The Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE) in the Administration for Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services has recently published a discretionary research funding announcement titled "Early Head Start University Partnership Grants: Buffering Children from Toxic Stress."
In this heart-rending video, a sailor returns from deployment and surprises his young son by arriving in his classroom - a class that had been writing letters to him during his deployment. It's arguably among the most touching videos on YouTube.
Six new white papers outlining scientific opportunities for the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) are now available on the institute's Website for public comment.
The Stanford Center for the Study of Poverty has an interesting article on their website titled “Building a Foundation for Prosperity on the Science of Early Childhood Development, by Jack Shonkoff, M.D.
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Hurry - Letter of intent due this Thursday, March 31
March 29, 2011
Funds are available for supporting secondary analyses of the Head Start Impact Study to answer questions related to the characteristics of effective Head Start centers, classrooms, and teachers.
