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Strong Start\u2019s policy priorities include the following:<\/p>\n
Contact us<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0to learn more about the coalition.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1683740191527{background-color: #f7f7f7 !important;}”][ultimate_heading main_heading=”UPCOMING MEETING” main_heading_style=”font-weight:bold;” main_heading_font_size=”desktop:30px;” sub_heading_font_size=”desktop:24px;”]STRONG START KY[\/ultimate_heading][vc_empty_space height=”10px”][vc_column_text single_style=””]Strong Start Day – Tuesday, March 5, 2024<\/b> – Kentucky State Capitol Annex, 702 Capital Avenue, Frankfort KY<\/p>\n REGISTER HERE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Our 2024 first quarter coalition meeting will feature Sen. Danny Carroll, author of SB 203, the Horizon Act, as guest of honor and speaker.\u00a0Brigitte Blom, President and CEO of the Prichard Committee will provide a Big Bold Ask update, and the Prichard legislative and policy teams will provide updates and answer questions.\u00a0Finally, we will cast a look-ahead to what’s in store for\u00a0Strong\u00a0Start\u00a0beyond the 2024 Legislative session. Lunch and community conversations will be from 11:15-12:15 at the Capitol Annex Cafe. We will then transition to Annex Room 129 for the full Strong Start meeting beginning at 12:30. You are also encouraged to meet with your legislators either before 11 am or after 2 pm EST. 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JANUARY 2021<\/h3>\n
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\nAVOL
\nBerea College
\nBluegrass Community and Technical College
\nBoone County Schools
\nBreckinridge-Grayson Programs, Inc.
\nBright Beginnings Childcare, LLC
\nBrighton Center, Inc.
\nCabinet for Health and Family Services, Division of Child Care
\nCapital Link Consultants
\nCenter for Nonprofit Excellence
\nChild Care Aware of Kentucky
\nChristian County Literacy Council, Inc.
\nClark County Health Department
\nCommunity Action Council
\nCommunity Coordinated Child Care
\nCornerstone Child Development Center
\nCouncil for a Strong America
\nCulver Family Learning Center
\nDepartment for Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities
\nDepartment for Public Health
\nEastern Kentucky University
\nErlanger-Elsmere School District
\nFamily and Children’s Place
\nFayette County Public Schools
\nFight Crime: Invest in Kids
\nFoundation for Appalachian Kentucky
\nFrankfort Independent
\nGates Foundation
\nGenerations United
\nGovernment Strategies[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text single_style=””]Governor’s Office of Early Childhood
\nGreat Kids Inc
\nGreen River Regional Education Coorperative
\nGround Truth
\nHager Education Foundation
\nHardin County Schools
\nHead Start of Kentucky
\nHeart of Kentucky United Way
\nHomeless Housing Coalition of Kentucky
\nHuman Devlopment Institute, UK
\nInterdisciplinary Human Development
\nJefferson Community College
\nJefferson County Public Schools
\nKaren’s Day Care
\nKaties Kiddie Kastle
\nKEDC and NKY Cooperatives
\nKentucky Center for Economic Policy
\nKentucky Chamber of Commerce
\nKentucky Department of Education
\nKentucky Head Start Association
\nKentucky PTA
\nKentucky School Boards Association
\nKentucky Youth Advocates
\nKET
\nKY Council on Postsecondary Education
\nKY Early Childhood Dev. Authority
\nKY SEED
\nLakeshore Learning
\nLearning Grove
\nLexington Fayette County Health Department
\nLexington Hearing & Speech Center
\nLFUCG-Family Care Center
\nMadison County Schools[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text single_style=””]Magnolia Montessori
\nMarch of Dimes
\nMetro United Way
\nNorthern Kentucky University
\nNorthern KY Community Action Council
\nOhio Valley Educational Co-Op
\nPartners for Education, Berea College
\nPendleton County Schools
\nPreschool Programming Scott County
\nPublic Life Foundation
\nR.C. Durr YMCA
\nRead Ready Covington Early Literacy Initiative
\nRockcastle County Schools
\nSave the Children
\nSOAR – Muhlenberg County
\nSt. Benedict Center
\nSusan’s Children’s House
\nThe Collaborative Center for Literacy Development
\nThe Foundry
\nTop Shelf Lobby
\nUnited Way of Greater Cincinnati
\nUnited Way of Kentucky
\nUnited Way of the Bluegrass
\nUniversity of Kentucky
\nUniversity of Louisville
\nUWGC Success by 6
\nVisually Impaired Preschool Services
\nWestern Kentucky Community & Technical College
\nYMCA of Greater Cincinnati (RC Durr Branch)
\nZERO TO THREE[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"