Alabama Partnership For Children Joins Hands For Week Of The Young Child

By Alabama Partnership for Children

The Alabama Partnership for Children held its annual “Joining Hands for Week of the Young Child” event April 9 to raise awareness of the most important time of all children’s lives – the first five years.

“We take this time each year to thank every legislator for supporting and prioritizing programs that serve our youngest children,” said Gail Piggott, the partnership’s executive director. “They understand that the first five years of a child’s life are critical to ensuring their healthy development. Investing in strong families, early childhood health and quality early learning programs are necessary to improve outcomes in Alabama.”

Week of the Young Child spotlights the need to make early childhood education and development a state priority. It also brings awareness to the programs and partnerships in Alabama that are vital to ensuring all children, their families, teachers and child care providers have access to the resources they need to be successful.Child advocates and volunteers delivered to every state legislator packets that contained handprints made and decorated by preschoolers from around the state. The packets also provided important information on several programs that serve children, including the Alabama School Readiness Alliance, Help Me Grow Alabama, T.E.A.C.H. scholarship program and Project LAUNCH.

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