Parental Supports for Today and into the Future
Parental Supports for Today and into the Future Healthy Families Initiative In 2016 the Mary Black Foundation launched its five-year commitment to the Healthy Families Initiative to successfully scale the accessibility of the Positive Parenting Program (Triple P) across...
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LENA Start: Building Brains Through Early Talk
LENA Start: Building Brains Through Early Talk Members of the Children’s Services team at the Spartanburg County Public Library are ambassadors of children’s literacy who provide educational opportunities, resources, and connections to encourage lifelong learning. Such learning begins as...
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Summer Camp is Back in Spartanburg!
Summer Camp is Back in Spartanburg! This week’s blog is written by Jami Wood Emory, VP-Spartanburg, The Children’s Museum of the Upstate Ready for a sense of normalcy this summer?! Imagine how our kids feel! We are lucky enough...
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Turning Toward a Safer World for Children
Turning Toward a Safer World for Children This week’s blog is written by Molly Moyer, Director of Development, Hope Center for Children “None of us were lucky enough to have children born with instructions for how to raise them…”...
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Investing in Early Childhood Development
Investing in Early Childhood Development The power of policy change in the lives of young children and their families Research shows that investing early in a child’s life produces positive outcomes for our children, our families, and the economic...
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The Basics: Read & Discuss Stories
The Basics: Read & Discuss Stories The sixth in a series of articles on The Basics: five FUN, SIMPLE and POWERFUL ways to give your child a great start. This week’s blog is written by Melissa Sullivan, marketing communications...
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The Basics: Explore Through Movement & Play
The Basics: Explore Through Movement & Play The fourth in a series of articles on The Basics: five FUN, SIMPLE and POWERFUL ways to give your child a great start. This week’s blog is written by Melissa Sullivan, marketing...
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Early Childhood Impact: SAM’s Early Development Instrument Project
Early Childhood Impact: SAM’s Early Development Instrument Project This week’s blog was written by Beth Thompson, Director of Collective Impact, Spartanburg Academic Movement This month, more than 200 kindergarten teachers across Spartanburg County are participating in Spartanburg Academic Movement’s...
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Grantee Spotlight: Spartanburg School District 3
Grantee Spotlight: Spartanburg School District 3 Spartanburg District 3 recently received $67,500 in funding through Mary Black Foundation to expand existing parent support services throughout the D3 community. The services are provided by three full time parent educators trained...
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The South Carolina Prenatal-3 Plan
The South Carolina Prenatal-3 Plan In 2019, the state of South Carolina became a statewide partner in the Pritzker Children’s Initiative’s Prenatal-to-Age Three efforts. As a result of this funding partnership, the SC Infant Mental Health Association (SCIMHA) was...
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