Florence Crittenton Services

We are now FACES SF. Please like our new Facebook page, http://www.facebook.com/pages/Facessf/167089970088337

Bay Area Sport Hall of Fame Awards $1,250 Sports Equipment Grant June 18, 2012 We are delighted to announce that the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame (BASHOF) has awarded us $1,250 in age-appropriate sports equipment for our child development centers. BASHOF honors sports legends to benefit youth programs throughout the Bay Area and is now in its 33rd year of operations. BASHOF's generosity will help us provide an exciting environment for our children to play, explore, learn about themselves, and have fun doing it.

GARDEN PARTY FCS-WYCDC staff, including Executive Director Lawland Long, lent a hand clearing weeds and planting flowers at the entrance to our Masonic Avenue administrative offices.

GOVERNOR'S BUDGET (cited in CBP): Budget documents suggest that this revised [budget] proposal would reduce the number of child care slots by 29,600 in 2012-13. http://cbp.org/pdfs/2012/120514_May_Revise.pdf

FCS-WYCDC Board Co-Presidents Nominated For 2012 Bay Area Volunteer Awards. Read story here: http://www.fcs-wycdc.org//ne/Newsletters/2012/05.May.html

State Schools Chief Tom Torlakson Urges Legislature to Protect Child Care "Joined by parents and teachers, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson today called upon the Legislature to renew its commitment to quality early learning programs by rejecting more than $500 million in proposed budget cuts to California's child care and early learning programs." (from CDE news release.) Read more at the CDE website: http://www.cde.ca.gov/nr/sp/yr12/yr12sp0301.asp

Children who received high quality care before school were more prepared to start school, had mothers who were more involved with school, and benefited from their moms' involvement in their education, the researchers said. Read more: http://www.upi.com//Early-quality-chi/UPI-53311335577575/

http://www.ctnewsjunkie.com//murphy_bye_call_current_child

The rain on Saturday couldn't stop Karen and Seiko from riding for kids. Shown here with Lawland Long.

The governor's budget proposal would cut funding for child care by more than 20%, according to a new report by the California Budget Project. If enacted, more than 60,000 children would lose access to child care and preschool in 2012-13.

AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS WORK "A child who attends a program operating three hours a day for five days a week throughout the school year has gained an extra 90 days of education. Children who participate in state and federally funded after-school programs are more engaged in school and exhibit better behavior and higher grades and test scores."