hall's fourth floor will find an expanded facility with separate areas for babies and toddlers. There is also private space for consultation and breastfeeding along with a living room and a new kitchen facility. The center may be accessed by entering at the front entrance of the St. Francis School of Nursing (St. Francis Avenue) and then taking the elevator to the fourth floor. For more information about the center, call 599-5764 or 599-5332 beginning Tuesday.
New CF Website Launched
Children's Futures has launched a new website, www.childrensfutures.org. The site includes resources, programs and information for families, policy leaders and reporters. Visitors to www.childrensfutures.org will also discover links to community partners who work with CF in support of improving: birth outcomes; primary care; childcare quality; literacy; school readiness; behavioral health; family safety; access to medical care; parenting skills; and father involvement in Trenton. For additional information about this website, please contact us.
CF's Annual Report Available
Children's Futures' 2006 Annual Report tells the story of our public-private partnership's work to improve the health and overall well-being of Trenton's children and families. Copies are available by contacting sprichett@childrensfutures.org or by calling 695-1977.
Links to News Articles and Columns
Maternal Death Rate is Rising
Women are dying from childbirth at the highest rate in decades
according to new federal figures reported by the Associated
Press.
Maternal Blood Sugar Linked to Kids' Obesity Risk
According to USA Today, research published in the September issue
of Diabetes Care shows pregnant women who have above-normal
blood sugar levels are twice as likely to have overweight children.
FDA Warns Nursing Moms of Painkiller Risk
The Associated Press reports nursing mothers who take codeine
should watch their infants for increased sleepiness or other
signs of overdose.
The Infant Mortality Gap
This Star Ledger editorial examines the high rate of minority
infant mortality.
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New Study Determines When Infants Can Think of Out-of-Sight
Objects
A study, appearing in the August issue of Psychological
Science, suggests that before the end of their second year, infants
have become capable of updating their knowledge using what
other people tell them.
As Children Age, They Need to be Taught Patience
A Seattle Times' columnist describes three parental approaches
for delaying or denying a child's demands for instant gratification.
Community Activities
SEPTEMBER 2007
Tuesday, September 11:
"Healthy Housing: What is it and how do we get it?" statewide training workshop; Free; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m..; Sponsored by Isles, Inc. and the Alliance for Healthy Homes; Thomas Edison State College at 101 West State Street in Trenton. The training will cover the connection between housing conditions and health. For more information contact Leann Howell at lhowell@isles.org.Child Care Connection's Child Development Associate (CDA) Credential Classes; Classes are intended for early childhood professionalswanting to obtain the CDA credential or meet professional development requirements and will be held evenings at 1001 Spruce Street. For more information call Child Care Connection's training department at 989-7940 or visit childcareconnection-nj.org.
Thursday, September 13:
Trenton Healthy Mothers/Healthy Babies Coalition; 9 a.m.; Thomas Edison State College's Prudence Hall at 101 West State Street in Trenton. For more information contact Brenda Tift at btift@cnjmchc.org or call 394-7454.Wednesday, September 26:
Dedication of the Trenton YWCA's Health and Fitness Center; 12:30 p.m.; Lunch provided; 140 East Hanover Street. Call 396-8291 (ext. 10) to RSVP.Thursday, September 27:
Greater Trenton Earned Income Tax Credit Asset Building Coalition's Economic Empowerment Forum; 9:30 a.m.; Trenton War Memorial; free parking, continental breakfast and lunch provided; Forum will bring together government officials, business, community and faith-based leaders to learn best practices and new approaches for boosting incomes, building assets and strengthening communities. Registration forms must be received before 9/14. Call 989-3313 or email vsherrill@trentonnj.org for a registration form or more information.
For a complete calendar of events, please refer to our calendar page.
About Children's Futures
Established in 2001 with major support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Children's Futures is a nonprofit organization that works city-wide in Trenton, N.J. to improve child health and development outcomes. Through an unprecedented collaboration among public agencies and nonprofit organizations, Children's Futures seeks to strengthen parenting, increase access to primary quality health care and child care systems, and increase social supports for families, so that every child in Trenton enters preschool healthy and ready to learn.