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  1. ICYMI: NHSA Submits Comments on Changes to Kinship Foster Care. NHSA submitted comments in response to the Administration for Children and Families’ kinship foster care Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. The proposed rule would allow states to create separate standards for kinship foster care arrangements - in line with what Head Start already does. 

  2. Mayo Clinic expert talks about the new omicron variant.While COVID-19 rates in the U.S. are relatively low and declining, the World Health Organization (WHO) monitors a new COVID-19 variant that seems to be causing conjunctivitis, or red and itchy eyes, in young patients. Mayo Clinic, April 13, 2023

  3. Join the National Center on Health, Behavioral Health, and Safety and their friends from the Sesame Workshop on Thursday, May 04, 2023, @ 1:00 PM EDT for health literacy resources to help support families through healthy and not-so-healthy times and to help caregivers understand, appreciate, and involve children in learning about and caring for their bodies.

Please visit our WYNTK resource webpage, which is updated regularly, and the FHSA events list for more information. If there is something else you need guidance on, let us know - we will continue to work with state agencies and partners to answer your questions.  

Sincerely, 

Wanda Minick 
Executive Director 
FHSA  

Florida Head Start Association

111 N. Gadsden Street, Suite 200
Tallahassee, FL 32301
(850) 694-6477
[email protected]

www.FLHeadStart.org