Vernon School Readiness Collaborative Receives Grant Award

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Mayor Jason L. McCoy is pleased to announce that the Vernon School Readiness Collaborative was recently awarded $15,500 by the William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund to undertake a community planning process for Vernon children aged birth to eight."


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Vernon School Readiness Collaborative Receives Grant Award
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Mayor Jason L. McCoy is pleased to announce that the Vernon School Readiness Collaborative was recently awarded $15,500 by the William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund to undertake a community planning process for Vernon children aged birth to eight.

This project will connect The School Readiness Collaborative and the Vernon Community Network, who is currently drafting a community plan for children, aged birth to 18. Vernon is one of 19 area communities undertaking community blueprints for early childhood.

In conjunction with this funding, several Vernon educators will be attending a Healthy, Safe and Ready to Learn! conference on July 19, 2010 featuring Dr. Joan Lombardi, Deputy Assistant Secretary & Interdepartmental Liaison for Early Childhood Development, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Dr. Lombardi will give an overview of early childhood development initiatives at the federal level and the importance of community planning.

For more information on this award, or the Vernon School Readiness Collaborative, please contact Alan Slobodien, Director of Youth Services at 860-870-3557.