Tagged With "Chippewa Valley"
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Campaign Aims to Reduce Child Poverty
Despite low unemployment rates and other positive economic signs, childhood poverty is on the rise in Wisconsin, and the Chippewa Valley is not immune, which is why JONAH – an acronym for Joining Our Neighbors, Advancing Hope – is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, faith-based organization focused on addressing poverty and injustice in the Chippewa Valley. Its parent organization, WISDOM, and three other statewide groups – Citizen Action of Wisconsin, Kids Forward, and the Wisconsin Council of...
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How Do Early Childhood Experiences Affect Lifelong Health and Learning?
Jack P. Shonkoff, M.D., Director of Center on the Developing Child, shares in the following video how our early childhood experiences impact lifelong health. Learn how adversities, such as poverty and discrimination, effect brain development and other systems. Then reflect on how policies and resources can be used to address the root of these challenges that are facing the Chippewa Valley.