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A Vision for Universal Preschool Education
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Support Parents as Teachers Send your MO legislator a Valentine message: support the state's Parents as Teachers program. Download your legislative Valentine now!
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| | PARENTS AS TEACHERS RECEIVES ANOTHER BLOW FROM
MISSOURI GOV. JAY NIXON National Center for Parents as Teachers shocked by today’s announcement of more Missouri budget cuts
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| | Parents as Teachers in the News Browse press and media coverage of Parents as Teachers, its programs, events and initiatives here.
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November 7-9 in St. LouisConference information is now available here.
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Here's how the Health Care Reform Bill impacts home visiting programs
Provisions to establish dedicated federal funding for quality home visiting programs are included in both versions of the health care reform bill recently passed by the House and Senate. The Senate version, passed on December 24, includes $1.5 billion over five years to be administered through the Office of Maternal and Child Health. The House version, passed in early November, would be administered through the Administration for Families and Children and includes $750 million over five years.
The National Center for Parents as Teachers strongly supports dedicated funding to increase home visiting services for children and families though a range of high quality programs. We are committed to advocating for a system that allows states to choose which program(s) best meet the needs of their families and identify which state level agency will oversee administration of the home visiting program.
Congressional leaders are working to merge the House and Senate versions of the lengthy bill, a process expected to continue for several weeks.
The National Center will be working to advance the state home visiting grant provisions to ensure maximum funding for increased home visiting services.
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Positive Parenting Tips
 FREE colorful, easy-to-read tip sheets for parents developed jointly with Missouri Children's Trust Fund. Find them here.
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Funding early childhood programs for disadvantaged children offers highest rate of return says Nobel Laureate economist
Missouri business leaders met around the impact of early childhood programs on economic development and their high public return on investment recently.
Professor James Heckman, Nobel Laureate economist from the University of Chicago, made the case at a summit held at the Federal Rerserve Bank of St. Louis.
Find handouts from the session here.
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Now in the eStore!
Exclusively for programs offering Parents as Teachers services:
Two new CDs of parent handouts in Spanish from the Born to Learn Curriculum!
 
- Born to Learn® Curriculum 2 Years to Kindergarten Entry (item CDS2K09)
- Born to Learn® Curriculum 3 Years to Kindergarten Entry (item CDS3K08)
Find them in the eStore under Curricula and Guides.
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See how Parents as Teachers supports Family Friend & Neighbor Care
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See what the research from Cornell says [here]
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Thinking about Parents as Teachers training?
Sample our curricula then check training schedules in PAT University! Born to Learn Curriculum, Prenatal to 3 Years (See it in Spanish, too!) Born to Learn Curriculum,
2 Years to Kindergarten Entry
Born to Learn Curriculum,
3 Years to Kindergarten Entry
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Born to Learn products online!  Are you a certified PAT parent educator? Log into the eStore using your PAT ID# to see Born to Learn products like this and order by credit card or P.O.
| | Head Start/Early Head Start: is Parents as Teachers right for you?
Look at the crosswalk between Parents as Teachers quality standards and Head Start performance standards. [download] | | Study confirms it:
Parents as Teachers does improve school readiness Research in the Journal of Primary Prevention adds to the evidence that Parents as Teachers improves parenting practices in ways that lead to both school readiness and academic achievement.[more] Download the complete summary report here. | |
What makes supervision work?
 Recommendations from the home visiting field. [download] | | Guide to program funding
Parents as Teachers programs depend on securing stable and diverse funding that can grow and expand to reflect the needs of the families served. [download] | | Trenton R-IX Parents as Teachers receives commendation from National Center for Parents as Teachers Award recognizes program quality in 8 areas of best practice. [more] | | Take the father-friendly checkup 
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