{"id":7785,"date":"2020-02-03T10:11:08","date_gmt":"2020-02-03T15:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cfsri.org\/?p=7785"},"modified":"2020-02-03T10:11:08","modified_gmt":"2020-02-03T15:11:08","slug":"young-childrens-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/childrensfriendri.org\/2020\/02\/03\/young-childrens-champion\/","title":{"rendered":"Young Children&#8217;s Champion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7786\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cfsri.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/kidscount-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"770\" height=\"578\"\/><\/p>\n<p>On January 27, 2020, Rhode Island KIDS COUNT held it&#8217;s second annual <em>Celebrating Young Children Luncheon<\/em>. There were over 200 attendees at the event, including elected officials, state department staff, and private agencies, to celebrate progress, discuss future goals, and to recognize the commitment of leaders who strive to meet the needs of vulnerable young children and their families.<\/p>\n<p>At the event, Children\u2019s Friend received a <em>Young Children\u2019s Champion Award<\/em> in recognition of our Early Intervention and Home Visiting programs.&nbsp; Luncheon guests heard the story of a Children\u2019s Friend client who is currently enrolled in Early Intervention and Early Head Start home visiting.&nbsp; The story highlighted the strong relationships that our dedicated staff build with their clients.&nbsp; Through relationship building and high-quality service delivery we were able to see how this client achieved her goal of \u201cgiving my daughter the best possible start in order to lay the foundation for success in school and later on in life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the <em>Celebrating Young Children Luncheon<\/em>, please visit &nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rikidscount.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.rikidscount.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7788\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cfsri.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/danaweb-265x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/childrensfriendri.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/danaweb-265x300.jpg 265w, https:\/\/childrensfriendri.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/danaweb.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dana Mullen, MA<\/p>\n<p>Chief of Programs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On January 27, 2020, Rhode Island KIDS COUNT held it&#8217;s second annual Celebrating Young Children Luncheon. 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