First Five Nebraska is an initiative of Early Futures Partnership
First Five Nebraska is an initiative of Early Futures Partnership
As the Nebraska Legislature wraps up its 2026 regular session, our work continues with the crucial role of ongoing advancements in early childhood policies. One of the ways this happens is through interim studies, which allow senators and stakeholders to gather...
Thank you to state lawmakers for advancing LB304 to the second of three rounds of debate! We also thank State Senator Wendy DeBoer for her leadership and commitment to keeping child care assistance within reach of Nebraska families and we thank our partners and...
It's National CACFP Week, a celebration sponsored by the National CACFP Association to raise awareness around the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP). The program goal is to combat hunger and promote a healthy diet and...
As a global technology company and Nebraska business leader, Hudl addressed its employees’ lack of child care options by partnering with a local Primrose Schools franchise owner to offer on-site child care. Hudl opened Primrose School at Hudl at their headquarters in...
Jill Bomberger spoke at Governor Pillen's proclamation ceremony recognizing Head Start's 60 anniversary and designating October as Head Start Awareness Month I remember one neighbor who said, “Head Start saved my life.” She came to Head Start during a crisis, in need...
The Nebraska Department of Education has opened the comment period for draft revisions to Title 92, Nebraska Administrative Code, Chapter 11 also know as Rule 11. Rule 11 applies to prekindergarten programs established by public schools for children from birth to age...
Kelly Mackling is clinical nurse manager at the Visiting Nurse Association in Omaha. She testified before the Nebraska Legislature’s Health and Human Services Committee in support of LB22, State Senator George Dungan's bill to allow home visiting programs to bill...
Dez Brandt is program manager of Healthy Families America home visiting program in the Panhandle Public Health District. She testified before the Nebraska Legislature’s Health and Human Services Committee in support of LB104, State Senator Jane Raybould's bill...
The Nebraska Early Childhood Integrated Data System, or ECIDS (pronounced “e-kids”), is a collaborative effort to connect and integrate data across multiple agencies and organizations that provide early childhood services to Nebraska children and families. ECIDS has...
Newborn screening enables early identification of conditions that might not be immediately apparent but, if left undetected, can have serious, lifelong consequences to a child’s long-term health and well-being. “Newborn screening can detect conditions that do not show...
More Nebraska families with young children will gain access to home visiting services thanks to $2.5 million allocated in the state budget bill, LB1412, which Governor Pillen signed into law on April 2. The budget was amended to include additional funding for...
Last week, First Five Nebraska joined the Nebraska Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Nebraska Departments of Education and Economic Development, Nebraska Economic Developers Association and a wide array of early childhood organizations and community groups in...