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PARENTS INVITED TO TAKE KINDERGARTEN-READY SURVEY

March 15, 2024

Chattanooga, TN — Chattanooga 2.0 invites parents of rising Kindergarten students to take a survey about their child’s skills and abilities leading up to the start of school. Caregivers who complete the survey will receive a gift card while supplies last and digital resources via email…

CHATTANOOGA 2.0 JOINS STRIVETOGETHER CRADLE TO CAREER NETWORK

February 26, 2024

Chattanooga, TN — Chattanooga 2.0 has joined the StriveTogether Cradle to Career Network and is now part of a national movement to help every child succeed in school and in life, regardless of race, ethnicity, zip code or circumstance. Chattanooga-Hamilton County is now one of 70…

National Apprenticeship Week Is Underway!

November 13, 2023

NATIONAL APPRENTICESHIP WEEK IS UNDERWAY: NEW WEBSITE CELEBRATES NATIONAL APPRENTICESHIP WEEK IN HAMILTON COUNTY By Andrew Hudson, Director of Viable Pathways & Walton Robinson, Executive Director of Build Within Did you know that apprenticeships are different than internships? Although both are valuable, a few distinctions make the…

Roads to Reading: Guatemalan Literacy Project

October 19, 2023

Chattanooga 2.0 joins forces with La Paz and others to acquire and DISTRIBUTE culturally affirming children’s books for Guatemalan-American families. By Jennifer Andrews, Director of Early Childhood Strategies and Brandon Hubbard-Heitz, Director of Literacy & Student Strategies Guatemalan-Americans are the second largest national group…

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Join the Child Care Workforce and Receive Funding Support

July 5, 2023

CHATTANOOGA, TN — A group of Chattanooga leaders is encouraging residents to take up the call to join the child care workforce. The Chattanooga 2.0 working group called Early Matters is focused on strengthening the early childhood systems in Hamilton County, TN. One of the strategies is designed…

Applications Now Open for Child Care Substitute Pilot

March 17, 2023

Chattanooga 2.0 and early childhood leaders from its Early Matters action team announced today a third round of the Quality Matters Fund (QMF) that will benefit both child care providers and early childhood educators. The focus of this QMF round is on the recruitment and retention…

HAMILTON COUNTY-CHATTANOOGA SELECTED AS ONE OF COUNTRY’S FIVE APPRENTICESHIP INNOVATION DISTRICTS

November 16, 2022

CHATTANOOGA, TN – BuildWithin, a national apprenticeship intermediary approved by the U.S. Department of Labor, has announced it is working closely with Hamilton County Mayor Weston Wamp, Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly, Hamilton County Schools Superintendent Dr. Justin Robertson, the Benwood Foundation, and Chattanooga 2.0 to establish…

Early Matters Chattanooga Launches Three-Year Early Childhood Action Plan

October 26, 2022

CHATTANOOGA, TN - Chattanooga 2.0 leaders announced Wednesday the launch of a three-year action plan for early childhood in Hamilton County. The Early Matters 2025 Early Childhood Action plan outlines strategies to improve the local early care and education system and is the culmination of one…