In its first year, volunteers with a new hospital visitation program launched by Chattanooga 2.0’s Early Matters Chattanooga Coalition have educated the families of 720 infants at area hospitals on the fundamentals of developing newborn babies and the free resources available to them.
“As…
Today, students from The Howard School-- winners of Chattanooga 2.0’s ‘Thank a Principal’ contest-- learned about potential career fields and opportunities within marine life during a field trip to the Tennessee Aquarium.
While exploring the different exhibits and learning what goes into caring for the water and…
Over 20 members of the Early Matters Chattanooga coalition traveled to Nashville for the Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth's 2019 Children's Advocacy Days this week to collaborate with fellow early childhood advocates from across the state and learn how to best prepare our youngest learners.
“We…
Q: What is STEP-UP?
A: STEP-UP is a summer internship program for Hamilton County Public School students in grades 10 - 12 sponsored by the Public Education Foundation. STEP-UP helps students build soft skills and their professional network desired by employers, while giving them…
On January 25th and 26th, educators, service providers, parents, caregivers, and community members all came together to discuss and learn about a very important topic: ACEs, Adverse Childhood Experiences.
ACEs are traumatic, toxic stress situations, such as physical, sexual, and psychological abuse, that can have detrimental…
Chattanooga is at the forefront of discussions on ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences), which are toxic stress situations occurring in the first 100 days of life. In many cases, these early childhood traumas can follow a person from birth through the rest of their life.
Tennessee…
Before we turn our attention to the resolutions and goals of the New Year, we would like to take a moment to reflect on the coalition’s work during 2018.
Our staff and volunteers have spent the year highly focused on the 4 A’s: Aligning priorities, Amplifying messaging,…
The holiday season is upon us and giving opportunities abound. Our coalition members are hard at work to ensure that children and families in Hamilton County are able to enjoy the season. So as you enjoy all the festivities that Christmas brings, take a moment to…