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Former Head Start administrative assistant indicted on theft charges WTVF and last updated 2021-07-19 23:34:18-04 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — A former Head Start Program employee in Carter County was indicted on theft charges. An investigation by the Tennessee Comptroller’s Office found that Joyce Parsons, the former administrative assistant of the program, used Head Start credit cards to make $8,657 worth of unauthorized purchases. These purchases included items ranging from clothing ...

The Birth-to-Five Head Start Program offers a comprehensive plan that engages both children and their families. Author: Mike Gillaspia (KIII) Updated: 8:00 PM CDT July 14, 2021 CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Finding quality childcare can often be a challenge -- particularly for lower income families. And yet, finding an environment where a child can thrive in the earliest years of life, can help set the tone for the person that child will become. For more than 50 year...

Governor signs K-12 funding budget aimed at creating equity ANNA LIZ NICHOLS, Associated Press/Report for America July 13, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail In a photo from July 12, 2021, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer speaks at a vaccine mobilization event before Vice President Kamala Harris takes the stage at the TCF Center in Detroit. Gov. Whitmer signed off on a $17.1 billion K-12 budget Tuesday in Grand Rapids, a 10% increase in overall funding that aims to close a decades-long funding gap among ...

STAFF REPORT HANNIBAL — Linda Bleything, Director of Head Start at Douglass Community Services, is the 2021 recipient of the Tom Mayer Award of Excellence from the Region 7 Head Start Association. In the award letter, Director of Executive Services for Region 7 Head Start Donna Veatch noted that Bleything’s “personal goal to excellence and the contributions you have made to the Head Start Program and local community have made a lasting impact that will continue to serve as a mode...

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Kenner AP Clay Center damaged from tornado in Tuesdays storms, mayor says Share Updated: 7:04 PM CDT May 18, 2021 WDSU Digital Team Share Updated: 7:04 PM CDT May 18, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript EYTH NOTEDIC THIS MORNING WHEN THEY CAME IN OTHER THAN SEEING THE WATER ON THE GROUND AND IT CAME IN HEREND A HE NOTICED THE CEILING COLLAPSING IN. AND TONIGHT PEOPLERE A CLEANING UP AFTER SEVERE WEATHER CAUSE CATASTROICPH DAMAGE IN OUR AREA WDSU’S AU...

NWS confirms EF-0 tornados in Jefferson, St. Tammany parishes Forecasters say damage in Jefferson Parish south of the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport was determined to be from a tornado. Author: WWL Staff Updated: 5:34 PM CDT May 18, 2021 KENNER, La. — The National Weather Service in New Orleans confirmed that two tornadoes touched down in southeast Louisiana on Tuesday morning. Forecasters say damage reported in Jefferson Parish south of the ...

Iron Galaxy Studios: Bidens American Families Plan Sees People by Chelsea Blasko on 05/03/21 10:32:00 am   The following blog post, unless otherwise noted, was written by a member of Gamasutra’s community. The thoughts and opinions expressed are those of the writer and not Gamasutra or its parent company.   As a business leader, the American Families Plan and the introduction of Paid Time Off for all American work...

AP Photo/Patrick Semansky Just when you thought there was no way the Biden administration would propose yet another nearly $2 trillion spending bill, they did it again. On April 28, hours before his first address to a joint session of Congress, President Biden unveiled his latest spending bonanza: The American Families Plan. According to the White House, the American Families Plan is “an investment in our kids, our families, and our economic future.” So, what is in the $1.8 trillion bill? T...

(Seguin) — Earth Day is not going unnoticed today. The Community Council of South-Central Texas Head Start Program will be celebrating with its families. Bobby Deike, CCSCT executive director, says the Family Event Earth Day Celebration is just one more way to bring families who have been working at home together. “There will actually be two sessions for parents to participate in Earth Day activities at 1575 N. Austin St. which is the location of our Head Start/Early Head Start Center that ...