2024 Child Advocacy Day Workshop Recordings and Resources
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These Lunch-and-Learn style Zoom workshops will take place the week before Child Advocacy Day. All workshops are one-hour, online, and recorded. You are welcome to attend, whether or not you are able to make it to the in-person event on March 6. Find more information and register below.
Advocacy 101 – Being a Voice for Children and Families – Recording can be found here.
Presented by Casey Hanson, Kids Win Missouri
Providers are a voice for their children and families every day in their programs, but in order to advance the early childhood system, it is critical that they understand telling their stories as a tool for advocacy and helping to shape and advance public policies that support children and families. This training will focus on the basics of advocacy, teach participants how to tell their stories, and dive into some of the policy opportunities that exist to better support children and families through child care and early education. *This session will be eligible for 1 clock hour of training for child care and ECE professionals. To receive clock hour credit, you must be present for the full hour, check in with your MOPD ID and complete an evaluation survey.
Children’s Issues and the Budget – Recording can be found here.
Presented by Lindsey Baker, Missouri Budget Project
It’s often said that a budget outlines a government’s priorities, and Missouri is no exception. This session will provide a high-level overview of the Missouri budget, the appropriations process and the components of the budget that impact child and family well-being and services. It will also provide information about where the legislature is in the current budget process and current hot topics, like the Federal Reimbursement Allowance (FRA).
The Road to Healthier Kids – Children’s Health and Mental Health Panel – This session did not record. Resources and AI Summary from the session can be found here.
Presented by Casey Hanson, Kids Win Missouri; Panelists, Muriel Smith, St. Louis Area Diaper Bank, and Cla Stearns, Missouri Department of Mental Health
This session will share some of the latest updates in children’s health coverage in Missouri, current proposals and programs throughout the state that are working to address children’s health and mental health, and other opportunities on the horizon in delivering better health care for children and families.
Promoting Child Well-Being While Ensuring Safety – Recording can be found here.
Presented by Mary Chant, Missouri Coalition for Children, and Jessica Seitz, Missouri Network Against Child Abuse (formerly Missouri KidsFirst)
This session will feature the Missouri Coalition for Children and the Missouri Network Against Child Abuse sharing policy updates and opportunities in the child welfare space and how Missouri can improve our system and practices to promote child and family well-being while ensuring safety for our children.
Building for Our Future – Updates on our Child Care and Early Education Work – Recording can be found here.
Presented by Megan Murray, Robyn Schelp, and Kara Lubischer, Kids Win Missouri
This session will talk about some of the hot topics in child care and early education being considered by the legislature, and other activity in the state aimed at improving the ECE system for children and families, including our community research and planning initiative. We’ll discuss where we’ve been, where we are, where we’re going, and how providers, parents, and community advocates all have opportunities to participate.