National Apprenticeship Week Is Underway!

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…

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Roads to Reading: Guatemalan Literacy Project
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…
Child Care Provider Appreciation Day This Friday
Early Matters Chattanooga is asking residents and businesses to join communities across the nation on Friday, May 6 as they thank local child care providers for their tireless efforts in the classroom. Provider Appreciation Day is celebrated the Friday before Mother’s Day each year to recognize…
Our Early Childhood Survey Launches TODAY
Have you raised young children in Hamilton County? CLICK HERE TO Take our Early Childhood Survey.   Today, we are launching a countywide survey to learn more about the experiences of young families in Hamilton County, TN.   The survey covers topics such as: care situations for children…
Early Matters Awards Grant To 13 Child Care Programs
Thirteen local child care providers can now make capital improvements to increase the quality of their programs, thanks to grants from the Quality Matters Fund. The purpose of the fund, initiated by Early Matters Chattanooga, is to enable child care programs to improve quality or increase…
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How Lessons Learned from COVID-19 Will Impact Our Work
By Molly Blankenship, Executive Director of Chattanooga 2.0 Like so many other communities across the country and world, Chattanooga and Hamilton County have spent the past seven weeks in unprecedented, unpredictable, and scary times. And on top of a global pandemic, our resiliency was tested yet again…

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