News from the Gulf Coast Early Childhood Relief Project
National Center for Rural Early Childhood Learning Initiatives
Mississippi State University
Rural Early Childhood has lent its support to relief work in the region hit
by Hurricane Katrina by launching an online clearinghouse of information on
early care and education and developing maps of licensed child care providers
in the disaster area. See the clearinghouse, the Gulf Coast Early Childhood
Relief Project, at: http://www.educ.msstate.edu/cni/eci/relief/index.htm.
The clearinghouse will provide updates on efforts to support young children
and families temporarily living in shelters as well as early care and education
programs that must rebuild.
Rural Early Childhood and the Rural Policy Research Institute today launched
a preliminary version of the Rural Early Childhood Atlas, an online mapping
tool, to facilitate planning and resource allocation in the wake of
Hurricane Katrina. To explore the atlas, click on the following link or copy
and paste into
your browser: http://ims.circ.rupri.org/EarlyChildhood/step1.AOI/statelist.asp?AOITYPE=county
Embrace Mississippi¹s Children is collecting materials and monetary gifts
for shelters and to help early care and education programs in Mississippi rebuild
in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. WGBH Boston, Gryphon House, First Book and
RIF are the first corporate donors. Find out how to give at: http://www.educ.msstate.edu/cni/eci/relief/embrace.htm
Sesame Workshop will air a special five-part series of the television program
Sesame Street about a hurricane hitting the beloved Sesame Street neighborhood.
See details at: http://www.sesameworkshop.org/hurricane-katrina/
