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. CHILD CARE HEAD START CHILD CARE FOOD PROGRAM
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BIOGRAPHY
DWAYNE A. CROMPTON
Typical of many post-sixties black professionals, Dwayne. A. Crompton has dedicated his career
and.life to the advancement of African-Americans, especially the young. Since his graduation in ·
1968 from Lincoln University, Mr. Crompton has labored in and on behalf of the community in
which he was nurtured. His efforts to help improve the lives of young African-Americans include
time as a preschool teacher, an elementary teacher, a public school administrator and a child-care
agency director. .
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Mr. Crompton,s most significant professional accomplishment have been at the helm of KCMC
Child Development Corporation. Twenty years ago, when he was elevated to the post of
· executive director, KCMC Child Development Corporation was a fledgling not-:for-profit agency
striving against tremendous odds to meet child-care needs of the working poor in the black
community~ Today the picture is quite different.
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Under Mr. Crompton's leadership, KCMC grew to include the adinbiistration of Project Head
Start in Jackson, Clay and Platte counties; the administration of the federal Child and Adult Care
Food Program in twenty western Missouri counties; the operation of a model Central City child
day~care center serving 150 children and the administration of the newly established, private·
sector child-care partnership called Full Start and the operation of Early Head Start. KCMC also
sponsors an annual Family Child Care Conference attended by' 300-400 family child care
providers.
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Through KCMC's many programs,·Mr. Crompton has reached out to help thousands of children.·
and families of all racial and ethnic backgrounds in northwestern Missouri to improve the quality
of their lives through better child care.
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Mr. Crompton has published several articles on issues affecting children and families and bas
earned national recognition as an expert in early care and education. He. is a member of the
prestigious Governing Board of the National Council for Early Childhood Professional
Recognition. He is a member of the National Association for the Education of Young Children.
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. He is· a member of the National Black Child Development Institute and serves on its Advisory
Committee. He's a member of the Black Community's Crusade for Children and serves on its
Steerlng Committee. He's a member of the ·Advisory Committee of the Greater. Kansas City
CommUnity Foundation and Affiliated Trusts:
Mr. Crompton is frequently asked to give testimony on child-care legislation pending before local,
. ·state and federal government legislative bodies.
Mr. Crompton has an active track record of community service. He is a member of the education
committee of the Greater Kansas City Civic Council. He is secretary of the Rehabilitation Loan
Corporation of Kansas City ·and formerly served as its chairman. He is past president and past
treasurer of the Board of Curators Lincoln University. Most recently. Mr. Crompton gave the
Folmdcrs' Day address'for the I 26th anniversary of the founding of Lincoln University.
In recognition of his professional accomplishments and community service, Mr. Crompton is
recipient of many awards, including the Distinguished Alumni Award (1986) of t11e Lincoln
University Alumni Association, the Missouri Legislative BJack Caucus Jordan-McNeal Award
(1987) for outstanding community service and a Distinguished Alumni Citation (1988) from the
National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education in Washington, D.C., and the
Kansas City Urban League's Image Award for Economic Development (1990).
Mr. Crompton was recipient of the Up and Comers Award (1994) and has been listed among the
100 Most Influential African Americans in Kansas City by the Kansas City Globe newspaper for
four consecutive years since 1992. In 1995. he was awarded the Children's Defense Fund
Innovative Leadership Award.
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Mr. Crompton credits his desire to excel and to contribute to his community to his parents, the
late James N. Crompton, Sr., and Mrs. Eleanor Crompton Rucker. who instilled in him principles
of love for God and his fellowinan.
He is a member of Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church and has been a member' of the Mt. Pleasant
Trustee Board for ten years, serving eight of those years as Trustee Board chairperson.
·Mr. Crompton is married to the former Miss Elfredia M. Witt. They are parents of two sons,
Anthony and Shannon.
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A VANCE is a comprehensive, community and school-based family support program funded by private
companies, foundations, state and federal sources, whose main purpose is to strengthen families.
Our mission: By providing support and education services to low-income families, AVANCE strives to
strengthen the family unit; to enhance parenting skills which nurture the optimal development of children;
to promote educational success, and to foster the personal and economic success of parents. The focus
of AVANCE is community-based intervention which is family centered, preventive, comprehensive and
continuous through integration and collaboration of services.
"Twenty-(three) years ago, a young first-grade teacher was appalled that the schools and
community had given up on so many Hispanic children. Gloria G. Rodriguez, a member of the
Carnegie Task Force on Meeting the Needs of Young Children, was herself a poor child of the
barrios. She decided that to give these youngsters a fair chance, their nurture and education had
to start at the very beginning pf their lives. Parents would have to be trained to be their babies'
first teachers. With the help of the Zale Foundation in Dallas and a determined door-to-door
search in a housing project to recruit mothers and fathers, Rodriguez, now its president and chief
executive officer,founded A VANCE." Excerpt from "AVANCE, a response that works",
Carnegie Quarterly, Spring, 1994.
The A VANCE program evolved into a comprehensive, continuous program by responding to the needs of
the community. There is door-to-door recruitment of the parents and children. Parents are treated with
dignity, and respect. All services are bilingual and are located in predominantly Hispanic communities. All
services, st~ategies, and program design are culturally sensitive and appropriate. As participants take part
in parenting classes, community.is built among neighbors, self esteem is increased and personal goals
are set: Participants are also educated about their rights as parents, are encouraged to take an active role
in shaping their community through neighborhood watches and other collaboratives, and are introduced to
resources such as public libraries, community colleges, public transportation, public health services,
housing assistance, substance abuse treatment, crisis intervention counseling and other collaborative
services. The parenting classes are followed by ESL, GED and college classes and job skills training for
the parents. After the 0-3 Parenting I Early Childhood Program, the children follow a sequential path
including Head Start, tutoring~ mentoring, recreation and, eventually, college.
Proven results: An extensive scientific evaluation funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York found
that A VANCE program mothers reported and had more nurturing attitudes towards their children, an.
enhanced view of self as their child's teacher, increased parental knowledge and skills, and increased
knowledge and use of community resources. Upon graduation from the parent education program,
significantly more program participants elected to continue their education by enrolling in continuing
education classes. The high-risk population which A VANCE serves is characterized by several
generations living in poverty, an SO-percent high school dropout rate among parents, a high degree of
stress and isolation, lack of knowledge of child growth and development, significantly high potential for
child abuse and neglect, and lack of sellable job skills. A 17-year follow-up study of 74% of the first group
of Latino parents and children found that 94% of children who attended A VANCE had either completed
High School, received their GED or were still attending high school, and 43 percent were attending
college. In contrast, 91 percent of their mothers had dropped out of school. After completing the AVANCE
parenting progra!'fl, 57 percent of those mothers returned to complete their GED, and 64 percent of the
mothers in that group attended a college or technical program.
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
MELVIN H. WEARING
Melvin H. We2ring is the Chief of Police for the New Haven Department of Police Service in
New Haven, CoJUiccticut. He is the first African~American to attain this position as well as his previous
rank of Assistant Chief of Police. As chief, he is responsible for the overall operation .and management of
the department which has a sworn strength of 443 and 125 civilian employees.
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During his 28 yeaT career with the department, ChiefWt:aring bas :steOO.ily risen through the ranks.
In l968, he began his career as a police officer. AftGr 5 yoars of street assignments, he was appointed to
Detective in 1973 and a.Ssigned to the Investigative Services Unit. For the next 10 years, he conducted
investigations in the Narcotics, Gambling, and Robbery/Burgla:ry Units until his promotion to Sergeant in
1984. As a first-line supervisor, Wearing was assigned to both the Patrol and Investigative Services Units
for 3 years until he was promoted to Lieutenant.
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As n Lieutenant, in 1988, Wearing
the Officc:'r in Charse (OIC)
the Narcoti~s Enforcement
Unit where he supervised :t. staff of 10 detectives and wru: responsible for COOl'dirtMina joint operations with
state and federal Jaw enforcement agencies. His administrative and supervisory capabilities were key
factors in his 1991 assignment to Chief of Detectives in Investigative Services. In that capacity, he was
responSible for overseeing aJl major criminal investigations 8od the supervision of 75 detectives of over a
dozen specialized units including the Bureau of Identification, Corporation Counsel, ~ajor Crimes,
Criminal Intelligence, Robbel')·, Narcotjcs, Arson, Fireanns, Juvenile Services, Sexual Assault and· family
Violence. After serving 2 years in this position, Wearing was appointed Assistant Chief of Police in 1993.
Chief Wearing is a graduate of the University of New Haven and earned a Bachelor of Science
Degree in Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Administration. He attended and completed ttaWng in
management and leadership at the Yale University/City of New Haven Management Training Institute. In
1992, be;: was sclccred to attend the prestigigus Center for Creative Leadership in Greensboro, North
Carolina. a training program for middle and upper level managers in the public and private sectors. He has
participated in numerous · training seminars over the years. including programs offered by the Police
Executive Research Forum (PERF). National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives
(NOBLE), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and Connecticut Office of the State's Attorney.
As one of the original Fcllows of Yale Child Study Center's Child DevelopmenUCommunity
Policing Program, Chief Wearing played an important role in the implcme:ntiuion of this unique
collabo~tion
between the Police Department and the Child Study Center. The program is multi-faceted in
its objectives: immediate crisis intervention for children who were witnesses to, or victims of violence;
training in cmld development and psychology for police officers and supervisors: a consultation and referral
service. Melvin Wearing is co-author of "The Police-Mental Health Partnership: A Community-Based
Response to Urban Violence,"· published by Yale Univcrsit)' Press in 1995. The CD/CP program has bEJCn
recognized nationally as a pioneer initiative in providing intervention through a previously unheralded
delivery sy5tem--thc:: officer on the beat. 11K: national frn:us on the partnership has become so widespread
that funding is now av~ilablc through the federal governm~nt for police departments across the country to
replicate the program.
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Chief Wearing is a member of many professional and social organizations including the Yale
University Child Study Center, National Organization of Black La\V Enforcement Executives, and Police
E:"~;ccutive Research Fonun. He is a steering committee member for the family Campus Initiative, a
family-focused and child-CClltcl'Cd collaboration among the city, public schools, and Yale University. He i8
a member of the New Haven County Silver Shields, a fraternal organization of minority police officers,·
New Haven County Detectives Association. Connecticut State Police Association, National Association for
rhc Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and the .Midnight Basketball Association (MBA). He is a
fanner member of the Board of Directors for Community Mediation, Inc., the oldest non-profit conuuunity
based mediation program· in Connecticut.
Locally, he is one of the founders as well as current Chair of the New Haven Mentoring Program:
Police, Fire, and Schools, which has paired over 60 youn~sters with police officers and fire fi,ghters in oneto-one relationships. He continually recruits to bring new mentors into the program. As a long standing
member of the Knickerbocker Club, he has helped to introduce students to the fine sport of golf
Throughout his career, Wearing has received numerous honors and awards; In addition to many
letters of appreciation from citizens and colleagues, he has officially been awarded by the department,
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Letters of Commendation, Certificates of Commendation, and a Certificate of Meritorious Service for
professionalism, bravery, and cxccllcncc in paHce work. He was the recipient of a Youth Service Award
from the New Haven Board of Young Adu1t Police Commissioners, and an Outstanding Public Service
Achievement Award from the New Haven County Silver Shields. In l994, he was presented the Special
Recognition freedom A\vard by the NAACP for ·•distinguished achievements in his career .... , nne and
rcvcrc~t character that is a modc:l for ~·outh and colleagues alike .... , his unassuming manner which has not
been changed by phenomenal success.'' In 1995, during Omega Psi Phi Fratcrnity"s achievement Awards
Week. he was named Citizen of the Year. In 1996, he was received the Man of the Year Award from the
New Haven Chapter of the National Association of Negro Business & Professional Women·s Clubs, Inc.,
for dedicated service and comrr1ltmcnt to the youth of the community.
Historical Note; As a police officer in 1974, Melvin Wearing was a main affirutt in the precedent-setting .
case, New haven County Silver Shields v. City of New Haven Police Department. The suit alleged that the
city used unfair hiring, promotional and job assignment practices against minorities. · The Silver Shields, a
fraternal organization of minority police officers, emerged victorious, and from that point on. the New
haven Police Department was mandated by court decree to hire and promote more minorities. The case
·wm; instrumental in improving the city"s hiring practices.
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�1imothy S. Knowlton
Director.
Corporate Affairs
March 20, 1997
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Dear Mrs. Clinton:
I am writing to request that Kellogg Company be invited to participate in your April 17,
. White House Conference on brain development in young children.
As Kellogg Company Chairman Arnold Langbo conveyed ln his letter to President Clinton
(copy attached), we have pioneered an innovative community-based model tor
communicating the important implications of new brain research to parents, other care
givers, and the community
large.
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This public/private, local initiative called Learning Now! was conceived and funded by
Battle Creek business leaders, in close cooperation with leaders of area public and ·
private schools. Response to the project has been excellent.
We believe that Learning Now! represents a cutting-edge approach to this important
issue and ls an excellent model for meaningful private-sector involvement which can be •
replicated In other communities. Zero to Three, one of the national organizations ..
collaborating with your office on the conference, has also recommended that the
Learning Now/ program be included.
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Accompanying this letter are examples of print ·and electronic advertising, direct mail
pieces and parent education materials which· reflect the scope and reach of Learning
Now! I look forward to answering any Questions conference planners may have. Thank.
you for your consideration of this request .
. Sincerely,
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T. S. Knowlton
Mrs. Hillary Rodham Clinton
The ·white House
Washirigton, D.C. 20600
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�Battle Creek Enquirer
Tuesday. December 10. 1996
.Pian targets kids
County· Family Independence
dent of Pennfield Schools and task
Agency, cares for several other
force chairman, said.
The entire effort Will cost about . young foster children and two teenage grandchildren.
$150,000, with schools and businesses splitting the cost, he said. ·
With Tai, she said, "I fell in Jove
The countywide statistics are clear.
with her .the ctay they gave her to
• Some 38 percent of children
me, and she looked at me with those
BilL MlU.ER
entering kindergarten are behind in
great big eyes."
The Enquirer
their development, according to a ·
Tai, she said, is big for her
survey by Calhoun County
Battle Creek's businesses and
age, and advanced in her develotr
Conununities in Schools Inc., the
schools today launched a program
ment She's already in a dance class.
agency administering the learning
to educate parents and caregivers of
"Every night I read a story to
Now! program.
.
small children on the need for men·them," she said. "And every morning,
tal stimulation in the earliest years.
· • Slightly less than half of fourth
we have 'Good morning Jove.' where I
In a breakfast presentation, the
and seventh grade srudents meet·
sit and rock them until they're ready
Greater Battle Creek CEO Forwn
basic math skills on the Michigan
to get down.
and Educator's Task Force unveiled · Educational Assessment Program
"I have one foster child. he's 3 and
tests.
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learning Now!, a three-year promentally, he's year and a half. His famgram to boost early childhood devel• The high school dropout rate
ily didn't seem to notice he's behind.
opment and better prepare children
rocketed from 4.5 percent in 1991-92
"And some of the foster children
for school
to 10.5 percent in 1994-95, according
I've got don't want hugs or kisses.
"I don't know of anything underto Kids Count in Michigan.
One baby I had a year, when he first
taken in recent history that would
The program's aim is to start
came, he cruised the couch all day. I
have (as much) positive impact if we
reversing those statistics.
had to gradually hold him, a little
··,f., succeed in this program," Joseph _
more each day."
WHO IT'S FOR
Stewart, Kellogg Co. senior vice
HOW IT START£0
Who . are the groups trying to
president and forum member, said.
Many of the problems of young
reach? literally, every person who
An initiative to improve srudent edu•
people, he said, "whether dropout
cares for a chil_d through age 5,
cational perfonnance began two years
rates, substance abuse, you name it,
regardless of therr economic status.
ago with formation of the CEO
these are all problems that stem
That means families like those of
Forwn.
from· a child's development, and in
Richard and Mary Ann Taylor, who
It joined with the existing
some way are related to realization
have a .newborn daughter,
Educator's Task Force to promote
of his or her full human potential."
Annamarie, and sons, ages 3 and 5.
and implement local involvement in
The groups plan to: ·
the federal School-to-Work program
Richard is a local investment exec• Blanket the community with.
aimed at broadening educational,
utive and Mary Ann is a tax attorney.
information in the months ahead career and economic opporwnities
"It's very important to maximize
from inserts in · employees' pay
for youth.
the potential for our kids," Mary Ann
envelopes to print and 1V advertisLearning Now! is the second joint
said, and who is familiar with the
ing and fliers.
effort of the two groups, and is based
recent studies showing the impor• The materials will direct people
on new research.
tance of early brain development
to a telephone number to call, where
"It shows brain development of the
Annamarie, who was born at
they can sign up to have information
first three years is much more rapid
Battle .Creek Health System last
sent to them regularly, correspondthan previously thought, and. educaThursday, "is doing great," her
ing to their .child's development
tion potential is deteimined during
mo~er said. "We talk to her when
stage.
that time" said Leslie McCarley, execshe's awake, and try not to put her
• Parent-educators Will be recruitutive director of Calhoun County
down. Her brothers talk to her, and
ed to provide training for parents
Communities in Schools, the agency .
she responds.
and caregivers.
administering the learning Now! proCommunity leaders are using the
"We're conscious about not
gram.
strongest terms to emphasize the
excluding her from a Jot of activities.
"During the first three to four years, .
effort, which was detailed this
We know now that.excluding is the
glucose metabolizes very rapidly,'
morning at the Battle Creek Area
wrong answer, and helping her
then it kind of stabilizes, and
Chamber of Commerce's Eyeexplore now is important"
plateaus." Synapses, or the wires
Opener Breakfast at McCamlv Plaza
Learning Now! also is for parents
between brain cells, are fanned, and a
.
Hotel.
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like janet Person, who recently
Jot of learning goes on.
"1 think it's tremendously imporadopted Tai Allyn, 2, who was boni
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~As a result of this research. these
tant- we've placed a high priority on
· addicted to drugs.
· groups decided the iniormation was
this," Robert Grimes, superintenPerson. named 1996 Foster
f'arent of the Year by the Calhoun
Businesses join
educators in aiding .
children's potential
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�important enough that it should be
widely disseminated," she said.
"There was a sense that on the part of
parents and caregivers in particular,
there might be an information void.
Learning Now! is designed to help
address that void."
Even though the research has got·
ten national media attention,
McCarley said, it's important that it be
addressed locally on a regular basis to
the people giving care.
HOW IT WORKS
Print and 1V ads, direct mailings
they're asked to go.
• Support by businesses of all
kinds is critical, for allowing information to be distributed in workplaces
either through pay-check stutters or
brown-bag lunches.
Different stages of the pr9grarn will
be conducted over the next three
years. Evaluation will be. done,
McCarley said, by measuring
changes in kindergarten readiness,
and through statistics such as the
annual Kids Count surveys.
For now, the campaign focuses .on
the greater Battle Creek area, but
Communities in Schools hopes to
expand it countywide if other groups
provide the money and support
and posters now being prepared all
point toward the new Learning Now!
phone number: 660-5857.
•(Everyone) can sign up to receive
COAUnOH BUILDING
information through the mail on a regular basis," McCarley said. "For par·
Learning Now! is a wbole-cornmu·
ents with children under age 1, they'll
nity effort, Kellogg's Stewart
get information every other month.
emphasized.
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For parents of children 1 to 5, they'll
The ain1 of the CEO Forum and
get information twice a year.
Educator's Task Force, he said, "is
"This will include not only a parent
to create different kind of coopera·
directory that has resources where to
tive working relationships between
go for assistance, but also hands on,
business and education in our comhow-to information on what a parent
munity, and to begin to have a real
can do to stimulate brain development .
impact ... on the performance of our
in their child"
young people."
Developmental benchmarks are
For years, he said, "the business
important, she said: "What kinds of
community has had a concern about
1
imrntmizations your child should have
the quality of people in the work
received by now, what kinds of things
force and the weakening of· some
should your child be doing now. ·
basic skills, like reading, math and
"It's important to know if your child . science, and how those things
is supposed to be sitting up, and isn't,
· require business to invest in addi·
or if your child should be able to sort
tiona! training."
colors by now, and isn't"
He said businesses, like many
None of the advice is dramatically
parts of society, talked about what's
new, McCarley said, but just reading
wrong with schools. But then the
Dr. Spock isn't enough anymore.
CEO Forum realized that "we, too,
"'We are a completely different socihave failed ... to be involved in the
ety than 20 years ago,". she said, "and
right way."
knowing how to be a good parent isn't
Learning Now! is.expected to be
necessarily passed doWn. People don't
funded by CEO· Forum and
necessarily live close to support sys.
Educator's Task Force members,
terns like they used to."
and relies heavily on in-kind support
The campaign, she said, starts at
by all businesses and educators.
birth and builds ·at the appropriate
Much will depend on business
developmental stages, with informacontributions, they said. And. each
tion for each of those ages. It leads up
school system will help cover the
to the kinds of things your child needs
cost of parent educators.
to know when they enter kinder·
Stewart expects Learnirig Now! to
garten.
be actively supported by all parts· of
Between 1,400 and 2,000 Calhoun
the community. More than 100 peoCounty children are in each of seven
stages between birth and age 5, she
ple were expected to attend this
said.
morning's breakfast, and a
The stages are: Birth to .3 months; 3·
Thursday appearance by Dr. Harry
to 6 months; 6 to 12 months; 1 to 2
.Chugani, a pioneering researcher in
years; 2 to 3 years; 3 to 4 years; and 4
early-childhood development, is
to 5years.
sold out
Two other key parts· of the pro-"Businesses alone cannot succeed
gram:
in this," Stewart said. "It will take
• A full-time parent educator will be
health-care providers, schools,
hired to conduct seminars- in bus~
churches and social service agen·
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cies."
Grimes added, "We all have the
same. goals, to do what's best for
young kids ....You get a lot done if
everybody works together."
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Johnson & Johnson's
Commitment to Babies/Vcung Children
March 19, 1997
To: Pauline Abernathy
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As a follow-up to our earlier conversation, this is to provide a sampling of both internal
· and external Johnson & Johnson programs that focus on critical issues in early
childhood development. As a company with more than 100 years of caring for infants,
young children and their families, Johnson & Johnson is proud of its public identity as
"the baby company".
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As I mentioned, the core of Johnson & Johnson's culture is the Credo, a statement of
responsibilities to: 1) the doctors, nurses, patients and mothers and fathers who use
our products, 2) our employees, 3) the community, and 4) the stockholders· in that
order. In that con~ext, I'll highlight some examples of our corporate programs that
address the needs and development of the 0 -3 population .
Programs directed to doctors. n~rses. parents:
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The Pediatric Roundtables • published summaries of discussions among pediatric
experts on a widevariety of early childhood development issues such as "Advance
in Touch", "Infant Stimulation", "Learning Through Play", "Infants at Risk";
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Child Development Manuals for doctors, nurses and health professionals to use in
teaching caregivers and parents about infant care and child development - these
are used worldwide, translated in several languages and adapted to many diverse
cultures;
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Still in a pilot ~tage, we are testing a 24-hour "hotline• service for parents of young
children • especially new parents - to obtain information abo·ut well-baby care;
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questions from professional and parents who use cur products .
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Programs for our employees
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Johnsen & Johnson provides "state-of·the art" en-site child care centers at several
of our U. S. facilities. (As I recall, the First Lady visited our child care center at our
Corporate World Headquarters about four years ago).
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Johnson & Johnson is consistently recognized as one of the "top 10" FamilyFriendly companies in the U. S. The corporate-wide "Work and Family" policies
permit families with young children flexibility to address their needs and to balance
their work and family responsibilities. ·
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Philanthropy Programs
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Head Start Johnson & Johnson Management Fellows - a "mini-MBA" program for ··
Head Start Directors - about 80 Directors/year are now trained thorough this
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Community Health Care Program - grants are awarded each year to an additional
10 - 12 Community Health Care programs selected for their innovative approaches
to serving at-risk families and children;
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The Touch Institute- continuing support for a research program in Miami focused
on the effects of touch and massage on at-risk and prematu're infants;
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Healthy Start- Johnson & Johnson was the original corporate sponsor and provided
a series of advertisements to emphasize the dangers of substance abuse on a
developing infant. These messages and supporting medi~ packages were later
converted into PSAs and distributed widely through Community Health Centers and
Head Start programs..
Pauline, I hope this sample of Johnson & Johnson programs focused on young children
is helpful. As we also discussed, there are a number of upcoming Johnson & Johnson
activities, including our involvement with Rob Reiners "I Am Your Child" campaign
which further illustrate our corporate commitment to the nurturing of babies and the
importance of the bonds betvveen parent and child. Please let ·me know what further
information you might need.
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Barry Zuckerman. M.D.
Barry Zuckerman, M.D., is Professor of Pediatrics and Public Health, and Associate Dean for Clinical·
Affairs at Boston University School of Medicine, and Chief of Pediatrics and Medical Director at Boston
Medical Center. ·His major .interests are in promoting the health and cjevelopment of children through
generating information, training child professionals from all disciplines and establishing more effective
services. Dr. Zuckerman developed and implemented special programs for children in Boston, some
of which are being disseminated nationally. These programs emphasize prevention, and go beyond
traditional medical care. The Reach Out and Read Program (ROR) which is being replicated nationally,
promotes literacy for young children in primary care settings by having.pediatricians give a book to each
child at every health supervision visit, starting at six months. The Pediatric Pathways to Success
Program is a primary care program that expands access to needed basic services and child development
and parenting information and services. This program serves as the model for The Healthy Steps
Program; a multi-site national trial of similar expanded pediatric services. The program content was
developed by and the training is provided by Dr~ Zuckerman and colleagues. The Family Advocacy
Program provides individuals legal advocacy, staff, housing arid policy work to ensure that families have
their basic needs (health care, food, housing, safety, etc.) met to improve the effectiveness of pediatric
care. The Women and Infant's Program provides addiction counseling in a pediatric setting and served
as a model for federal legislation. The Boston Training Center for Infants trains clinicians {doctors,
nurses, social workers), educators, graduate students, and others who work with young children and
their parents by disseminating knowledge regarding the "whole child -whole family" approach to care .
. Zuckerman is an author of more than 120 scientific publications emphasizing the relationship and
impact of biological, social, health services and psychological. factors on children's health and
development. He is an editor of four books, including a Spanish version {Behavioral and Developmental
Pediatrics: Handbook for Primary Care). He played a significant role in the development of American
Academy of Pediatrics Child Health Supervision Guidelines and the government sponsored Bright
Futures Guidelines For Preventive Health Care. He has been a Visiting Professor and named lecturer
at thirteen medical schools, and an invited lecturer to seven countries. Dr. Zuckerman serves on four
editorial boards. He has received a National Leadership Award from the Children's Defense Fund, an
Honorary Degree in Education (Ed. D.) from Wheelock College, Boston and has served as a member of
special national groups, including The National Commission on Children, NIH Consensus Development
Conference, The Carnegie Commission on Meeting the Needs of Young Children, Institute of Medicine
Task Force NIH Review Committee and others. He has also served on state and local boards and task
forces. ·
He has been past Chairman of the Section of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, a member of
the Committee on Psychosocial Aspects of Child and Family Health for the American Academy of
Pediatrics, a Board Member of Zero to Three - National Center for Infants and Toddlers, and National
Center for Children and Poverty. He has made numerous presentations to professional societies, United
States Congress, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Legislature, National Academy of Sciences, and
parent groups.
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THE PROBLEM
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Children who live in print-rich environments and are read to in their preschool years
are much more likely to learn to read on schedule
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Parents of children living in poverty may lack the money to buy books, may not have
easy access to good children's books, and may not themselves have been read to as children
Reading problems may mean school failure, which increases the risk of absenteeism,
dropping out, juvenile delinquency, substance abuse, and teenage· pregnancy--all of which
perpetuate the cycles of poverty and dependency
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Reach Out and Read is a program that makes early literacy part of pediatric primary care
Pediatricians encourage parents to read aloud to their young children and give their
patients books to take home at all pediatric check-ups from six months to five years of age
Through Reach Out and Read, every child starts school with a home library of at least ten
beautiful children's books, and parents understand that reading aloud is the most important
thing they can do to help their children learn to love books
HOW ROR WORKS--PROGRAM COMPONENTS
Volunteer readers in the clinic waiting room read aloud to children as they wait for their
appointments, showing parents and children the pleasures and techniques of looking at
books with children
Pediatricians are trained to counsel parents about the importance of reading with young
children, offering age-appropriate tips an9 encouragement
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The doctor gives the child a new developmentally and culturally appropriate children's
book .to take home and keep at every check-up from six months to five years of age
PROGRAM BACKGROUND
• Reach Out and Read was developed at Boston City Hospital_ in 1989 by a collaboration of
pediatricians an.d early childhood educators
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Program Manual, handouts for doctors and parents, prescription pads to help doctors
"prescribe" reading aloud, and many other unique materials to encourage literacy in pedi~tric
practice
• · With generous support from the Annie E. Casey Foundation,. the program has been
replicated
sites around the country; with further support from the William T. Grant
Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Boston Company, there are now over 80
Reach Out and Read sites in clinics and pediatric practices in 34 states
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FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Please contact the Reach Out and Read office by phone (617)534-5701 or fax (617)534-7557
or write to Reach Out and Read National Training Center, Boston Medical Center, One
BMC Place, Dowling 5 South, Boston, MA 02118.
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Harriet Meyer
Biography.
Harriet Meyer received her undergraduate degree from Syracuse University and
her graduate degree from Middlebury College after completing most of her
studies in Paris, France. Upon graduation Ms. Meyer worked in the
international department of a major corporation, where she traveled
extensively in Europe, Australia, and Africa before beginning her tenure in
the family support arena.
As an Ounce of Prevention staff member, Ms. Meyer was responsible for the
physical development of a comprehensive child care center in the Robert
Taylor high-rise public housing complex. This center served families through
the prenatal period until their children reached age three. The "Beethoven
Project", as it later became known, has since become a model for child care
centers across the country..
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Ms. Meyer then directed the Wells Community Initiative for three years,
coordinating this public/private partnership with Chicago Public Housing,
community residents, and community-based agencies to revitalize the Ida B.
Wells public housing complex.
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Ms. Meyer was named Executive Director of the Ounce in 1991. She has been
involved in the development o.f a variety of innovative prevention programs at
the Ounce and in raising public awareness about policies affecting children
and families through her work with the Ounce's policy arm, the Kids Public
Education and Policy Project.
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As Executive Director, Ms. Meyerhas overseen the Ounce's expansion in many
areas including Early Head Start services for families with children 0-3
years of age, an elementary school-based health center, and a renowned sexual
abuse prevention education program, Heart·to Heart. ·
A leading advocate for efforts to support the health and well-being of
·.children, particularly children in the developmentally critical early years,
Ms. Meyer has testified at the state and national levels on many occasions.
She has been a member of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Advisory Committee on Services for Families with Infants and Toddlers and the
U.S. Department ofEducation Working Group on Comprehensive Services. Ms.
Meyer has made regular appearances on television and radio news and talk
programs focused on child development and early intervention. A joint
interview with Ms. Meyer and two other child development professionals is
featured in the October/Novemb.er 1996 issue of Zero to Three .
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Dear Friends,
At the Ounoe of Prevention Fund. we &ell' the new
and heightened scrutiny Slll'rounding the financing and
implementation of welfue programs as an unusual
opportunity to expand the growing consensus in this
oouna:y that prevention programs .eave livee and dolLlre.
'\Vo h.~lieve that prevention ia a humane and co&t·
effective stlategy. We promote it thi'ough a threepronged approach of research, experimental program
implementation, and policy advocacy. We conti:nually
seek to pl11y lhc mollt effective role we c.an in the cyclo
o£ reee.:~.rch., program, and policy.
Fuat lllla fore111oat, a.a th.ia biennial report indicat<Js
o'Ver and over again. prevention programs save scaroe
pubUc resources. The cost of supporting !i family to
ensure itS memhe18 can live together in a healthy and
n111111ling environment is poeket change compared to
the coat of maintaining children in foster care. The co&t
of developmental ehildcare and Head Start to pave the
way for school !IUCce65 i$ negligible when compared to
the consequences of Gchool failure including substance
abuse, premature parenthood, and pri11on. The IX>Bt of:
providine; aHordahle fAarlly medical care ~&long With an
explanation on how to u11e it is trivial compared to the
cost of hospital treatment made necessary by neglected
health. In fact, painstakingly crafted prevention
programs are among the most fi.l!ic::aDy coru~ervativ~:>
humllll service efforts.
We are proud to be in the forefront of c::ommunitybased prevention in Dlinoill. Our work with children
and families is grounded in scientific rP-SP.Iilrch and the
can:ful examination of Gueceasful predecee.sor
programs. With this approach we individually tailor
servic;c11 for cac.h Illinoio eommunity and pouot.ioipllllt.
We help educate the public by conducting interned
research, cooperating with outside researchers, working
with the press, and documenting our results in·
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publicatioiU! that explain what make& prevention
prognun11 ~ffe<:tive.
The Ounce of :Prevention Fund ill· particularly proud
of tho recent developntent of the Early Hend Start
program at the federal level. We believe thal the
proceBs leading to the creation of Euly Head Start
repreaents the btst the Ounce hae to offer in the cycle
of researeht experimental program implemenwtion, an~
policy advocacy. :For nine yeal'll, the Oun~e hu worked
with families with very young children at our Center for
Succeesful Child Development (CSCD) in the Robert
Taylor Homes on Chicago's south side. Based on
community input and progriWl cTalu•tion, CSCD haa
evolved llnd ~hAnged over this time. Last year. Harriet
Meyer shared om lessons from CSCD ae a member of a
federal advisory committee that evaluated programs
and approaches for children between infancy and three
. years o( ~e. Thie ~m.mittcc developed the fram.,work
for a new Early Head Start program to aerve children
lgJ UUi
three yean; old and younger, bringing the research,
program, and policy cycle to completion. As thie
biennial report goes tO prees, Ounce staff 1.1re
dcvc:loping program and evoluation ele~nenta for our
recently awarded Early Head Start program (one of .
sixty-eight in the country) to further refine and improve
the work we do.
and
More new
exciting ventures at the Ounce merit
mentil)n in this letter Uutn we could possibly addreaa.
Of special interest are actlvldes at our school-baaed
health centen, the addition of CAu Central as. a third ·
Head Start delegate, the ·expansion of Aunt Martha'a
·Head Start program with the opening of a Ri\l'crdale site
to serve fifty-one children, and policy work related to
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welflll'e reform. As
with the
development of
our Early Head
Start program,
each of theee n~:;w
ventures shares a
common
approach of
applying the mo11t
updated
ree~o•reh
to program
implementation,
evaluating what
we have done
ri(;ht and wrons,
and then
epl'flading the
word about how
Bocialservice
pr(lgr'Am& need to
develop in Dlinois
and the United
States.
Thank you for
ta1cing the time to
review ow- work
in thit report. Your continued input and analysis ie part
of what makee us succeBiful. Pleal'le continua to &hare
with m your thoughts and perepectives as we continue
to foster the research, program, and policy cycle in the
b..,et interests of the faD:Ulier; ancl children of Ulinoill.
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Harriel Meyer
E~ ..,utiva
Direetor
IrVing B.
Harri~
Chairman n! the Board
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· CHILD; DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
CHILD CARE HEAD START CHILD CARE FOOD PROGRAM
2104 East 18th Street. Kan.-w Clty, Missouri 64127 • (816) 474-3751 Fax: (816) 474-1818
BIOGRAPHY
DWAYNE A. CROMPTON
Typical of many post-sixties black professionals. Dwayne A. Crompton has dedicated his career
and life to the advancement of Mrican·~ericans, especially the young. Since his graduation in
1968 from Lincoln University, Mr. Crompton has labored in and on behalf of the community in
which he W8S nurtured. His efforts to. help improve the lives of young African-Americans include
time as a ·preschool teacher, an·elementa:ry teacher, a public school administrator and a child-care
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agency director.
Mr. Crompton's most significant professional accomplishment have been at the helm of KCMC
. Child· Development Corporation. Twenty years ago, when he was elevated to the post of
executive director, KCMC. Child Development Corporation was a fledgling not-for-profit agency
striving against tremendous odds to meet child-care needs of the working poor in the black
community. Today the picture is quite different.
Under Mr. Crompton's leadership, KCMC grew to include the administration of Project Head
Start in Jackson, Clay and Platte counties; the administration of the federal Child and Adult Care
Food Program in twenty western Missouri counties;. the operation of a model Central City child
day-care center serving lSO children and the administration of .the newly established, privatesector child-care partnershlp called Full Start and the operation of Early Head Start. KCMC also
sponsors an annual Family Child Care Conference attended by 300-400 family child care
providers.
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Through KCMC's many·programs,.Mr. Crompton has reached out to help thousands of children
and families of all racial and edmic backgrounds in northwestern Missouri .to improve the quality
of their lives through better chlld care.
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Mr. Crompton has published several articles on issues affecting children and families and has
earned national recognition as an expert in early care and education. He is a member of the
prestigious Governing Board of the National Council for Early Childhood Professional
Recognition. He is a member of the National Association for the Education of Young Children.
Karing for Children is our Main Concern
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He is a member of the National Black Child Development Institute and serves on its Advisory
Committee. He's a member of the Black Community's Crusade for Children and serves on its
Steering Committee. He's a member of the Advisory Committee of the Greater Kansas City
Community Foundation and Affiliated Trusts.
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Mr. Crompton is frequently asked to give testimony on child-care legislation pending before local,
state and federal government legislative bodies.
Mr. Crompton has an active track record of community service. He is a member of the education
committee of the Greater Kansas City Civic Council. He is secretary of the Rehabilitation Loan
Corporation of Kansas City and formerly served as its chairman. He is past president and past
treasurer of the Board of Curators Lincoln University. Most recently, Mr. Crompton gave the
Founders' Day address for the I 26th anniversary of the founding of Lincoln University.
In recognition of his professional accomplishments and community service, Mr. Crompton is
recipient of many awards, including the Distinguished Alumni Award (1986) of the Lincoln
University Alumni Association, the Missouri Legislative BJack Caucus Jordan-McNeal Award
(1987) for outstanding community service and a Distinguished Alumni Citation (1988) from the
· National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education in Washington, D.C., and the
. Kansas City Urban League's Image Award for Economic Development (1990).
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Mr. Crompton was recipient of the Up and Comers Award (1994) and has been listed among the
100 Most Influential African Americans in Kansas City by the Kansas City Globe newspaper for
four consecutive years since 1992. In 1995, he was awarded the Children's Defense Fund
Innovative Leader~hip Award.
Mr. Crompton credits his desire to excel and to contribute to his community to his parents, the
late James N. Crompton, Sr., and Mrs. Eleanor Crompton Rucker, who instilled in him principles
of love for God and his fellowman. ·.
He is a member of Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church and has been a member of the Mt. Pleasant
Trustee Board for ten years, serving eight of those years as Trustee Board chairperson.
Mr. Crompton is married to the former Mis_s E.lfredia M. Witt. They are parents of two sons,
Anthony and Shannon.
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QAVANCE
AVANCE is a comprehensive, community and school-based family support program funded by private
companies, foundations, state and federal sources, whose main purpose is to strengthen families.
Our mission: By providing support and education services to low-income families, AVANCE strives to
strengthen the family unit; to enhance parenting skills which nurture the optimal development of children;
to promote educational success, and to foster the personal and economic' success of parents. The focus
of A VANCE is community-based intervention which is family centered, preventive, comprehensive and
continuous through integration and collaboration of services.
"Twenty-(three) years ago, a young first-grade teacher was appalled that the schools and
community had given up on so many Hispanic children. Gloria G. Rodriguez, a. member of the
Carnegie Task Force on Meeting the Needs of Young Children, was herself a·poorchild of the
barrios. She decided that to give these youngsters a fair chance, their nurture and education had
to start at the very beginning of their lives. Parents would have to· be trained to be their babies·'
first teachers. With the help of the Zale Foundation in Dallas and a determined door-to-door
search in housing project to recruit mothers and fathers, Rodriguez, now its president and chief
executive officer, founded A VANCE." Excerpt from "AVANCE, a response that works",
Carnegie Quarterly, Spring, 1994.
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The AVANCE program evolved into a comprehensive. continuous program by responding to the needs of
the community. There is door-to-door recruitment of the parents and children. Parents are treated with
dignity and respect. All services are bilingual and are located in predominantly Hispanic communities. All
services, strategies, and program design are culturally sensitive and appropriate. As participants take part
in parenting classes, community is built among neighbors, self esteem is increased and personal goals
are set. Participants are also educated about their rights as parents, are encouraged to take an active role
in shaping their community through neighborhood watches and other collaboratives. and are introduced to
resources such as public libraries. community colleges, public transportation, public health services,
housing assistance, substance abuse treatment, crisis intervention counseling and other collaborative
services. The parenting classes are fbllowed by ESL, GED and college classes and job skills training for
the parents. After the 0-3 Parenting I Early Childhood Program, the children follow a sequential path
including Head Start, tutoring, mentoring, recreation and, eventually, college.
Proven results: An extensive scientific evaluation funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York found
that A VANCE program mothers reported and had more nurturing attitudes towards their children, an
enhanced view of self as their child's teacher, increased parental knowledge and skills, and increased
knowledge and use of community resources. Upon graduation from the parent education program,
significantly more program participants elected to continuetheir education by enrolling in continuing
education classes. The high-risk population which AVANCE serves is characterized by several
generations living in poverty, an SO-percent high school dropout rate among parents, a high degree of
stress and isolation, lack.of knowledge of child growth and development. significantly high potential for
child abuse and neglect, and lack of sellable job skills. A 17-year follow-up study of 74% of the first group
of Latino parents and children found that 94% of children who attended A VANCE had either completed
High School, received their GED or were still attending high school, and 43 percent were attending
college. In contrast, 91 percent of their mothers had dropped out of school. After completing the A VANCE
parenting program, 57 percent of those mothers returned to complete their GEO, and 64 percent of the
mothers in that group attended a college or technical program. ·
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A VANCE. chapters are located in San Antonio, Houston, the Rio Grande Valley, Corpus
Christi and Dallas serving over 7,000 individuals. Chapters are will open early in 1997 in
El Paso, Laredo and Kansas City.
AV.-\.i'\i'CE, Inc. - 301 S. Frio, Suite 380, San Antonio, Texas 78207 - 210/270-4630 Fax 210/270-4612
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
MELVIN H. WEARING
Melvin H. Wearing is the Chief of Police for the New Haven Depart:ment of Police Service in
New Haven, Connecticut. He is the first African-American to attain this position as well as his previous
rank of Assistant Chief of Police. · As chief, he is responsible for the overall operation and management of
the department which has a sworn strength of 443 and 125 civilian employees.
During his 28 year career with the department, ChiefW~;aring has steadily risen through the ranks.
In 1968, he began his career as a police officer. AftGr 5 yoars of street assignments, he W05 nppointed to
Detective in 1973 and assigned to the Investigative Services Unit For the next I 0 years, he conducted
investigations in the Narcotics, Gambling, and Robbery/Burglary Units until his promotion to Sergeant in
1984. As a first-line supervisor, Wearing was assigned to both the Patrol and Investigative Services Units
for 3 years until he was promoted to Lieutenant.
. As n Lieutenant, in 1988, Wearing was the Officer in Charge (OIC) of the Narcotics Enforcement
Unit where he supervised :1 staff of 10 detectives and wa.s resporu:ibla for aoo.-di~~ting joint operations with
state and federal law coforcement agencies. His administrative and supervisory capabilities were key
factors in his 1991 assignment to Chief of Detectives in Investigative Services. In that capacity, he
responSible for overseeing all major criminal investigations
the supervision of 75 detectives of over a
dozen specialized units including the Bureau of Identification, Corporation Counsel, ~ajor Crimes,
Criminal Intelligence, Robbery, Narcotics, Arson, Fircanns, Juvenile Services, Sexual Assault and family
Violence. After serving 2 years in this position, Wearing was appointed Assistant Chief of Police in 1993.
and
was
Chief Wearing is a gmdu~tc of the University of New Haven and earned a Bachelor of Science
Degree in Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Administration. He attended and completed training in
management and leadership at the Yale University/City of New Haven Management Training Institute. In
1992, b~ was sclccred to attend the prestigious Center for Creative l..ea.dersbip in Greensboro, North
CarolinQ.. a training program for middle and upper level managen~ in the public and private sectors. He has
participated in numerous · training seminars over the years~ including programs offered by the Police
Executive Research Forum (PERF). ·National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives
{NOBLE), Federal Bureau of Investigation· (FBI), and Connecticut Office ofthe State's Attorney.
As one of the original f cllows of Yale Child Study Center's Child Development/Community
Policing Program, Chief Wearing played an important role in the implcme;ntation of .this unique
collabo~tion between the Police Department and the Child Study Center. The program is multi-faceted in
its objectives: immediate crisis intervention for children who were witnesses to, or victims of violence;
training in child development and psychology for police officers and supervisors; a consultation and referral
service. Melvin Wearing is co-author of ''The Police~Mental Health Partnership: A Community-Based
Response to Urban Violence.~ publi!lhcd by Yale Univcrsit)· Press in 1995. l11e CD/CP program has bocn
recognized nationally as a pioneer initiative in providing intervention through a previously unheralded
delivery system--the officer on the beat. The national focus on the partnership has become so widespread
that funding is 110w available through the federal government for p<itice departments across the country to
replicate the progiarn.
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Chief Wearing is a member of many profcssio11al and social organizations including the Yale
University Child Study Center, National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives, and Police
Executive Research Forum. He is a steering committee member for the family Campus Initiative, a
family-focusedand child-ccntcl'Cd collaboration among the city, public schools, and Yale University. He is
a member of the New Haven County Silver Shields, a fraternal organization of minority police officers,
New Haven County Detectives Association. Connecticut State Police Association, National Association for
the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and the Midnight Basketball Association (MBA). He is a
fonner member of the Board of Directors for Community Mediation, Inc., the oldest non-profit community
based med!ation program in Cormt;eticut.
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Locally, he is one of the fo\lnders as well as current Ch"ir ofthe New Haven Me~torins Program:
Police. Fire, arid Schools, which has paired over 60 youn~sters with police officers and fire fi.ghters in oneto-one relationships. He continually recruits to bring new mentors into the program. As a long standing
member of the Knickerbocker Club, he has helped to introduce students to the fine sport of golf.
Throughout his career, Wearing has received numerous hono.rs and awards. In addition to many
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letters of appreciation from citizens and colleagues, he has officially been awarded by the depllt"tment.
Letters of Commendation, Certificates of Commendation, and a Certificate of Meritorious Service for
professionalism, bravery, and excellence in peHce work. He was the recipient of a Youth Service Award
from the Ne\v Haven Board of Young Adu1t Police.Conunlssioners, and an Outstanding Public Service
Achievement Award from the New Haven County Silver Shields. In 1994, he was presented the Special
Recognition freedom Award by the NAACP for ·•distinguished achievements in his career .... , fine and
rc:vcn::nt character that is a model for youth and colleagues alike .... , his unassuming manner which has not
been changed by phenomenal succeSs.'' In 1995, during Omega Psi Phi Fratcmity·s achievement Awards
Week. he was named Citizen ofthc Year. In 1996, he was received the Man of the Year Award frorn the
New Haven Chapter of the National Association of Negro Business & Professional Women ·s Clubs, Inc;,
foi dedicated service and commitment to the youth of the community.
Historical Nolei... As a police officer in J974, Melvin Wearing was a main affirutt in the precedent-setting
case, New haven County Silver Shields v, City of New Haven Police Department. The suit alleged that the
city used unfair hiring, promotional undjob assignment practices against minorities. The Silver Shields, a
fraternal organization of minority police officers, emerged victorious, and from that point on, the New
haven Police Department was mandated by court decree to hire and promote more minorities. The case
was instrumental in improving the; city's hiring practices.
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Timothy S. Knowlton
Director
Corporate Affairs
March 20, 1997
Dear Mrs. Clinton:
I am writing to request that Kellogg Company be invited to participate in your April 17,
White House Conference on brain development in young children.
As Kellogg Company Chairman Arnold Langbo conveyed ln his letter to President Clinton
(copy attached), we have· pioneered an innovative community-based model for
communicating the important implications of new brain research to parents, other care
givers, and the community at large.
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This public/private, local. initiative called Learning Now! was conceived and funded by
Battle Creek business leaders, in close cooperation with leaders of area public and
private schools. Response t~ the project has been excellent.
We believe that Learning Now! represents a cutting-edge approach to this important
issue and Is an excellent model for meaningful private-sector involvement which can be • .
replicated In other communities. Zero to Three, one of the national organizations .
collaborating with your office on the conference, has also recommended that the
Learning Now/ program be included.
Accompanying this letter are examples of print and electronic advertising, direct mail
pieces and parent education materials which reflect the scope and reach of Learning
Now! I look forward to answering any questions conference planners may have. Thank
you for your consideration of this request.
Sincer~ly,
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T: S. Knowlton
Mrs. Hillary Rod ham Clinton
The ·vvhite House
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· Tuesday. December I 0. 1996
ePlan targets kids
· Businesses join
educatorsin aiding
children's potential
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Mnl.ER
The Enquirer
Battle Creek's businesses and
schools today launched a program
to educate parents and caregivers of
small children on the need for mental stimulation in the earliest years.
In a breakfast presentation, the
Greater Battle Creek CEO Forum
and Educator's Task Force unveiled
Learning Now!, a three-year pnr
gram to boost early childhood development and better prepare children
for school
"I don't know of anything undertaken in recent history that would
have (as much) positive impact if we
. ··,I.' succeed in this program," Joseph _
" Ste·~art, Kellogg Co. senior vice
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· president and forum member, said.
Many of the problems of young
people, he said, "whether dropout
rates, substance abuse, you name it,
these. are all problems that stem
from· a child's development, and in
some way are related to realization
of his or her full human potential."
The groups plan to:
• Blanket the community with..
information· in the months ahead irom inserts in employees' pay
envelopes to print arid 1V ·advertising and fliers.
• The materials will direct people
to a ~lephone number to call, where
they can sign up to have infonnation
sent to them regularly, corresponding to their child's development
stage.
• Parent-educators will be recruited to provide training for parents
and caregivers.
Community leaders are using the
strongest terms to emphasize the
effort, which was detailed this
morning at the Battle Creek Area
Chamber of Commerce's EyeOpener Breakfast at McCamly Plaza
Hotel.
"I think it's tremendously impor•
tant- we've placed a high priority on
this," Robert Grimes. superinten-
dent of Pennfield Schools and task
force chairman, said.
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The entire effort will cost about
$150,000, with schools and businesses splitting the cost, he said.
The countywide statistics are clear.
• Some 38 percent of children
entering kindergarten are behind in
their development, according to a
survey by Calhoun County ·
Communities in Schools Inc., the
agency administering the Learning
Now! program.
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• Slightly less than half of fourth
and seventh grade srudents meet
basic math skills on the Michigan
Educational Assessment Program
tests.
. e The high school dropout rate
rocketed from 4.5 percent in 1991-92
to 10.5 percent in 1994-95, according
to Kids Count in Michigan.
The program's aim is to start
reversing those statistics.
WHO IT'S FOR
Who are the groups trying to
reach? literally, every person who
cares for a child through age 5,
regardless of their economic status.
That means families like those of
Richard and Mary Ann Taylor, who
have a newborn daughter
Annamarie, and sons, ages 3 and 5.'
Richard is a local investment executive and Mary Ann is a tax attorney.
"It's very important to maximize
the potential for our kids," Mary Ann
said, and who is familiar with the .
recent studies showing the importance of early brain development
Annamarie, who was born at
Battle Creek Health System last
Thursday, "is doing great," her
mo~er said. "We talk to her when
she's awake, and try not to put her
down. Her brothers talk to her, and
she responds.
"We're conscious about not
excluding her from a lot of activities.
We know now that excluding is the
'Wrong answer. and helping her
explore now is important"
Learning Now! also is for parents
like Janet Person, who recently
adopted Tai Allyn, 2, who was borri
addicted to drugs.
Person. named 1996 Foster
Parent of the Year by the Calhoun
�important enough that it should bt
widely disseminated." she said.
"'There was a sense that on the part of
parents and caregivers in partiadar,
there might be an infonnation void.
Learning Now! is designed to help
address that void."
Even though the research has gotten national media attention,
McCarley said, it's important that it be
addressed locally on a regular basis to
the people giving care.
HOW IT WORKS
Print and 1V ads, direct mailings ·
and posters now being prepared all
point toward the new Learning Now!
phone number: 660-5857.
"(Everyone) can sign up to receive
information thrOugh the mail on a regular basis," McCarley said. "For par~
. ents with children under age 1, they'll
get iriformation every other month.
For parents of children 1 to 5, they'll
get infonnation twice a year.
"'bis will include not only a parent
directory that has resources where to
go for assistance, but also hands on,
how-to information on what a parent
can do io stimulate brain development
in their child."
Developmental benchmarks are
important. she said: '"What kinds of
immunizations your child should have
received by now, what kinds of things
should your child be doing now.
· "It's important to Jmow if your child
· is supposed to be· sitting up, and isn't.
or if your child should be able to sort
colors by now, and isn't"
None of the advice is dramatica))y
new, McCarley said, but just reading
Dr. SpaCk isn't enough anymore.
"We are a completely different society than 20 years ago," she said, "and
knowing how to be a good parent isn't
necessarily passed doWn. People don't
necessarily live close to support systems like they used to."
The campaign, she said, starts at
birth and builds at the appropriate .
developmental stages, with information for each ofthose ages. It leads up
to the kinds of things your child needs
to know when they enter kindergarten.
Between 1,400 and 2,000 Calhoun
County children are in each of. seven
stages between birth and age 5, she
said.
The stages are: Birth to 3 months; 3
to 6 months; 6 to 12 months; 1 to 2
years; 2 to 3 years; 3 to 4 years; and 4
to 5years.
Two other key parts of the pr«Y
gram:
·e A full..time parent educator will be
hired to conduct seminars - in business, schools, churches, wherever
they're asked to go.
• Support by businesses of all
kinds is critical, for allowing infonnation to be distributed in workplaces
either through pay<heck stuffers or
brown-bag lunches.
Different stages of the program will
be conducted over the next ·three
years. Evaluation will be done,
McCarley said, by measuring
changes in kindergarten readiriess,
and through statistics such as the
annual Kids Count surveys.
For now, the campaign focuses on
the greater Battle Creek area. but
Communities in Schools hopes to
expand it countywide if other groups ·
provide the money and support
Grimes added, "We all have 'the
same goals, to do what's best for
young kids.... You get a lot done if
everybody works together."
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Learning Now! is a wbole-commu·
nity effort, Kellogg's Stewart
emphasized.
The aim of the CEO Forum and
Educator's Task Force, he said, "is
to create different kind of coopera- ·
tive working relationships between ·
business and education in our com·
munity, and to begin to have a real
impact ... on the performance of our
young people." .
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For years, he said, "the business
community has had a concern about
the quality of people in the work
force and the weakening of some
basic skills, like reading, math and
science, and how those things
require business to invest In addi·
tiona! training."
,
He said businesses, like many
parts of society, talked about what's
wrong with schools. But then the
CEO Forum realized that "we, too, ·
have failed ... to be involved in the
right way."
Learning Now! is expected to be
funded by CEO Forum and
Educator's Task Force members,
and relies heavily on in-kind support
by all businesses and educators. ·
Much will depend on business
contributions, they said. And each
school system will help cover the
cost of parent educators.
Stewart expects Learning Now! to
be actively supported by all parts of
the community. More than 100 people were expected to attend this
morning's breakfast, and a
Thursday appearance by Dr. Harry
Chugani, a pioneering researcher in
early-childhood development, is
sold out.
"Businesses alone cannot succeed
in this," Stewart said. "lt will take
health-care providers, schools,
churches and social service agencies."
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JOHNSON & JOHNSON
202 408 9490
1350 EYE STREET. N.W,
SUITE 810
WASI-IINGTON, D.C. 20005·3305
TEL. (202) 408-9482
FAX (202) 408-9490
Johnson & Johnson's
Commitment to Babies/Young Children
March 19, 1997
To: Pauline Abernathy
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As a follow-up to our earlier conversation, this is to provide a sampling of both internal
and external Johnson & Johnson programs that focus on critical issLJes in early
childhood development. As a company with more than 100 years of caring for infants,
young children and their families, Johnson & Johnson is proud of its public identity as
"the baby company".
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As I mentioned, the core of Johnson & Johnson's culture is the Credo, a statement 'of
responsibilities to: 1) the doctors, nurses, patients and mothers and fathers who use
our products, 2) our employees, 3) the community, and 4) the stockl'"rolders- in that
order. In that context, I'll highlight some examples of our corporate programs that
address the needs and development of the 0 -3 population .
Programs directed to doctors. nurses, parents:
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A video series for parents with instructions for baby care;
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The Pediatric Roundtables - published summaries of discussions among pediatric
experts on a wide variety of early childhood development issues such as "Advance
in Touch", "Infant Stimulation" ulearning Through Play" "Infants at Risk";
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Still in a pilot ~tage, we are testing a 24-hour "hotline• service for parents of young
children - especially new parents • to obtain information about well-baby care;
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Child Development Manuals for doctors, nurses and health professionals to use in
teaching caregivers and parents about infant care and child development - these
· are used worldwide, translated in several languages and adapted to many diverse
cultures;
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Several of our consumer product companies maintain 1-800 numbers to answer
questions from professional and parents who use our products .
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202 408 9490
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Johnson & Johnson is consistently recognized as one of the "top 10" FamilyFriendly companies in the U.S. The corporate-wide "Work and Familyn policies
permit families with young children flexibility to address their needs and to balance
their work and family responsibilities.
Philanthropy Programs
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Head Start Johnson & Johnson Management Fellows - a "mini-MBA u program for
Head Start Directors - about 80 Directors/year are now trained thorough this
program which was initiated in 1991.
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Community Health Care Program - grants are awarded each year to an additional
10 • 12 Community Health Care programs selected for their inno.vative approaches
to serving at-risk families and children;
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The Touch Institute- continuing support for a research program in Miami focused
on the effects of touch and massage on at-risk and premature infants;
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Healthy Start • Johnson & Johnson was the original corporate sponsor and provided
a series of advertisements to emphasize the dangers of substance abuse on a
developing infant. These messages and supporting media packages were later
converted into PSAs and distributed widely through Community Health Centers and
Head Start programs. ·
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Pauline, I hope this samp.le of Johnson & Johnson programs focused on young children
is helpful. As we also discussed, there are a number of upcoming Johnson & Johnson
activities, including our involvement with Rob Reiner's "I Am Your Child" campaign
which further illustrate our corporate commitment to the nurturing of babies and the
importance of the bonds between parent and child. Please let me know what further
information you might need.
I'll look forward to talking with you tomorrow.
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Barry Zuckerman. M.D. ·
Barry Zuckerman, M.D., is Professor of Pediatrics and Public Health, and Associate ~ean for Clinical
Affairs at Boston University School of Medicine, and Chief of Pediatrics and Medical Dire~tor at Boston
Medical Center.· His major interests are in promoting the health and development of children through
generating information, training child professionals from all disciplines and establishing more effective
services. Dr. Zuckerman developed and implemented special programs for children in Boston, some
of which are being disseminated nationally. These programs emphasize prevention, and go beyond
traditional medical care. The Reach Out and Read Program (ROR) which is being replicated nationally,·
promotes literacy for young children in primary care settings by having pediatricians give a. book to each
child at every health supervision visit, starting at six months. The Pediatric Pathways to Success
Program is a primary care program that expands access to needed basic services and child development
and parenting information and services. This program serves as the model for The Healthy Steps
Program; a multi-site national trial of similar expanded pediatric· services. The program content was
developed by and the training is provided by Dr. Zuckerman and colleagues. The Family Advocacy
Program provides individuals legal advocacy, staff, housing and policywork to ensure that families have
their basic needs {health care, ·food, housing, safety, etc.) met to improve the effectiveness of pediatric
care. The Women and Infant's Program provides addiction counseling in a pediatric setting and. served
as a model for federal legislation. The Boston Training Center for Infants trains clinicians (doctors,
nurses, social workers), educators, graduate students, and others who work with young children and
their parents by disseminating knowledge regarding the "whole child -whole family" approach to care .
. Zuckerman is an author of more than 120 scientific publications emphasizing the relationship and
impact of biological, social, health services and psychological factors on children's health and
development. He is an editor of four books, including a Spanish version (Behavioral and Developmental
Pediatrics: Handbook for Primary Care). He played a significant role in the development of American
Academy of Pediatrics Child ·Health Supervision Guidelines and the government sponsored Bright
Futures Guidelines For Preventive Health Care. He has been a Visiting Professor and named lecturer
at thirteen medical schools, and an invited lecturer to seven countries. Dr. Zuckerman serves on four
editorial boards. He has received a National Leadership Award from the Children's Defense Fund, an
Honorary Degree in Education {Ed. D.) from Wheelock College, Boston and has served as a member of
special national groups, including The National Commission on Children, NIH Consensus Development
Conference, The Carnegie Commission on Meeting the Needs of Young Children, Institute of Medicine
Task Force NIH Review Committee and others. He has also served on state and local boards and task
forces.
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He has been past Chairman of the Section of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, a member of
the Committee on Psychosocial Aspects of Child and Family Health for the American Academy of
·Pediatrics, a Board Member of Zero to Three - National Center for Infants and Toddlers, and National
Center for Children and Poverty. He has made numerous presentations to professional societies, United
States Congress, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Legislature, National Academy of Sciences, and
parent groups.
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THE PROBLEM
Children who live in print-rich environments and are read to in their preschool years
are much more likely to learn to read ori schedule
Parents of children living in poverty may lack the money to buy books, may not have
easy access to good children's books, and may not themselves have been read to as children
Reading problems may mean school failure, which increases the risk of absenteeism,
dropping out, juvenile delinquency, substance· abuse, and teenage pregnancy--all of which
perpetuate the cycles of poverty and dependency
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PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Reach Out and Read is a program th.at makes early literacy part of pediatric primary care
Pediatricians encourage parents to read aloud to their young children and give their
patients books to take home at all pediatric check-ups from six months to five years of age ·
Through Reach Out and Read, every child starts school with a home library of at least ten
beautiful children's books, and parents understand that reading aloud is the most important
thing they can do to help their children learn to love books
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HOW ROR WORKS--PROGRAM COMPONENTS
Volunteer readers in the clinic waiting room read aloud to children as they wait for their
appointments, showing parents and children the pleasures and techniques of looking at
books with children
Pediatricians are trained to counsel parents about the importance of reading with young
children; offering age-appropriate tips and encouragement
The doctor gives the child a new developmentally and culturally appropriate children's
book to take home and keep at every check-up from six months to five years of age
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PROGRAM BACKGROUND
Reach Out and Read was developed at Boston City Hospital in 1989 by a collaboration of
pediatricians and early childhood educators
In collaboration with the Association of American Publishers, ROR has developed a
Program Manual, handouts for doctors and parents, prescription pads to help· doctors
"prescribe" reading aloud, and many other unique materials to encourage literacy in pediatric
practice
With generous support from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the program has been
replicated in sites around the country; with further support from the William T. Grant
Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Boston Company, there are now over 80
Reach Out and Read sites in clinics and pediatric practices in 34 states
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Please contact the Reach Out and Read office by phone (617)534-5701 or fax (617)534-7557
or write to Reach Out and Read National Training Center, Boston Medical Center, One
BMC Place, Dowling 5 South, Boston, MA 02118.
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Harriet Meyer ·
Biography
Harriet Meyer received her undergraduate degree from Syracuse University and
her graduate degree from Middlebury College after compl~ting most of her
studies in Paris, France. Upon graduation Ms. Meyer worked in the
.international department of a major corporation, where she traveled
extensively in Europe, Australia, and Africa before beginning her tenure in
the family support arena.
As an Ounce of Prevention staff member, Ms. Meyer was responsible for the
physical development of·a.comprehensive. child care center in the Robert
T~ylor high-rise public housing complex. This center served families through
the prenatal period until their children reached age three. The "Beethoven
Project", as it later became known, has since become a model for child care
· centers across the country.
Ms. Meyer then directed the Wells Community Initiative for three years,
. coordinating this public/private partnership with Chicago Public Housing,
community residents, and community-based agencies to revitalize the Ida B.
Wells public housing complex.
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Ms. Meyer was named Executive Director of the Ounce in 1991. She has been
involved in the development of a variety of innovative prevention programs at
the Ounce and in raising public awareness about policies affecting children
and families through her work with the Ounce's policy arm, the Kids Public
Education and Policy Project.
As Executive Director, Ms. Meyer has overseen the dunce's expansion in many
areas including Early Head Start services for families with children 0-3
years of age, an elementarY school~based health center, and a renowned sexual
abuse prevention education program, Heart to Heart.
A leading advocate for efforts to support the health and well-being of
children, particularly' children in the developmentally critical early years,
Ms. Meyer has testified at the state and national levels on many occasions.
She has been a member of the U.S. Departmentof Health and Human Services
Advisory Committeeon Services for Families with Infants and Toddlers and the
U.S. Department of Education Working Group on Comprehensive Services. Ms.·
Meyer has made regular appearances on television and radio news and talk
programs focused on child development and early intervention. A joint
interview with Ms. Meyer and two other child development professionals is
featured in the October/November 1996 issue of Zero to Three .
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Dear Frienda,
At the Ounce of Prevention FI,U\d, we see the new
and heightened roerutiny surrounding' the financing and
implementation of welfare programs as an unusual
opportunity to expand the growing consensus in this
cOuntry that prevention programe aave lives nnd dollan~.
We believe that prevention ia a humane and costeffective 61.rategy. We promote it th:rough a threepronged approach of researeh, experimental program
implementation, and policy advocacy. We continually
seek to play the mollt effective role we can in the cy~:;lo
of reeearch, program, and policy.
F'ust IUld foro:or;noat, u thiu biennial report indicat<JI1
over and ovel' again, prevention programs save searee
public reso11J.'Ces. The cost of supporting & family to·
ensure its members can live tog~ther in a healthy and
nurturing enVironment is pocket change compared to
th~ cost of mainta~ ohildren in foster CQJ'e. The collt.
of developmental cb.ildcare and Head Start to pave the .
way for echool succesr; i8 negligible when compared to
the consequences of 6chool failure including substance
abuse., premature parenthoQd1 and pri!lon. The colit a£
providing alfol'dable fantily medical care lllong with an
explanation on how to use it ie trivial compared to the
cost of hospital treatment made necessary by neglected
health. In fact, pain.stakingly crafted prevention
programs are among the most Jl6c11lly com~ei'Vl!ltivc
human servi.Qe efforts.
We are proud to be in the iorefront of communitybased prevention in Illinoia. Our 1Nork with children
and families is grounded in scientific rese~n:h and the
can::ful examination of c;ucceseful predecessor
programs. With this approach we individually tailor
servicel5 for each Illinoio cor;nr;nunity emd participant.
We help educate the public by conducting intem11l
research, cooperating with outside researchers, working
with the pl'e!ls, and documenting our reiSults in
publications that explain what make& prevention .
profP"amB ef:fe<:tivc.
The Ounce of Prevention Fund is particularly proud
of the :recent dcvclopxnent of the E•rly Hend Start
program at the federal level. We believe thaL the
process lt~:a.ding to the creation of Early Head Start
repre!ients the be&t the Ounce hae to offer in the cycle
of research, experimental program implement!ition, ~~n~
policy advocacy. For niDe yean, the Ounce has worked
with f.amiliea with very young children at our Center for
Succeeaful Child Development (CSCO) in the Robert
Taylor Home& on Chicago'& south side. Baaed on
community input and program e.-alu&.tion, CSCD haa
evolved and .:!hanged over this time. Last year. Harriet
Meyer ehared our leoeons from CSCD ae a member l)f a
federl!] advisory committee that evaluated programs
and approaches for thildren between infancy and three·
yean of ~e. Thie CQmmittcc developed the fram~wol'lc
for a new Early Head Start program to eerve children
three yean; old and younger1 bringing the research,
program, and policy cycle to completion. As thie
biennial report goes to press, Ol.lnce staff ere
d~vc;loping pl'O;r11m and evoluation elornentll for our
recently awarded Early Head Start program (one of
sixty-eight in the country) to further refine &md improve
the work we do~
More new and exciting venture5 lit the Ounce merit
mention in this letter lh.n we could possibly address.
Of 6pecial interest are activldea at our tichool·based ·
health centen, the addition of e-ll Central as a third
Head Start delegate, the expansion of Aunt Martha' a
· Head Start program wic.h the opening of a Ril'crdale site
to serve fifty-one children, and policy work related to
welfare reform. Ali
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and the United
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Thank you fol'
takingthetimeto
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· in thia report. Your continued input and analysis is part
o{ what makes us sul'.lcessful. Please continue to~ share
with us your thoughts and penpectives as we continue
to f~stf;r the research, program, and policy cycle in the
bt~~et interests of the fo.milie9 .,nd children o( tllinoia.
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Haniet Meyer
E~"'nutivta
Director
I!Ying B.
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· ChairmQn nf the Board
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CHILo· DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
CHilD CARE HEAD START .CHILD CARE FOOD PROGRAM
. 2104 East 18th Street, Kansas. Qty, Missouri 64127 • (816) 474~3751 Fax: (816) 474-1818
BIOGRAPHY
DWAYNE A. CROMPTON
Typical of many post-sixties black professionals, Dwayne A. Crompton has dedicated his career
and life to the advancement of Mrican-Americans. especially the young. Since his graduation in
1968 from Lincoln University, Mr. Crompton has labored in and on behalf of the community in
which he was nurtured. His efforts to help improve the lives of young African-Americans include
time as a preschool teacher, an elementary teacher, a public school administrator and a child-care
agency director.
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Mr. Crompton's most significant professional accomplishment have been at the helm of KCMC
Child Development Corporation. Twenty years ago, when he was elevated to the post of
executive director, KCMC Child Development Corporation was a fledgling not-for-profit agency'
striving against tremendous odds to meet child-care· needs of the working poor in the black
. community. Today the picture is quite different.
Under Mr. Crompton's leadership, KCMC grew to include the administration of Project Head
Start in Jackson, Clay and Platte counties; the administration 9f the federal Child and Adult Care
Food Program in twenty western Missouri counties; the operation of a model Central City child
day·care center serving .150 children and the administration of the newly established, private~
sector child·care partnership called Full Start and the operation of Early Head Start. KCMC also
sponsors an annual Family Child Care Conference attended by 300·400 family child care
providers.
Through KCMC's many programs, Mr. Crompton has reached out to help thousands of children
and families of all racial and ethnic backgrounds in northwestern Missouri to improve the quality
of their lives through better child care.
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Mr. Crompton has published several articles on issues affecting children and families and has
earned national recognition as an expert in early care and education. He is a member of the
prestigious Governing Board of the National Council for Early Childhood Professional
Recognition. He is a member of the National Association for the Education of Young Children.
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He is a member of the National Black Child Development Institute and serves on its Advisory
Committee. He's a member of the Black Community•s Crusade for Children and serves on its
Steering Committee. He's a member of the Advisory Committee of the Greater Kansas City
Community Foundation and Affiliated Trusts..
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Mr. Crompton is frequently asked to give testimony on child·care legislation pending before local,
state and federal government legislative bodies.
Mr. Crompton has an active track record of community service. He is a member of the education
committee of the Greater Karisas City Civic Council. He is secretary of the Rehabilitation Loan
· Corporation of Kansas City and formerly served as its chairman. He is past president and past
treasurer of the Board of Curators Lincoln University. Most recently, Mr. Crompton gave the
Folmdcrs' Day address for the I 26th anniversary of the founding of Lincoln University.
In recognition of his professional accomplishments and community service, Mr. Crompton is
recipient of many awardS, including the Distinguished Alwrini Award (1986) of the Lincoln
University Alumni Association, the Missouri Legislative Black Caucus Jordan-McNeal Award
( 1987) for outstanding community service and a Distinguished Alumni Citation ( 1988) from the
National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education in Washington, D.C., and the
Kansas City Urban League's Image Award for Economic Development (1990).
Mr. Crompton was recipient of the Up and Comers Award (1994) and has been listed among the
100 Most Influential African Americans in Kansas City by the Kansas City Globe newspaper for
four consecutive years since 1992. In 1995; he was awarded the Children's Defense Fund
Innovative Leadership Award.
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Mr. Crompton credits his desire to excel and to contribute to his community to his parents, the
late James N. Crompton, Sr., and Mrs. Eleanor Crompton Rucker, who instilled in him principles
of love for God and his fellowman.
He is a member of Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church and has been a member of the Mt. Pleasant
Trustee Board for ten years, serving eight of those years as Trustee Board chairperson.
Mr. Crompton is married to the former Miss Elfredia M. Witt. They are parents· of two sons,
Anthony and Shannon.
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AVANCE is a comprehensive, community and school-based family support program funded by private
companies, foundations, state and federal sources, whose main purpose is to strengthen families.
Our mission: By providing support and education services to low-income families, P..,VANCE strives to
strengthen the family unit; to enhance parenting skills which nurture the optimal development of children;
to' promote educational success, and to foster the personal and economic success of parents. The focus
of AVANCE is community-based intervention which is family centered, preventive, comprehensive and
continuous through integration and collaboration of services.
"Twenty-(three) years ago, a young first-grade teacher was appalled that the schools and
community had given up on so many Hispanic children. Gloria G. Rodriguez, a member of the
Carnegie Task Force on Meeting the Needs of Young Children, was herself a poor child of the
barrios. She decided that to give these youngsters a fair chance, their nurture and education had
to start at the very beginning of their lives. Parents would have to be trained to be their babies'
first teachers. With the help of the Zale Foundation in Dallas and a determined door-to-door
search in a housing project to recruit mothers and fathers, Rodriguez, now its president .and chief
executive officer, founded A VANCE." Excerpt from "AVANCE, a response that works",
Carnegie Quarterly, Spring; 1994.
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The A VANCE program evolved into a comprehensive, continuous program by responding to the needs of
the community. There is door-to-door recruitment of the parents and children. Parents are treated with
dignity and respect. All services are bilingual and are located in predominantly Hispanic communities. All
services, strategies, and program design are culturally sensitive and appropriate. As participants take part
in parenting classes, community is built among neighbors, self esteem is increased and personal goals
.are set. Participants are .also educated about their rights as parents, are encouraged to take an active role
in shaping their community through neighborhood watches and other collaboratives, and are introduced to
resources such as public libraries, community colleges, public transportation, public health services,
housing assistance, substance abuse treatment, crisis intervention counseling and other collaborative
services. The parenting classes are followed by ESL, GED and college classes and job skills training for
the parents. After the 0-3 Parenting I Early Childhood Program, the children follow a sequential path
including Head Start, tutoring, mentoring, recreation and, eventually, college.
Proven results: An extensive scientific evaluation funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York found .
that A VANCE program mothers reported and had more nurturing attitudes towards their children, an
enhanced view of self as their child's teacher, increased parental knowledge and skills, and increased
knowledge and use of community resources. Upon graduation from the parent education program,
significantly m.ore program participants elected to continue their education by enrolling in continuing
education classes. The high-risk population which AVANCE serves is characterized by several
generations living in poverty, an SO-percent high school dropout rate among parents, high degree of
stress and isolation, lack of knowledge of child groWth and development, significantly high potential for
.child abuse and neglect, and lack of sellable job skills. A 17-year follow-up study of 74% of the first group
·of Latino parents and children found that 94% of children who attended A VANCE had either completed
High School, received their GED or were still attending high school, and 43 percent yvere attending
college. In contrast, 91 percent of their mothers had dropped out of school. After completing the AVANCE
parenting program, 57 percent of those mothers returned to complete their GED, and 64 percent of the
mothers in that group attended a college or technical program.
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Christi and Dallas serving over 7,000 individuals. Chapters are will open early in 1997 in
El Paso, Laredo and Kansas City.
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MELVIN H. WEARING
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Melvin H. Wearidg is the Chief of Police for the New Haven Depart:rnent of Police Service in
New Haven, Connecticut. He is the first African-American to attain this position as well as his previous
rank of Assistant Chief of Police. As chief, be is responsible for the 0'1/erall operation and management of
the department which has a sworn-strength of 443 and 125 civilian employees.
During hi.5 28 year career with the department, ChiefWe:aring has steadily risen through the ranks.
In l968, he began his career as a police officer. Aft:Gr 5 years of street assignments, he was appointed to
Detective in 1973 and assigned to the Investigative Services Unit. For the next 10 years, he oonducted
investigatioas in the Narcotics. Gambling, and Robbery/Burglary Units until his promotion to Sergeant in
1984. As a first-line supervisor, Wearing was assigned to both the Patrol and Investigative Services Units
for 3 years until he was promoted to Lieutenant.
As a LieuteKJant, in 1988, Wearing was the Officer in Charge (OIC) of the Narcotic;;s Enforcement
Unit where he supervised n naff of 10 detedives: and wru: respon£ible. for eoordirtat.ift8 joint operations with
state and federal la\v enforcement agencies. His administrative and supervisory capabilities were key
factors i.n his 1991 assignment to Chief of Detectives in Investigative Services. In that capacity, he was
responSible for overseeing all major criminal investigations and the supervision of 75 detectives of over a
dozen speciaHzed units including the Bureau of Identification, Corporation Counsel,. ~ajor Crimes,
Criminal Intelligence, Robbery, Narcoticst Arson. Fireanns, Juvenile s~rvices, Sexual Assault and family
Violence. After serving 2 years in this position, Wearing was appointed Assistant Chief of Police in 1993.
Chief Wearing is a graduate of the University of New, Haven and earned a Bachelor of Science
Degree in Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Administration. He attended and completed trairung jn
management and leadership at the Yale University/City ofNew Haven. Management Training Institute. In
199.2, bt;. was selected to attend the prestigious Center for Creative :Leadership in Greensboro, North
Carolina. a training program for middle and upper level manager.~ in the public and private sectors. He has
participated in numerous · training seminars over the years. including programs offered by the Police
Executive Research Forum (PERF). National .Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives
(NOBLE), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and Connecticut Office of the Swe·s Attorney.
As one of the ori,gjnal fcJlows of Yale Child Study Center's Child Development/Conununity
Polit:;;ing Program, Chief Wearing played an important role in the implcme;ntation of this unique
. collabo~tion ~tween the Police Department and the Child Study Center. The program is multi-faceted in
its objectives: immediate crisis intervention for children who ~re witnesses to, or v.ictims of violence;
training in child development and psychology for police officers and supeiVisors: a consultation and referral
service. Melvin Wearing is co-author of ''The Police-Mental Health Partnership: A Community~Based
Response to Urban Violence,~ published by Yale University Press in 1995. The CD/CP program has boon
recognized nationally as a pioneer initiative .in providing intervention through a previously unheralded
delivery system--the officer on the beat. ~national focu5 on the partnership has b~mc so widespread
that funding is now available through the federal government for police departments o.cro.ss the country to
rephcate the program.
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Chief Wearing is a member of many profcssio11al and social organizations including the Yale .
University Child Study Center, National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives, and Police
Executive Research Forum. He is a steering committee member for the Family Campus Initiative, a
family-focused and child-CClltcr:cd collaboration among the city, public schools, and Yale University. He il!l
a member of the New Haven County Silver Shields, a fraternal organization of minority police' officers,
New Haven County Detectives Association. Connecticut State Police Association, National Association for
the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and the Midnight Basketball Association (MBA). He is a
fanner member of the Board of Directors for Community Mediation, Inc., the oldest non-profit community
based mediation program in Connecticut.
Locall}~, he is one of the founders as well as current Chair of the N~w Haven Mentoring Program:
Police, Fire, and Schools, which has paired over 60 youn~sters with police officers and fire fi,ghters in oneto-one relntionships. He continually recruits to bring new mentors into the program. As a long standing
member of the Knickerbocker Club, h(; has helped to introduce students to the fine sport of golf.
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Throughout his career, Wearing has received numerous honors and awards. In addition to many
lctte.-s of appreciation from citizens and colleagues,· he has officially been awarded by the department,
Letters of Commendation, Certificates of Commendation, and a Certificate of Meritorious Service for
professionalism, bravery. and cxccllcncc in pollee work. He was the recipient of a Youth Service Award
from the New Haven Board of Young Adult Police Commissioners, and an Outstanding Public Service
Achievement Award from the New Haven County Silver Shields. In 1994, he was presented the Special
Recognition freedom A\vard by the NAACP for ·•distinguished achievements in his career .... , tine and
reverent character that is a model for ~outh and colltagues alike .... , his una~suming manner whi~h· has not
been changed by phenomenal success.'' In 1995, durins Omega Psi Phi Fraternity's achievement Awards
Week. he was named Citizen of the Year. In 1996, he was received the Man of the Year Award frorn the
New Haven Chapter of the National Association of Negro Business & Professional Women ·s Clubs, Inc.,
for dedicated service and commitment to the youth of the community.
Hi~·torical
Note: As a police officer in 1974, Melvin Wearing was a main a.ffirutt in the precedent-setting
case, New haven County Silver Shields v, City ofNew Haven Police Department. The suit alleged that the
city used unfair hiring, promotional and job assignment practices against minorities. The Silver Shields, a
.fraternal organization of minority police officers, emerged victorious, and from that
on, the New
haven Police Deparr.mcnt was mandated by court decree to hire and promote more minorities. The case
was instrumental in improving th.; city's hinng practices.
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�Timothy S. Knowlton
Director
Corporate Affairs
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Dear Mrs. Clinton:
I am writing to request that Kellogg Company be invited to participate in .Your April 17,
White House Conference on brain development in young children.
As Kellogg Company Chairman Arnold Langbo conveyed in his letter to President Clinton
(copy attached), we have pioneered an innovative community-based model for
communicating the import~nt implications· of new brain research to parents, other care
givers, and the community at large.
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This public/private, local initiative called Learning Now/ was conceived and funded by
Battle .Creek business leaders, in close cooperation with leaders of area public and
private schools. Response to the project has been excellent.
We b.alieve that Learning Now! represents a cutting-edge approach to this important
issue and is an excellent model for meaningful private-sector involvement which can be •
replicated In other communities. Zero to Three, one of the· national organizations
collaborating with your office on the conference, has also recommended that the \,,
Learning Now/ program be included;
Accompanying this letter are examples of print and electronic advertising, direct mail
pieces and parent education materials which reflect the scope and reach of Learning
Now! I look forward to answering any questions conference planners may have. Thank
you for your consideration of this request.
Sincerely,
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T. S. Knowlton
Mrs. Hillary Rodham Clinton
The ··white House
Washirigton·, D.C. 20500
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Tuesday. December 10. 1996
.Pian targets kids
Businesses join
educators in aiding
children's potential
B1u. Mlu.ER
The Enquirer
dent of Pennfield Schools and task
force chairman, said.
The entire effort will cost about
$150,000, with schools and businesses splitting the cost, he said.
The countywide statistics are clear:
• Some 38 percent of children
entering kindergarten are behind in
their development, according to a
survey by Calhoun County
Communities in Schools Inc., the
agency administering the Learning
Now! program.
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• Slightly less than half of fourth
and seventh grade students meet
basic math skills on the Michigan
Educational Assessment Program
tests.
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• The high school dropout rate
rocketed from 4.5 percent in 1991-92
to 10.5 percent in 1994-95, according
to Kids Count in Michigan.
The program's aim is to start
reversing those statistics.
Battle Creek's businesses and
schools today launched a program
to educate parents and caregivers of
small children on the need for mental stimulation in the earliest years.
In a breakfast presentation, the
Greater Battle Creek CEO Forum
and Educator's Task Force unveiled
Learning Now!, a three-year program to boost early childhood development and better prepare children
for schooL
· "I don't know of anything undertaken in recent history that would
have (as much) positive impact if we
··,!.' succeed in this program," Joseph _
WHO IT'S FOR
·~, Stewart, Kellogg Co. senior vice
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president and forum member, said.
Who are the groups trying to
Many of the problems of young
reach? literally, every person who
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people, he said, "whether dropout
cares for a child through age 5,
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rates, substance abuse, you name it, · regardless of their economic status.
these are all problems that stem
That means families like those of ·
from· a child's development, and in
Richard and Mary Ann Taylor, who
some way are related to realization
have a newborn daughter
of his or her full human potential."
Annamarie, and sons, ages 3 and 5.'
The groups plan to:
Richard is a local investment exec• Blanket the community with..
utive and Mary Ann is a tax attorney.
information in the months ahead "It's very important to maximize
from inserts in employees' pay
the potential for our kids," Mary Ann
envelopes to print and 1V advertissaid, and who is familiar with the
ing and fliers.
recent studies showing the impor• The materials will direct people
tance of early brain development
to a telephone number to call, where
Annamarie, who was born at
they can sign up to have information
Battle Creek Health System last
sent to them regularly, correspond. Thursday, "is doing great," her
ing to their child's development
mo~er said. "We talk to her when
stage.
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she's awake, and try not to put her
• Parent-educators will be recruitdown. Her brothers talk to her, and
ed to provide training for parents
she responds.
and caregivers.
Community leaders are using the
"We're conscious about not
strongest terms to emphasize the
excluding her from a lot of activities.
effort, which was detailed this
We know now that.excluding is the
morning at the Battle Creek Area
wrong answer, and helping her
Chamber of Commerce's Eyeexplore now is important"
Opener Breakfast at McCamlv Plaza
Learning Now! also is for parents
Hotel.
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like Janet Person, who recently
.
~I think it's tremendously impor·
adopted Tai Allyn, 2, who was borri
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tant- we've placed a high priority on
addicted to drugs.
this," Robert Grimes. superintenPerson, named 1996 Foster
farent of the Year by the Calhoun
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County· Family Independence
Agency, cares for several other
young foster children and two teenage! grandchildren.
.With Tai, she said, "I fell in love
with her the day they gave her to
me, and she looked at me with those
great big eyes."
Tai, she said, is big for her
age, and advanced in her develop- ·
ment She's already in a dance class.
"Every night I read a story to
them," she said. "And every morning,
we have 'Good morning love,' where I
sit and rock them until they"re ready
to get down.
"I have one foster child. he's 3 and
mentally, he's year and a half. His family didn't seem to notice he's behind.
"And some of the foster children
I've got don't want hugs or kisses.
One baby I had a year, when he first
came, he cruised the couch all day. I
had to gradually hold him, . a little
more each day."
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HOW IT STARTED
An initiative to improve student educational performance began two years
ago with formation of the CEO
Forum.
It joined with the existing
Educator's Task Force to promote
and implement local involvement in
the federal School-tcrWork program
aimed at broadening educational,
career and economic opportunities
foryouth.
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Learning Now! is the second joint
effort of the two groups, and is based
on new research.
"It shows brain development of the ·
first three years is much more rapid
than previously thought, and education potential is determined during
that time" said Leslie McCarley, executive director of Calhoun County
Conununities in Schools, the agency
administering the Learning Now! prcr
gram.
"Dwing the first three to four years,
glucose metabolizes very rapidly,
then it kind of stabilizes, and
plateaus." Synapses, or the wires
between brain cells, are formed, and a
lot of learning goes on.
~As a result of this research. these
groups decided the iniormation was
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�important enough that it should be
widely disseminated," she said.
"There was a sense that on the part of
parents and au-egivers in particular,
there niight be an infonnation void.
Learning Now! is desjgned to help
address that void."
Even though the research has gotten national media attention,
McCarley said, it's important that it be
addressed locally on a regular basis to
the people giving au-e.
HOW IT WORKS
Print and "'V ads, direct mailings
and posters now being prepared all
point toward the new Learning Now!
phone number. 660-5857.
"(Everyone) can sign up to receive
information through the mail on a regular basis," McCarley said. "For parents with children under agel, they'll
get information every other month.
For parents of clilldren 1 to 5, they'll
get information twice a year. .
"This will include not only a parent
directory that has resources where to
go for assistance, but also hands on,
how-to information on what a parent
can do to stirriulate brain development
in their chlld."
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Developmental benchmarks are
important. she said: "What kinds of
immunizations your chlld should have
received by now, what kinds of things
should your child be doing now.
"It's important to know if your child
is supposed to be sitting up, and isn't,
or if your child should be able to sort
colors by now, and isn't~
None of the advice is dramatically
new, McCarley said, but just reading
Dr. Spock isn't enough anymore.
"We are a completely different society than 20 years ago," she said, "and
knowing how to be a good parent isn't
necessarily passed doWn. People don't .
necessarily live close to support sys.
terns like they used to."
The campaign, she said, starts at
birth and builds at the appropriate
developmental stages, with information for each ofthose ages. It leads up
to the kinds of things your child needs
to know when they enter kindergarten.
Between 1,400 and 2,000 Calhoun
County children are in each of seven
stageS between birth and age 5, she
said.
The stages are: Birth to 3 months; 3
to 6 months; 6 to 12 months; 1 tO 2
years; 2 to 3 years; 3 to 4 years; and 4
to 5 years.
Two other key parts of the pr0r
gram:
e A full-time parent educator will be
hired to conduct seminars - in bus~
ness, schools, churches, wherever
they're asked to go.
• Support by businesses of all
kinds is aitical, for allowing infonnation to be distributed in workplaces
either through pay-check stuffers or
brown-baglunche~
Different stages of the program will
be conducted over the next three
years. Evaluation will be · done,
McCarley said, by measuring
changes in kindergarten readiness,
and through statistics such as the
annual Kids Count surveys. ·
For now, the campaign focuses on
the greater Battle Creek area, but
Communities ·in Schools hopes to
'expand it countywide if other groups
provide the money and support.
Grimes added, WWe all have the
same goals, to do what's best for
young ltids....You get a lot done if
.everybody works together."
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COAUnOH BUllDIHG
Learning Now! is a whole-commu·
nity effort, Kellogg's Stewart
emphasized.
The aim of the CEO Forum and
Educator's Task Force, he said, "is
to create different kind of coopera·
tive working relationships between
business and education in our community, and to begin to· have a real
impact ... on the performance of our
young people."
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. For years, he said, "the business
community has had a concern about
the quality of people in the work
force and the weakening of some
basic skills, like reading, math and
science, and how those things
require business to invest in addi·
tional training."
He said · businesses, like many
parts of society, talked about what's·
wrong with schools. But then the
CEO Forum realized that "we, too,
have failed ... to be involved in the
right way."
Learning Now! is expected to be
funded by CEO Forum · and
Educator's Task Force members,
and relies heavily on in-kind support
by all businesses' and educators.
Much will depend on business
contributions, they said. And each
school system will help cover the
cost of parent educators.
Stewart expects Learning Now! to
be actively supported by all parts of
the community. More than 100 people were expected to attend this
morning's breakfast, and a
Thursday appearance by Dr. Harry
Chugani, a pioneering researcher in
early-childhood development, is
sold out. ·· ·
"Businesses alone cannot succeed
in this," Stewart said. "It will take
health-care providers, schools,
churches and social service agen·
cies."
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202 408 9490
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WASI-IINGTON, O.C:. 20005-3305 .
TEL. (202! 409-9462
FAX (202) 409-9490
March 19, 1997
To: Pauline Abernathy
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As a follow-up to our earlier conversation, this is to provide a sampling of both internal
and external Johnson & Johnson programs that focus on critical issues in early
childhood development. As a company with more than 100 years of ca.ring for infants,
young children and their families, Johnson·& Johnson is proud of its public identity as
"the baby company•.
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As I mentioned~ the core of Johnson & Johnson's culture is the Credo, a statement of
responsibilities to: 1) the doctors, nurses, patients and mothers and fathers who use
our products, 2) our employees, 3) the community, and 4} the stock1"1olders • in that
order. In that context, I'll highlight some examples of our corporate programs that
address the needs arid development of the 0 -3 population .
Programs directed to doctors. nurses. parents:
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A video series for parents with instructions for baby care;
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The Pediatric Roundtables - published summaries of discussions. among pediatric
experts on a wide variety of early childhood development issues such as "Advance
in Touch", "Infant Stimulation", uleaming Through Play", ".Infants at Risk";
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C~ild Development Manuals for doctors, nurses and health professionals tq use in
teaching caregivers and parents about infant care and child development ;. these
are used worldwide, translated in several languages and adapted to many diverse
cultures;
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Still in a pilot ~tage, we are testing a 24-hour "hotline· service for parents of young·
. children • especially new parents • to obtain Information about well-baby care;
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Several of our consumer product companies maintain 1-800 numbers to answer
questions from· professional and parents who use our products.
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Johnson & Johnson provides "state-of-the art" on-site child care centers at several
of our U. S. facilities .. (As I recall, the First Lady visited Qur child care center at our
Corporate World Headquarters about four years ago).
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Johnson & Johnson is consistently. recognized as one of the "top 1 0" FamilyFriendly companies in the U. S. The corporate-wide "Work and Family" policies
permit families with young children flexibility to address their needs and to balance
their work and family responsibilities. ·
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Philanthropy Programs .
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Head Start Johnson & Johnson Management Fellows - a "mini-MBA" program for
Head Start Directors ·about 80 Directors/year are now trained tt1orough this
program which ·was initiated in 1991.
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Community Health Care Program "' grants are awarded each year to an additional
10- 12 Community Health Care programs selected for. their innovative approaches
to serving at-risk families and children:
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The Touch Institute- continuing support for a research program in Miami focused
on the effects of touch and massage on at-risk and premature infants;
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Healthy Start - Johnson & Johnson was the original corporate sponsor and provided
a series of advertisements to emphasize the dangers of substance abuse on a
developing infant. These messages and supporting media. packages were later
converted into PSAs and distributed widely through Community Health Centers and
Head Start programs.
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Pauline, I hope this sample of Johnson & Johnson programs focused on young children
is helpful. As we also discussed, there are a number of upcoming Johnson & Johnson
activities, including our involvement with Rob Reiner's "I Am Your Child" campaign
which further illustrate our corporate commitment to the nurturing of babies and the
importance of the bonds between parent and.child. Please let me know what further.
information you might need. ·
I'll look forward to talking with you tomorrow.
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Barry Zuckerman, M.D.
Barry Zuckennan, M.D., is Professor of Pediatrics and Public Health, and Associate Dean for Clinical
Affairs at Boston University School of Medicine, and Chief of Pediatrics and Medical Dire~tor at Boston
Medical Center. His major interests are in promoting the health and development of children through
generating information, training yhild professionals from all disciplines and esta~lishin~ more effective
services. Dr. Zuckerman developed and implemented special programs for children 1n Boston, some
of which are being disseminated nationally. These programs emphasize prevention, and go beyond
traditional medical care. The Reach Out and Read Program (ROR) which is being replicated nationally,
promotes literacy for young children in primary care settings by having pediatricians give a book to each
child at every health supervision visit, starting at six months. The Pediatric Pathways to Success
Program is a primary care program that expands access to needed basic services and child development
and parenting information and services. This program serves as the model for The Healthy Steps
Program; a multi-site national trial of similar expanded pediatric services. The program content was
developed by and the training is provided by Dr. Zuckerman and colleagues. The Family Advocacy
Program provides individuals legal advocacy, staff, housing and policy work to ensure that families have
. their basic needs (health care, food, housing, safety, etc.) met to improve the effectiveness of pediatric
care. The Women and Infant's Program provides addiction counseling in a pediatric setting and served
as a model for federal legislation, The Boston Training Center for Infants trains clinicians (doctors,
nurses, social workers), educators, graduate students, and others who work with young children and
· their parents by disseminating knowledge regarding the "whole child -whole family" approach to care .
. Zuckerman is an author of more than 120 scientific publications emphasizing the relationship and
impact .of biological, social, health s'arvices and psychological factors on children's health and
development He is an editor of four books, including a Spanish version (Behavioral and Developmental
Pediatrics: Handbook for Primary Care). He played a significant role ·in the development of American
Academy of Pediatrics Child Health Supervision Guidelines and the government sponsored Bright
Futures Guidelines For Preventive Health Care. He has been a Visiting Professor and named lecturer
at thirteen medical schools, and an invited lecturer to seven countries. Dr. Zuckerman serves on four
editorial boards. He has received a National Leadership Award from the Children's Defense Fund, an
Honorary Degree in Education (Ed. D.) from Wheelock College, Boston and has served as a member of
special national groups, including The National Commission on Children, NIH Consensus Development
Conference, The Carnegie Commission on Meeting the Needs of Young Children, Institute of Medicine
Task Force NIH Review Committee and others. He has also served on state 'and local boards and task
forces.
He has been past Chairman of the Section of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, a member of
the Committee on Psychosocial Aspects of Child and Family Health for the American Academy of
Pediatrics, a Board Member ofZero to Three- National Center for Infants and Toddlers, and National
Center for Children and Poverty. He has made numerous presentations to professional societies, United
States Congress, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Legislature, National Academy of Sciences, and
parent groups.
�REACH OUT AND READ (ROR)
THE PROBLEM·
• ·Children who live in print-rich environments and are read to in their preschool years
are much more likely to learn to read on schedule
• Parents of children living in poverty may lack the money to buy books, may not have
easy access to good children's books, and may not themselves have been read to as children
• Reading problems may mean school failure, which increases the risk of absenteeism,
dropping out, juvenile delinquency, substance abuse, and teenage pregnancy--all of which
perpetuate the cycles of poverty and dependency
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PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Reach Out and Read is a program that makes early literacy part of pediatric primary care·
Pediatricians encourage parents to read aloud to their young children and give their
patients books to take home at all pediatric check-ups from six months to five years of age
Through Reach Out and Read, every child starts school with a home library of at least ten
beautiful children's books, and parents understand that reading aloud is the most important
thing they can do to help their children learn to love books
HOW ROR WORKS--PROGRAM COMPONENTS
Volunteer readers in the clinic waiting room read aloud to children as they wait for their
appointments, showing parents and children the pleasures and techniques of looking at
books with children
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Pediatricians are trained to counsel parents about the importance of reading with young
children, offering age-appropriate tip~ and encouragement
The doctor gives the child a new developmentally and culturally appropriate children's
book to take home and keep at everr check-up from six months to five years of age
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PROGRAM BACKGROUND
• Reach Out and Read was developed at Boston City Hospital in 1989 by a collaboration of
pediatricians and early childhood educators
• In collaboration with the Association of American Publishers, ROR has developed a
Program Manual, . handouts for doctors and parents, prescription pads to .help doctors
"prescribe" reading aloud, and many other unique materials to encourage literacy in pediatric
practice
• With generous support from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the program has been
. replicated in sites around the country; with· further support from the William T. Grant
Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Boston Company, there are now over 80
Reach Out and Read sites in clinics and pediatric practices in 34 states
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Please contact the Reach Out and Read office by phone (617)534-5701 or fax (617)534-7557
or write to Reach Out and Read National Training Center, Boston Medical Center, One
BMC Place, Dowling 5 South, Boston, MA 02118.
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Harriet Meyer
Biography
Harriet Meyer received her undergraduate degree from Syracuse University and
her graduate degree from.Middlebury College after completing most of her
studies in Paris, France. Upori graduation Ms. Meyer worked in the
international department of a major corporation, where she traveled
extensively in Europe, Australia, and Africa before beginning her tenure in
the far:nHy support arena.
As an Ounce of Prevention staff member, Ms. Meyer was responsible for the
. physical development of a comprehensive child care center in the Robert
Taylor high-rise public housing complex. This center served families through
the prenatal period until their children reached age three .. The "Beethoven
Project", as it later became known, has since become a model for child care
centers across the country.
Ms. Meyer then directed the Wells Community Initiative for three years,
coordinating this public/private partnership with Chicago Public Housing,
community residents, and community-based agencies to revitalize the Ida B.
Wells public housing complex.
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Ms. Meyer was named Executive Director of the Ounce in 1991. She has been
involved in the development of a variety of innovative prevention programs at
the Ounce and in raising public awareness about policies affecting children
and families through her work with the Ounce's policy arm, the Kids Public
Education and Policy Project.
As Executive Director, Ms. Meyer has overseen the Ounce's expansion in many
areas including Early Head Start services for families with children 0-3
years of age, an elementary school-based health center, and a renowned sexual
.abuse prevention edu<?ation program, Heart to Heart.
A leading advocate for efforts to support the health and well-being of
children, particularly children in th.e developmentally critical early years,
Ms. Meyer has testified at the state and national levels on many occasions.
She has been a member of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Advisory Committee on Seniices for Families with Infants and Toddlers and the
U.S. Department of Education Working Group on Comprehensive Services. Ms.
Meyer has made regular appearances on television and radio news and talk
programs focused on child development and early intervention. A joint
interview with Ms. Meyer and two other child development professionals is
featured in the October/November 1996 issue of Zero to Three .
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Dear Friends.
At the Ounce of Prevention F\U\d, we IHI~ the new
and heightened scrutiny surrounding the financing and·
implementation of weHare programs as an unusual
opportunity to expand the growing consensus in this
country 'Chat prevention program' aavc livee and dollate.
We believe that prev•ntion i11 a humane and costeffective 61.nltegy. We promote it through a threepronged approach of research, experimental program
implementation, and policy advocacy. We continually
snk to play the mo11t effective role we can in the cy~o
of rea~J'(!h. program, and policy.
F"lrltt md forcmoat., u th.Ut bicnnie~l report indi<:at<!le
over and over again. prevention programs save searee
public resources. The coat of supporting a family to
ensure its membe11 can live together in a healthy and
nurtllJ'ing environment ia pocket change compared to
tht!i co11t of maintainine; children in foster CQre. The cost
of developmental childcare and Head Start to pave the ·
way for echool success negligible when eompared to
the consequences of 5chool failure incltlding substance
abuse, premature parenthood, and prison. The ooat of
providing affordable fAmily medical care along with an
explanation on how to use it is trivial compared to the
cost of hospital treatment made necessary by neglected
health. In fact, pa.imtakingly crafted prevention
programs are among the most fiecally coW!ervativc
human etM'Vice efforts.
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We are proud to be in the io.refront of c::ommunity'baaed prevention in Dlinoill. Our work with children
and families is groundl!ld in ecientilic research and the
~n:ful examination of successful predeecaaor
programs. With this approach we individually lallor
l!luvic.t::r; for each Dlinoio ~ommunity and participant.
We help educate the public by conducting inte~rn~l
research., cooperating with outside researchen, working
with the press, and documenting our re15ult& in
publications that explain what makes prevention
p~e~ff~etivc •.
The Ounce of Prevention Fund is particularly proud
of tho .recent dcYelopm.ent o£ the Early Hea.d Start
program at the federal level, We believe thal the
process leading to the creation of Early Head Start
represents the best the Ounce hae to offer in the cycle
of research, experimt;~ntal program implementlltion, and
polioy advocacy. For nine yeB.l'll, the Ounce has worked
with families with vezy young children at our Center for
Succeeeful Child Development (CSCD) in the Robert
Taylor Homes on Chicago's l>OUth aide. Baaed on
community input and program cnlW~.tion, CSCD haa
evolv~d t~nd eh12nged. over this time. Last year. Harriet
Meyer ehared our les11ons &om CSCD a& a member of a
feder11l .advisozy committee that evaluated programs
and approaches for children between infancy and three
"years of age. Thill committee deYeloped the rr~meworlc.
for a new Early Head Start program to &erve children
three years old and younger, bringing the research,
program, and policy cycle to completion. Ali thie
biennial report gQes to pres~;, Ounce staff are
dc::~loping profiP'am and evaluation cl~tnent& for our
recently awarded Early Head Start program (one of
sixty-eight in the country) to further refine and improve
the work we do.
More new and exciting ventures at the Ounce merit
mention in this letter th~:~n we could possibly address.
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. Of epeetal mterest are activldes at our tn:;hool·ba&ed
health cent.n; the addition of Cua Central as a third
Head Start delegate, the expansion of Aunt Martha's
-Head Start program wiLh the opening of a_ Riverdale site
to serve fifty-one children, and policy work related to
welflll'e refurm. Ar.
With the
development of
our Early Head
Start program,
~::ach of theee nl:iw
ventures shareg a
common
approach of
applying the most
updnted re"c•reh
to program
i.Jnp)ementation,
evaluating what
we have done
ri(;ht and wrons,
and then
'preading the
word about how
social ~Service
prc)grams need to
develop in Dlinois
and the United
States.
Thank you for
tak.ing the time to
review our work
in thi11 report. Your cont[nued input and. analysis is part
of what makes us successful. Plee11e continue to share
with Wl your thoughts and perepectives as we continue
to foster the research, program. and policy cycle in the
hoot
;nt=•" of lhe [:[:;~ o~.
Haniet Meyer
E,r,fllnutiv..a DireetoT
lnli.r\g B. Harr\11
Chairman nr the Board
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WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE ON
EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT AND LEARNING:
WHAT NEW RESEARCH ON THE BRAIN
TELLS US ABOUT OUR YOUNGEST CHILDREN
PANEL ONE PARTICIPANTS
Dr. David Hamburg
President
Carnegie Corporation ofNew York
437 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Phone: 212-371-3200
Fax: 212~223-8831
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Dr. Donald Cohen
Irving B. Harris Professor of Child Psychiatry, Pediatrics and Psychology
Yale University Medical Center
Director
Yale University Child Study Center
Yale University
Post Office Box 207900
New Haven, CT 06520-7900
Phone: 203-785-5759
Fax:
203-785-7402
Dr. Carla Shatz
Professor of Neurobiology
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology
Howard Hughs Medical institute and
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720
Phone: 510-643-5762
Fax:
510-643-5624
Dr. T. Berry Brazelton
Professor of Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School
300 Longwood Avenue
Boston, MA 02163
Phone: 617-864-4543
Fax: 617-534-7915
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�Dr. Ezra Davidson
Professor and Chairman, Dept. Of OBGYN
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science
12021 South Wilmington Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90059
Phone: 310-668-4601
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Dr. Patricia Kuhl, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences
University of Washington
1417 NE 42nd Street
Seattle, W A 981 05-6246
Phone:
206-685-7400
Dr. Deborah Phillips, Ph.D.
Director of Board on Children, Youth and Families of the National Research Council
National Academy of Sciences
210 I Constitution A venue, NW
Harris Building, Room 156
Washington, DC 20418
Phone: 202-334-1935
Fax: 202-334-3829
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PANEL 2 PARTICIPANTS UNDER CONSIDERATION
Ms. Harriet Meyer
Executive Director
Ounce of Prevention Fund
122 South Michigan Avenue
Suite 2050
Chicago, IL 60603
Phone: 312-922-3863
Fax:
312-922-3337
Heads national prominent public-private partnership that develops, runs and evaluates innovative
early intervention strategies for replication.
Dr. Gloria Rodriguez
President and CEO
Advance Family Support and Education Program
301 South Frio, Suite 380
San Antonio, TX 78207
Phone: 210-270-4630
Fax:
210-270-4612
Hispanic parenting organization recommended by Carnegie.
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Mr. Dwayne Crompton
Executive Director
KCMC-Early Child Development Corporation
1900 Vine Street
Kansas City, MO 64108
Phone: 816-4 74-3751
Early head start program. Highly recommended.
Mr. Melvin Wearing
Chief of Police
I Union Avenue
New Haven, CT 06519
Phone: 203-946-6333
Fax:
203-946-7294
New Haven, CT
Model for DOJ-funded Yale Child.Study Center effort to build collaborations between police
precincts and child development/mental health experts. Highly rec. By DOJ.
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Mr. Arnold Langbo
Chairman of the Board and CEO
Kellogg Company
One Kellogg Square
P.O. Box 3599
Battle Creek, MI 49016
Phone: 616-961-2309
Fax:
616-961-2871
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�Mr. Rob Reiner
Castlerock Entertainment
335 North Maple Drive, Suite 130
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Phone: 310-285-2328
Fax:
310-285-2345
Creative Leader of National Engagement Campaign.
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Dr. Barry Zuckerman (possibly)
Professor and Chairman of Pediatrics
Boston Medical Center
818 Harrison Avenue
Dowling South Suite 300
Boston, MA 02118
Phone: 617-534-7424
Fax:
617-534-3833
Created and instituted child development programs that are run by (and in) the Hospital such as early
learning and reading programs. Also recommended by Carnegie.
· Respondents:
Co-Chairs ofthe NGA Task Force onYoung Children
The Hon: Bob Miller
Governor of the State of Nevada
Executive Chamber
Capitol Complex
Carson City, Nevada 89710
Phone: 702/687-5670
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The Hon. George Voinovich
Governor of the Ohio
Office of the Governor
77 South High Street
Columbus, Ohio 43215
Phone: 614/644-0813
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SCIENTISTS AND EXPERTS
J. Larry Brown
Director
Center for Hunger, Poverty and Nutrition Policy
Tufts University
Medford, MA 02155
Phone: 617-627-3020
Expert on nutrition and its relationship with cognitive development.
Dr. Bettye Caldwell, Ph.D.
Professor of Pediatrics
Department of Pediatric Care
Arkansas Children's Hospital- South Campus
800 Marshall Street, Slot 900
Little Rock, AR 72202-3591
Phone: 501-320-6583
Phone: 5011320-1552
Highly Rec. by Carnegie and HHS.
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Dr. Benjamin Carson, MD
Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery
Harvey Building 811
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
600 N. Wolfe Street
Baltimore, MD 21287
Phone: 410-955-7888
Dr. Harry Chugani, MD
Director, PET Center
Children's Hospital of Michigan
3901 Beaubien Boulevard
Detroit, MI 48201-2196
Phone: 313-993-2867
Fax:
313-993-3845
Head of Neurology. Serves as Professor of Pediatrics, Neurology and Radiology at Wayne State
University School of Medicine. Recommended by OPLand Carnegie.
Dr. Stanley Greenspan, M.D.
Clinical Professor ofPsychiatry and Pediatrics
George Washington Medical School
2150 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20037
Phone: 202-994-4072
Foremost local expert, rec. by Carnegie .
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�Dr. Megan Gunner, Ph.D.
Institute of Child Development
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Phone: 612-624-2846
Expertise in emotional development in infants; behavioral inhibitions. Universally·
recommended.
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Dr. J. Ronald Lally, Ed.D. ·
Director, Center for Child and Family Studies
WestED
180 Harbor Drive, Suite 112
Sausalito, CA 94965
Phone: 415-331-5277
415-331-0301
Fax:
0-3 Board of Directors and highly recommended as a development expert with focus on
applications of research.
Dr. Evelyn Gruss Lipper, MD
Director
Division of Child Development
Department of Pediatrics
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New York Hospital
Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Cornell Medical Cent~r
525 East 58th Street, Box 578
New York, NY 10021 .
Phone: 212-746-3538
Fax:
212-746-8880
Per HHS, Shalaia.
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Dr. Shirley, Malcom
Director of Education
American Association of the Advancement of Science ·
1200 New York Avenue, NW
Th Floor
Washington, D.C. 20005
phone: 202/326-6680
fax:
202/371-9849
Recommended -highly by Hamburg. Leader on Carnegie report, Starting Points .
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Dr. Bruce McEwen
President
Society for Neuroscience
Rockerfeller Universtiy
1230 York Avenue
New York, NY 10021
Phone: 212-570-6866
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Dr. Herbert L. Needleman
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Pediatrician and Psychiapist
University of Pittsburgh Medical School
I 00 North Bellefield Avenue, Suite 508 Pittsburgh, .PA 15213
Phone:
412-624-0877
Fax:
412-624-1467
Recommended by HUD and EPA. 'Research in early development and lead exposure.
Dr. David Olds, Ph.D.
Prevention Center for Family & Child Health
University of Colorado
303 East 17th Avenue
Suite 200
Denver, CO 80203
Phone: 303/861-1715 Fax:
303-861-2441
Preeminent scholar in evaluating home intervention programs, such as IDPPY, and has
· .demonstrated positive results. Rec. by HHS and Hamburg.
Dr. Bruce Perry, MD, Ph.D.
Senior Fellow
CIVITAS Initiatives
6621 Fannin Street, MC 3-3301
Houston, TX 77730
Phone: 713-770-3750
Fax:
713-770-3747
Specializing in brain development and the impact of early trauma on children. Also
recommended by Carne~ie. Expert spokesperson on engagement campaign.
Dr. Julius Richmond ProfessorofHealth, Policy. Emeritus
Harvard University Medical School
Dept. Of Social Medicine
641 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115-6019
Phone: 617-432-1410
Fax:
617-432-2565
Strongly recommended as essential. .Former Surgeon General, widely viewed as most credible
health expert in the country.
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Dr. Edward Zigler, Ph.D:
Professor of Psychology
The Yale Bush Center in Child Development and Social Policy
Yale University
P.O. Box 208205
New Haven, CT 06520
Phone: 203-432-4576
Fax:
203-432-7147
Principal founder of I:Iead Start. Recommended by Carnegie.
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�ADVOCATES/ASSOCIATIONS
Dr. Lany Aber
Director
National Center for Children in Poverty
154 Haven Avenue, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10032
Phone: 212-304-7101
Recommended by HHS and Carnegie. Zero -three focus.
Ms. Judith E. Jones
Director
Free to Grow
154 Haven Avenue, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10032 ..
Phone: 212-304-7140
Recommended by HHS and Carnegie. Zero -three focus.
Ms. Carol Berman
Zero to Three National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families
723 15th Street, NW
Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20005-1013
Phone: 202-638-ll44
Fax:
Home:
Ms. Joy Carlson, MPH
Director
Children's Environmental Health Network
900 Hollis Street, Suite E
Emeryville, CA 94608
Phone: 510-450-3818
Ms. Janice Cox
President
Georgia State Parent Teacher Association
114 Baker Street, NE
Atlanta, GA 30318
Phone: 404/659-0214
Recommended by Secretary Riley. Representing the National PTA.
Dr. Jim Dearth
CEO/Medical Director
Children's Hospital of Alabama
1600 Seventh Avenue, South
Birmingham, AL 35233
Phone: 205-939-9895
Fax:
205-939-9189
Representing NACHRI. Developing early dev. programs to implement in the hospital.
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�Ms. Marian Wright Edelman
President
Children's Defense Fund
25 E Street, NW
Washington, D.C. '20001
Phone: 202-662-3547
202-662-3560
Fax:
Ms. Deborah Eaton
President
National Association for F amity Child Care
9167 Berkview Lane
Spring Valley, CA 91977
Phone: 619-466-8340
Recommended by IrnS and Carnegie. Association for family, home-based day care centers .
.u~ .....-......... alriVCICalte in child development and education in the Hispanic community, currently
working with the Annie E. Casey Foundation to lead it~ Latino Children Initiative, on sabbatical
from her professional position with the City of Los Angeles.
Ms. Ellen Galinsky, MS
Co-President
Family and Work Institute
330 Seventh Avenue
14th Floor
New York, NY 1000 I
Phone: 212-465-2044 x 204
Fax: 212-465-8637
Leader in child development and balancing work/family issue. Working closely on child
development issues with the NGA. Recommended by Carnegie and many others.
Ms. Sarah Greene
Chief Executive Officer
National Head Start Association, Partnership Project
1651 Prince Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
Phone: 703-739-0875
Fax:
703-739-0878
Ms. Eleanor Guggenheimer
Child Care Action Campaign
330 Seventh Avenue, 17th Floor
New York, NY 10001
Phone: 212-239-0138
Fax:
212-268-6515
Founder ofCCAC, one ofthe foremost groups of child care advocacy groups in New York City.
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Mr. Bill Harris
KidsPAC, Head Start
80 Trowbridge Street
Cambridge, MA 20138
Phone: 617/868-7360 (H)
617/492-2229 (W)
Irving Harris's son. Child advocate, highly recommended by Carnegie.
Dr. Clarissa Leister-Willis
Executive Director
Southern Early Childhood Association
Box 55930
Little Rock, AK 72215-5950
Phone: 501-663-0353
Fax:
501-663-2114
One of the preeminent southern organizations dealing with children 0-3. Their extensive network
blankets organizations and programs in all Southern states. Universally recommended.
Dr. Robert E. Hanneman
President
American Academy of Pediatrics
2600 Greenbush Street
Lafayette, IN 47903 ~
Phone:317-448-8000
Fax:
317-448-1160
Recommended both by OPLand HHS.
Mr. David Liederman
Executive Director
Child Welfare League of America
440 First Street, NW, Suite 310
Washington., D.C. 20001
Phone:202-638-2952
Fax: 202-638-4004
Mr. Matthew Melmed
Executive Director
Zero to Three National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families
723 15th Street, NW
Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20005-1013
Phone: 202-638-1144
Fax:
202-342-9553
Organization is known for its extensive research on child development. Creator of many
publications and visual aids for parents and their young children.
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Ms. Evelyn K. Moore
Executive Director
National Black Child Development Institute
I 023 15th Street, NW
Suite 600
Washington, D.C. 20005
Phone: 202-387-1281
Fax:
202-234-1738
One of the foremost organizations working on child development issues, well respected for their
work with developmental issues of minority children. Recommended by OPLand Carengie.
Ms. B.arbara Reisman
Executive Director
Child Care Action Campaign
330 Seventh Street, 17th Floor
New York, NY 10001
Phone: 212-239-0138
Fax:
212-268-6515
One of the foremost groups of child care advocacy groups in New York City.
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Mr. John E. Riggan
Chairman of the Board
National Association of Child Advocates
Conservation Company
1617 JFK Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19103
· Phone: 215-568-0399
Fax:
215-568-2619
Ms. Susan Roman
Executive Director·
American Libraries Association Services to Children
50 East Huron Street
Chicago, IL 60611-2795
Phone: 312-280-2162
Fax:
312-280-3257
This branch ofthe ALA focuses on programs in which young children learn, particularly
academic and reading efforts.
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Ms. Nancy Safer
Executive Director
The Council for Exceptional Children
1920 Association Drive
Reston, VA 20191
Phone: 703-620-3660
Fax:
703-264-9494
This organization does extensive research. They were recommended by the Department of
Education as the best disability group with a handle on research practices related to infant and
toddlers with disabilities.
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�Mr. Jack Shifrel
Community Advocate
·1404 North State Road 7
Suite 148
Margate, Fl33063
Phone: 954-772-1665
President's recommendation from visit to Florida.
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Dr. Carol Brunson Phillips, Ph.D.
Executive Director
. Council for Early Childhood Professional Recognition
1314 6th Street, NW, Suite 400
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Phone: 202-265-9090
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Known for her reseach related to the effect of caregiving adults' racial attitudes on the
devleopment of young children.
Ms. Marilyn Smith
Executive· Director
National Association for tne Education of Young <:;:hildren
1509 16th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036-1426
Phone: 202-232-8777 ext 515
Fax:
202-3281846
Represent the leaders in early child care quality assessment. Extensive nati9nal network of ·
educators, child care providers, researchers, etc. Publish the magazine, Young Child. Strongly
recommended by OPL, HHS and Carnegie .
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President & CEO
National Association of Community Health Centers
1330 New Hampshire Avenue, NW, Suite 122
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-659-8008
Fax:
202-659-8519
Involved in Prescription for Reading campaign. Provides services to 10 million low· income
children.
Ms. Yasmina Vinci
Executive Director
National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral AgenCies
1319 F Street, NW
Suite 810
Washington, DC 22204
Phone:202-393-5501
Fax:
202-393-1109
Umbrella organization working with an extensive netWork of grassroots child care and parental
referral agencies. Recommended by Carengie and HHS.
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Executive Director
National Center for the Early Childhood Workforce
733 15th Street, NW
Suite 1037
Washington, DC 20005-2112
Phone:
202- 737-7700
Fax:
202-737-0370
Leading organization for training child care providers. Highly recommended by OPL and HHS.
Ms. Bernice Weissbourd
President
. Family Focus. ·
31 0 S. Teoria
Suite 510
Chicago, II 60607
Phone: 312-421-5200
Fax:
312-421-8185
National organization representing the emerging family support movement. Offer many of the
social supports that were once provided by a network of stable extended families within a
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Mr. Charles A. Ballard
President
The Institute for Responsible Fatherhood and Family Revitalization
8555 Hough Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44106
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Ms. Bobbi Block
Executive Director
Washington Child Development Council
2121 Decatur Place, NW .
Washington, DC 20008
Phone: 202-387-0002
Fax:
202-332-2834
Recommended by HHS and Carol Thompson Cole to represent the District.
Mr. Shannon Bryant
Student/Jumpstart Team Leader
428 Kirkland Mail Center
Harvard College
Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: 617-493-2550
Jumpstart is ~n Americorp program which allows students to obtain work-study benefits through
community service. Shannon is a sophomore at Harvard. Participated in head start as a child and
credit his success to it. Began as a Jumpstart Cops member and now returns as a team leader.
Son ofLeroy Bryant, Executive Director of the non-profit group, A New Beginning, Inc.
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Ms. Sharon Darling
President
National Center for Family Literacy
Waterfront Plaza, Suite 200
325 West Main Street
Louisville, KY 40202-4251
Phone: 502-584-1133
Fax:
502~584-0172
Ms. Barbara Dellinger
Director
Head Start Director for Charlotte/Mecklenburg
Bethlehem Center .
2702 Norfolk Avenue
Charlotte, NC 28203
Phone: 704-371-7403
Fax:
704-371-7435
Recommended by Riley. Sister of Walter Dellinger. Tutored the first class of black students
who desegregated the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School District.
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·President
National Association of WIC Directors
Public Health Foundation Enterprises
012781 Scabarum Avenue
Irwindale, CA 91706
Phone: 818-856-6699
Executive Director ofthe Los Angeles WIC Program, Los Angeles, CA
Dr. Carolynn Lindeman
National President
Music Educators National Conference
Professor of Music, San Francisco State University
1806 Robert Fulton Drive
Reston, VA 20191
Phone: 703-860-4000
Fax:
703-860-1531
Urged by Boxer as is a close friend. Largest arts education organization in the world with 70,000
.members.
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Bureau of Naval Personnel
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2 Navy Annex, Room I 070
Washington; DC 20370-5000
Responsible for the Navy Community Support Programs including the Navy's Child
Development Program and New Parent Support Program.
Dr. Gloria Johnson Powell
Judge Baker Children's Center
3 Blackfan Circle
Boston, MA 02115
Phone: 617-232-8390
Fax:
617-232-8399
First AfriCan American women in the history of the Harvard Medical School to serve as a tenured
professor of child psychiatry. Developed a home based program for inner city children and
families using a Mobil unit to bring primary mental health care services door-to-door
Mr. James Renier
Retired Chairman and CEO of Honeywell Inc.
Renier and Associates
First Bank Place
601 2nd Avenue South, Suite 4925
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Phone: 612-951-2249
612-951-2250
Fax:
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this program was originally developed by Honeywell.
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Board Chainnan
North Carolina Partnership for Children
Post Office Drawer 84
Winston-Salem, NC 27102
Phone: 919-821-7999
Fax:
910-733-8421
Highlighted·by the President in 3/13 visit.
Ms. Inez Moore Tanenbaum
President
South Carolina Center for Family Policy
911 Lady Street
SuiteD
Columbia~ SC 29201.
Phone: 803-929-0464
Fax:
803-929-0107
Recommended by the President and Secretary Riley. Working with the community in SC to
address issues such as welfare, quality child care, prenatal care and parent education initiatives .
. Maria Gregory Taylor
Parent Education Specialist
Parents as Teachers Program
1720 Scuffletown Road
Fountain Inn, SC 29644
Phone: 864-213-1124 (work)
864-862-6068 (home)
Recommended by Secretary Riley. Parent education expert involved in Parents as Teachers
Program.
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Navajo Chapter Coordinator
Pilot Parents
Post Office Box 697
Ganado, AZ 86505
Phone: 520-755-6251 (sister's, she does not have a phone on the reservation)
Fax:
520-927-9162
· Works on the clinics on the Reservation on which she lives, now with the Pilot Parent's, parent
teacher and training program funded by the IDEA to work with parents of young children with
disabilities. She herself is a parent of a child with Down Syndrome.
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Executive Director
HIPPY USA
c/o Teachers College; Box 113
525 W. 120th Street
New York, NY 10027
Phone: 212-678-3500
Fax:
212-678-4136
Home intervention program.
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Executive Director
Parents as Teachers National Center, Inc.
I 0176 Corporate Square Drive, Suite 230
St. Louis, MO 63132
Phone: (314)432-4330
Fax: (314)432-8963
Organization is one of the only national early childhood program that is taking the frontier of
science directly from the laboratory to the living room. Working with Charles A. Dana
Foundation.
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Dr. Richard Behrman
President
David and Lucile Packard Foundation
300 Second Street
Suite 200
· Los Altos, CA 94022
Phone:·
415/948-7658
Recommended by Carnegie
Dr. John Bruer Ph.D.
President
James S. McDonnell Foundation
1034 S. Brentwood Boulevard, Suite 1610
St. Louis, MO 63117
Phone: 314-721-1532
Fax:
314-721-7421
Foundation supports early child development programs. Bruer is a cognitive scientist.
.Dr. Karen Davis
President
The Commonwealth Fund
Harkness House
One East 75th Street
New York, NY 10021-2692
Phone: 212-535-0400
Foremost foundation supporting early child development programs.
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Mr. Irving B. Harris
Chairman
The Harris Foundation
2 North La Salle Street
Chicago, IL 60602-3 703
Phone: 312-621-0650
Fax:
312-621-0857
Long time researchers and advocates in child development. Sponsored a similar conference on
brain development in ChiCago with the Families and Work Institute.
Ms. Theresa Heinz ·
Chairman
Heinz Family Foundation
4440 USX Tower
Suite 440
600 Grant Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Phone: 412-497-5700
Fax:
412-497-5740
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Program Officer
Education and Healthy Development of Children and Youth
Carnegie Corporation of New York
437 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Phone: 212/207-6314
Fax:
212-754-4073
Mr. David Mahoney
Chairman
The Charles A. Dana Foundation
745 Fifth Avenue
Suite 700
New York, NY 10 151
Phone: 212-:223-4040
Fax:
212-593-7623
Working with children's groups to research, develop programs, and educate the public on
developmental science.
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Executive Director
Annie E. Casey Foundation
70 1 St. Paul Street
Baltimore, MD 21202
Phone:410-457-6600
Anne Peterson
Executive Vice President
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
One Michigan Avenue, East
Battle Creek, MJ 49017-4058
Phone:
616/968-1611
Children's expert, former senior National Science Foundation official.
Dr. Ernst L. Wynder, MD
President
American Health Foundation
320 East 43rd Street
New York, NY 10017
Phone: 212-953-1900
Fax:
212-687-2339
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Louis Gerstner, Jr.
Chairman & CEO
· IBM Corporation
Old Orchard Road
Armonk, NY 10504
Phone: .914-765-6717 .
Fax:
914-765-7030
Corporate pioneer. in creating a family friendly environment. Recommended universally. Known
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Chairman and CEO
Johnson & Johnson
One Johnson & Johnson Plaza
New Brunswick, NJ 08933-0001
Phone: 908-524-3058
Fax:
908-828-4066
Universally recommended for their dedication to children and children's research. Family
friendly workplace. Working with the Engagement Campaign. Part of ABC.
Small Business Representative (TBD)
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Ms. Nan Rich
National President
National Council of Jewish Women
6th F{oor
53 West 23rd Street
New York, NY 10010
Phone: 212/645-4048
Fax:
212/645-7466
NCJW is a volunteer organization with 90,000 members that works to improve the quality of life
for women, children and families. Their research arm, "Center for the Child," focuses on issues
related to early childhood development
Rev. Joan Brown Campbell
General Secretary
National Council of Churches
475 Riverside Drive
·Room 880
New York, NY 10115
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President
National Association of Evangelicals
450 Gunderson Drive
Carol Stream, IL 60188
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Mr. David V.B. Britt
President and Chief Executive Officer
Children's Television Workshop
One Lincoln Plaza
New York, NY 10023
Phone: 212-595-3456
Ms. Katharine Graham
Chainnan of the Executive Committee
Washington Post Company
1150 15th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20071
Phone: 202-334-6000
Fax: · 202-334-1031
Ms. Judsen Culbreth
Editor-in-Chief
Working Mother
230 Park Ave.
New York, NY 10169
Phone: 212-551-9500
Ms. Ellen Gilbert
Public Relations
International Creative Management, Inc.
Talent and Literacy Agency
8942 Wilshire Blvd.
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
ph
310-550-4000
fax
310-550-4100
Spearheading Public Relations Coordination of Reiner's Engagement Campaign.
Dr. Jane M. Healy
Ms. Marcy Haley
Director of Public Affairs
Lifetime Television
309 W. 49th Street
New York, NY 10019
Ref: Patricia F. Lewis
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·President
Disney/ABC Cable
77 West 66th Street
New York, NY 10023
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Phone: 212-456-6880
Fax: 212-456-2880
Ms. Judith Nolte
Editor in Chief
American Baby
249 W. 17th St.
New York, NY 10011
Phone: 212-462-3300
Fax: . 212-367-8332 .
Staff contact: Wendy Naugle
Mrs. Michelle Reiner
Castlerock Entertainment
335 North Maple Drive
Suite 130
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Phone:310-285-2328
Fax: 310-285-2345
Producing a special series and campaign on child development in partnership with an extensive
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Governor Lawton Chiles
Governor's Office
The Capitol
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0001
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Main Capitol Building
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Govern()r Howard Dean
109 State Street
Montpelier, Vermont 05609
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Dr. David Hamburg
President
Carnegie Corporation ofNew York
437 Madison Avenue
New York, NY I 0022
Phone: 212-371-3200
Fax: 212-223-8831
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Yale University Medical Center
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Yale University Child Study Center
Yale University
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Phone: 203-785-5759
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Dr. CarlaShatz
Professor of Neurobiology
Department ofMolecular and Cell Biology
Howard Hughs Medical institute and
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720
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Phone: 510-643-5762
Fax:
510-643-5624
Dr. T. Berry Brazelton
Professor of Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School
300 Longwood Avenue
Boston, MA 02163
Phone: 617-864-4543
Fax: 617-534-7915
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Professor and Chainnan, Dept. Of OBGYN
Charles R. Drew University ofMedicineand Science
12021 South Wilmington Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90059
Phone: 310-668-4601
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Dr. Patricia Kuhl, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences
University of Washington
1417 NE 42nd Street
Seattle, WA 98105-6246
206-685-7400
Phone:
Dr. Deborah Phillips, Ph.D.
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National Academy of Sciences
2101 Constitution Avenue, NW
Harris Building, Room 156
Washington, DC 20418
Phone: 202-334-1935
Fax: 202-334-3829
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Ms. Harriet Meyer
Executive Director
Ounce of Prevention Fund
122 South Michigan Avenue
Suite 2050
Chicago, IL 60603
Phone: 312-922-3 863
Fax:
312-922-3337
Heads national prominent public-private partnership that develops, runs and evaluates innovative
early intervention strategies for replication.
Dr. Gloria Rodriguez
President and CEO
Advance Family Support and Education Program
301 South Frio, Suite 38.0
San Antonio, TX 78207
Phone: 21 0-270-4630
Fax:
210-270-4612
Hispanic parenting organization recommended by Carnegie.
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Mr. Dwayne Crompton
Executive Director
KCMC-Early Child Development Corporation
1900 Vine Street
Kansas City, MO 64108
Phone: 816-474-3751
Early head start program. Highly recommended.
Mr. Melvin Wearing
Chief of Police
I Union Avenue
New Haven, CT 06519
Phone: 203-946-6333
Fax: · 203-946-7294
New Haven, CT
Model for DOJ-funded Yale Child Study Center effort to build collaborations between police
precincts and child development/mental health experts. Highly rec. By DOJ.
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Mr. Arnold Langbo
Chairman ofthe Board and CEO
Kellogg Company
One Kellogg Square
P.O. Box 3599
Battle Creek, MI 49016
Phone: 616-961-2309
Fax:
616-961-2871
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�Mr. Rob Reiner
Castlerock Entertainment
335 North Maple Drive, Suite 130
Beverly Hills, CA 9021 0
Phone: 310-285-2328
Fax: 310-285-2345
Creative Leader of National Engagement Campaign:
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Dr. Barry Zuckerman (possibly)
Professor and Chairman of Pediatrics
Boston Medical Center
818 Harrison Avenue
Dowling South Suite 300
Boston, MA 02118
Phone: 617-534-7424
Fax:
617-534-3833
Created and instituted child development programs that are run by (and in) the Hospital such as early
learning and reading programs. Also recommended by Carnegie.
Respondents:
Co-Chairs of the NGA Task Force on Young Children
The Hon. Bob Miller
Governor of the State ofNevada
Executive Chamber
Capitol Complex
Carson City, Nevada 89710
Phone: 702/687-5670
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The Hon. George Voinovich
Governor ofthe Ohio
Office of the Governor
77 South High Street
Columbus, Ohio 43215
Phone: 614/644-0813
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J. Larry Brown
Director
Center for Hunger, Poverty and Nutrition Policy
Tufts University
Medford, MA 02155
Phone: 617-627-3020
Expert on nutrition and its relationship with cognitive development.
Dr. Bettye Caldwell, Ph.D.
Professor of Pediatrics
Department of Pediatric Care
Arkansas Children's Hospital- South Campus
800 Marshall Street, Slot 900
Little Rock, AR 72202-3591
Phone: 501-320-6583
Phone: 5011320-1552
Highly Rec. by Carnegie and HHS.
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Dr. Benjamin Carson, MD
Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery
Harvey Building 811
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
600 N. Wolfe Street
Baltimore, MD 21287
Phone: 410-955-7888
Dr. Harry Chugani, MD
Director, PET Center
Children's Hospital of Michigan
3901 Beaubien Boulevard
Detroit, MI 48201-2196
Phone: 313-993-2867
Fax:
313-993-3845
Head ofNeurology. Serves as Professor of Pediatrics, Neurology and Radiology at Wayne State
University School of Medicine. Recommended by OPLand Carnegie.
Dr. Stanley Greenspan, M.D.
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics
George Washington Medical School
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Washington, DC 20037
Phone: 202-994-4072
Foremost local expert, rec. by Carnegie .
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Institute of Child Development
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Phone: 612-624-2846
Expertise in emotional development in infants; behavioral inhibitions. Universally
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Dr. J. Ronald Lally, Ed.D.
Director, Center for Child and Family Studies
WestED
180 Harbor Drive, Suite 112
Sausalito, CA 94965
Phone: 415-331-5277
Fax:
415-331-0301
0-3 Board ~[Directors and highly recommended as a development expert with focus on
· applications of research.
Dr. Evelyn Gruss Lipper, MD
Director
Division of Child Development
Department of Pediatrics
New York Hospital
Associate Professor Of Clinical Pediatrics
Cornell Medical Center
525 East 58th Street, Box 578
New York, NY 10021 ·
Phone: 212-746-3538
Fax:. 212-746-8880
Per HHS, Shalala.
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Dr. Shirley Malc:om
Director of Education
American Association of the Advancementof Science
1200 New York Avenue; NW
Th Floor
Washington, D.C. 20005
phone: 202/326-6680
fax:
202/3 71-9849
·. Recommended highly by Hamburg. Leader on Carnegie report, Starting Points.
Dr. Bruce McEwen
President
Society for Neuroscience
Rockerfeller Universtiy
1230 York Avenue
New York, NY 10021
Phone: 212~570-6866 '
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Pediatrician and Psychiatrist
University of Pittsburgh Medical School
.100 North Bellefield Avenue, Suite 508
Pittsburgh,.PA 15213
412-624-0877
Phone:
Fax:
412-624-1467
Recommended by HUD and EPA. Research in early development and lead exposure.
Dr. David Olds, Ph.D.
Prevention Center for Family & Child Health
· University of Colorado
303 East 17th Avenue
Suite 200
Denver, CO 80203
Phone: 303/861-1715
Fax:
303-861-2441
Preeminent scholar in evaluating home intervention programs, such as lllPPY, and has
demonstrated positive results~ Rec. by HHS and Hamburg.
Dr. Bruce Perry, MD, Ph.D.
· Senior Fellow
CIVITAS Initiatives
6621 Fannin Street, MC 3-3301
Houston, TX 77730
Phone: 713-770-3750
Fax:
713-770-3747
Specializing in brain development and the impact of early trauma on children. Also
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Dr. Julius Richmond
Professor of Health, Policy. Emeritus
Harvard University Medical School
Dept. OfSocial Medicine
641 Huntington A venue
Boston, MA 0211 5-60 19
Phone: 617-432-1410
Fax:
617-432-2565
. Strongly recommended as essential. Former Surgeon General, widely viewed as most credible
health expert in the country.
Dr. Edward Zigler, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
The Yale Bush Center in c·hild,Development and Social Policy
Yale University
P.O. Box 208205
New Haven, CT 06520
Phone: 203-432-4576
Fax:
203-432-7147
Principal founder of Head Start. Recommended by Carnegie.
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Dr. Larry Aber
Director
National Center for Children in Poverty
154 Haven Avenue, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10032
Phone: 212-304-7101
Recommended by HHS and Carnegie. Zero -three focus.
Ms. Judith E. Jones
Director
Free to Grow
154 Haven Avenue, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10032
Phone: 212-304-7140
Recommended by HHS and Carnegie. Zero -three focus.
Ms. Carol Berman .
Zero to Three National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families
723 15th Street, NW
Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20005-1013
Phone: 202-638-1144
Fax: 202-342-9553
· Ms. Joy Carlson, MPH
Director
Children's Environmental Health Network
900 Hollis Street, Suite E
Emeryville, CA 94608
Phone: 510-450-3818
Ms. Janice Cox
President
Georgia State Parent Teacher Association
114 Baker Street, NE
Atlanta, GA 30318
Phone: 404/659-0214
Recommended by Secretary Riley. Representing the National PTA.
Dr. Jim Dearth
CEO/Medical Director
Children's Hospital of Alabama
1600 Seventh Avenue, South
Birmingham, AL 35233.
Phone: 205-939-9895
Fax: 205-939-9189
Representing NACHRI. Developing early dev. progr~s to implement in the hospital.
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President
Children's Defense Fund
25 E Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20001
Phone: 202-662-3547
202-662-3560
Fax:
Ms. Deborah Eaton
President
National Association for Family Child Care
9167 Berkview Lane
Spring Valley, CA 91977
Phone: 619-466-8340
Recommended by HHS and Carnegie. Association for family, home-based day care centers.
Long-time advocate in child development and education in the Hispanic community, currently
working with the Annie E. Casey Foundation to lead its Latino Children Initiative, on sabbatical
from her professional position with the City of Los Angeles.
Ms. Ellen Galinsky, MS
Co-President
·Family and Work Institute
330 Seventh Avenue
14th Floor
New York, NY l 000 I
Phone: 212-465-2044 x 204
Fax: 212-465-8637
Leader in child development and balancing work/family issue. Working closely on child
development ·issues with the NGA. Recommended by Carnegie and many others.
Ms. Sarah Greene
Chief Executive Officer
National Head Start Association, Partnership Project
165 I Prince Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
· Phone: 703-739-0875
Fax:
703-739-0878
Ms. Eleanor Guggenheimer
Child Care Action Campaign
330 Seventh Avenue, 17th Floor
New York, NY 10001
Phone: 212-239-0138
Fax:
212-268-6515
Founder ofCCAC, one of the foremost groups of child care advocacy groups in New York City..
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Mr. Bill Harris
KidsPAC, Head Start
80 Trowbridge Street
Cambridge, MA 20138
Phone: 617/868-7360 (H)
617/492-2229 (W)
Irving Harris's son. Child advocate, highly recommended by Carnegie.
Dr. Clarissa Leister-Willis
Executive Director
Southern Early Childhood Association ·
Box 55930
Little Rock, AK 72215-5950
Phone: 501-663-0353
Fax: 501-663-2114
One of the preeminent southern organizations dealing with children 0-3. Their extensive network
blankets organizations and programs in all Southern states. UniversaHy recommended.
Dr. Robert E. Hanneman
President
American Academy of Pediatrics
2600 Greenbush Street
Lafayette, IN 47903
Phone: 317-448-8000 .
Fax: 317-448-1160
Recommended both by OPLand HHS.
Mr. David Liederman
Executive Director
Child Welfare League of America
440 First Street, NW, Suite 310
Washington., D.C. 20001
Phone: 202-638-2952
Fax: 202-638-4004
Mr. Matthew Melmed
Executive Director
Zero to Three National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families
723 15th Street, NW
Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20005-1013
Phone: 202-638-1144
Fax: 202-342-9553
Organization is known for its extensive research on child development. Creator of many
publications and visual aids for parents and their young children.
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Ms. Evelyn K. Moore
Executive Director
National Black Child Developrpent Institute
I 023 15th Street, NW
Suite 600
Washington, D.C. 20005
Phone: 202-387-1281
Fax:
202-234-1738
One of the foremost organizations working on child development issues, well respected for their
work with developmental issues of minority children. Recommended by OPL and Carengie.
Ms. Barbara Reisman
Executive Director
Child Care Action Campaign
330 Seventh Street, 17th Floor
New York, NY 10001
Phone: 212-239-0138
Fax:
212-268-6515
One of the foremost groups of child care advocacy groups in New York City.
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Mr. John E. Riggan
Chairman of the Board
National Association of Child Advocates
Conservation Company
1617 JFK Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Phone: 215-568-0399
Fax:
215-568-2619
Ms. Susan Roman
Executive Director
American Libraries Association Services to Children
50 East Huron Street
Chicago, IL 60611-2795
Phone:312-280-2162
Fax:
312-280-3257
This branch of the ALA focuses on programs in which young children learn, particularly
academic and reading efforts.
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Ms. Nancy Safer
Executive Director
The Council for Exceptional Children
1920 Association Drive
Reston, VA 20191
Phone: 703-620-3660
Fax:
703-264~9494
This organization does extensive research. They were recommended by the Department of
Education as the best disability group with a handle on research practices related to infant and
toddlers with disabilities.
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�Mr. Jack Shifrel
Community Advocate
1404 North State Road 7
Suite 148
Margate, Fl 33063
Phone: 954-772-1665
President's recommendation from visit to Florida.
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Dr. Carol Brunson Phillips, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Council for Early Childhood Professional Recognition
1314 6th Street, NW, Suite 400
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202-265-9090
Fax:
202-265-9161
Known for her reseach related to the effect of caregiving adults' racial attitudes on the
devleopment of young children.
Ms. Marilyn Smith
Executive Director
·National Association for the Education ofYoung Children
1509 16th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036-1426
Phone: · 202-23 2-8777 ext 515
Fax:
202-3281846
Represent the leaders in early child care quality assessment. Extensive national network of
educators, child care providers, researchers, etc. Publish the magazine, Young Child. Strongly
. recommended by OPL, HHS and Carnegie.
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Mr. Tom Van Coverden
President & CEO
National Association of Community Health Centers
1330 New Hampshire Avenue, NW, Suite 122
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-659-8008
Fax:
202-659-8519
Involved in Prescription;for Reading campaign. Provides services to 10 million low-income
children.
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Ms. Yasmina Vinci
Executive Director
National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies·
1319 F Street, NW
Suite 810
Washington, DC 22204
Phone:202-393-5501
202-393-ll 09
Fax:
Umbrella organization working with an extensive network of grassroots child care and parental
referral agencies. Recommended by Oirengie and HHS.
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Ms. Claudia Wayne
Executive Director
National Center for the Early Childhood Workforce
733 15th Street, NW
Suite 1037
Washington, DC 20005-2112
Phone:
202- 737-7700
Fax:
202-737-0370
Leading organization for training child care providers. Highly recommended by OPL and HHS.
Ms. Bernice Weissbourd
President
· Family Focus
310 S. Teoria
Suite 510
Chicago, II 60607
Phone: 312-4 21-5200
Fax:
312-421-8185
National organization representing the emerging family support movement. Offer many of the
social supports that were once provided by a network of stable extended families within a
community .
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Mr. Charles A. Ballard
President
The Institute for Responsible Fatherhood and Family Revitalization
8555 Hough Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44106
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Ms. Bobbi Block
Executive Director
Washington Child Development Council
2121 Decatur Place, NW
Washington, DC 20008
Phone: 202-387-0002
202-332-2834
. Fax:
Recommended by HHS and Carol Thompson Cole to represent the District.
Mr. Shannon Bryant
Student/Jumpstart Team Leader
428 Kirkland Mail Center
Harvard College
Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: 617-493-2550
Jumpstart is an Americorp program which allows students to obtain work-study benefits through
community service. Shannon is a sophomore at Harvard. Participated in head start as a child and
credit his success to it. Began as a Jumpstart Cops member and now returns as a team leader.
Son of Leroy Bryant, Executive Director of the non-profit group, A New Beginning, Inc.
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Ms. Sharon Darling
President
National Center for Family Literacy
Waterfront Plaza, Suite 200.
325.West Main Street
Louisville, KY 40202-:4251
Phone: 502-584-1133
Fax:
502-584-0172
Ms. Barbara Dellinger
Director
Head Start Director for Charlotte/Mecklenburg
. Bethlehem Center
2702 Norfolk Avenue
Charlotte, NC 28203
Phone: 704-371-7403
Fax:
704-371-7435
Recommended by Riley. Sister of Walter Dellinger. Tutored the first class of black students
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Ms. Eloise Jenks
President
National Association of WIC Directors
Public Health Foundation Enterprises
012781 Scabarum Avenue
Irwindale, CA 91706
Phone: 818-856-6699
· Executive Director of the Los Angeles WIC Program, Los Angeles, CA
Dr. Carolynn Lindeman
National President
Music Educators National Conference
Professor of Music, San Francisco State University
1806 Robert Fulton Drive
Reston, VA 20191
Phone: 703-860-4000
Fax:
703-860-1531
Urged by Boxer as is a close friend. Largest arts education organization in the world with 70,000
members.
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Rear Admiral Larry R. Marsh
Bureau ofNavatPersonnel
PERS6
2 Navy Annex, Room 1070
Washington, DC 20370-5000
Responsible for the Navy Community Support Programs including the Navy's Child
Development Program and New Parent Support Program.
Dr. Gloria Johnson Powell
Judge Baker Children's Center
3 Blackfan Circle
Boston, MA 02115
Phone: 617-232-8390
Fax:
617-232-8399
First African American women in the history of the Harvard Medical School to serve as a tenured
professor of child psychiatry. Developed a home based program for inner city children and·
families using a Mobil unit to bring primary mental health care services door-to-door
. Mr. James Renier
Retired Chairman and CEO of Honeywell Inc.
Renier and Associates ·
First Bank Place
60 I 2nd A venue South, Suite 4925
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Phone: 612-951-2249
Fax:
612-951-2250
Popular program called, "Success by Six". Good example of non-profit-corporate partnership as
this program was origiJ1ally developed by Honeywell .
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Mr. Ashley Swift, Esq. ·
Board Chairman
North Carolina Partnership for Children
Post Office Drawer 84
Winston-Salem, NC 27102
· Phone: 919-821-7999
Fax:
910-733-8421
Highlighted by the President in 3113 visit.
Ms. Inez Moore Tanenbaum
President
·South Carolina Center for. Family Policy
911 Lady Street
. SuiteD
Columbia, SC 29201
. Phone: 803-929-0464
Fax:
803-929-0107
Recommended by the President and Secretary Riley. Working with the community in SC to
address issues su~h as welfare, quality child care, prenatal care and parent education initiatives.
Maria Gregory Taylor
Parent Education Specialist
Parents as Teachers Program
1720 Scuffletown Road
Fountain Inn, SC 29644
Phone: 864-213-1124 (work)
864-862-6068 (home)
Recommended by Secretary Riley. Parent education expert involved in Parents as Teachers
Program.
Ruth Tracy, R.N.
Navajo Chapter Coordinator
Pilot Parents
Post Office Box 697
Ganado, AZ 86505 . ·
Phone: 520-755-6251 (sister's, she does not have a phone on the reservation)
Fax:
520-927-9162
· Works on the clinics on the Reservation on which she lives, now with the Pilot Parent's, a parent
teacher and training program funded by the IDEA to work with parents of young children with
disabilities. She herself is a parent of a child with Down Syndrome.
Ms. Miriam Westheimer ·
Executive Director
HIPPY USA
c/o Teachers College, Box 113
525 W. 120th Street
· New York, NY 10027
Phone: 212-678-3500
Fax:
212-678-4136
Home intervention program.
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Dr. Mildred Winter
·Executive Director
Parents as Teachers National Center, Inc.
10 176 Corporate Square Drive, Suite 23 0
St. Louis, MO 63132
Phone: (314)432-4330
Fax: (314 )432-8963
Organization is one of the only national early childhood program that is taking the frontier of
science directly from the laboratory to the living room. Working with Charles A. Dana
Foundation.
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FOUNDATIONS
Dr. Richard Behrman
President
David and Lucile Packard Foundation
300 Second Street
Suite 200
· Los Altos, CA 94022
Phone:
4I5/948-7658
Recommended by Carnegie
Dr. John Bruer Ph.D.
President
James S. McDonnell Foundation
I 034 S. Brentwood Boulevard, Suite I6I 0
St. Louis, MO 63II7
Phone: 3I4-72I-I532
Fax:· 3I4-72I-742I
Foundation supports early child development programs. Bruer is a cognitive scientist.
Dr. Karen Davis
President
The Commonwealth Fund ·
Harkness House
One East 75th Street
New York, NY I 002I-2692
Phone: 2I2-535-0400
Foremost foundation supporting early child development programs.
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Mr. Irving B. Harris
Chairman
The Harris Foundation
2 North La Salle Street
Chicago, IL 60602-3703
Phone: 3I2-62I-0650
Fax:
3I2-62I-0857
Long time researchers and advocates in child development. Sponsored a similar conference on
brain development in Chicago with the Families and Work Institute.
Ms. Theresa Heinz
Chairman
Heinz Family Foundation
4440 USX Tower
Suite 440
600 Grant Street
Pittsburgh, PA I52I9
Phone: 4I2-497-5700
Fax:
4I2-497-5740
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Dr. Michael Levine
Program Officer
Education and Healthy Development of Children and Youth
Carnegie Corporation of New York
437 Madison Avenue
New York, NY I 0022
Phone: 212/207-6314
212-754-4073
Fax:
ML David Mahoney
Chairman
The Charles A. Dana Foundation
745 Fifth Avenue
Suite 700
New York, NY 10151
Phone: 212-223-4040
Fax:
212-593-7623
Working with children's groups to research, develop programs, and educate the public on
developmental science.
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Mr. Doug Nelson . ·
Executive Director
Annie E. Casey Foundation
701 St. Paul Street
Baltimore, MD 21202
Phone: 410-457-6600
Anne Peterson
Executive Vice President
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
One Michigan Avenue, East
Battle Creek, MI 49017-4058
616/968-1611
Phone:
Children's expert, former senior National Science Foundation official.
Dr. Ernst L. Wynder, MD
President
American Health Foundation
320 East 43rd Street
New York, NY 10017
Phone: 212-953-1900
Fax:
212-687-2339
AHF hosted a conference on the critical periods of brain development
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�CORPORATE SECTOR
Louis Gerstner, Jr.
Chairman & CEO
IBM Corporation
Old Orchard Road
Armonk, NY 10504
Phone: 914~765-6717
Fax:
914-765-7030
Corporate pioneer in creating a family friendly environment. Recommended universally, Known
for their interest/investments in children~
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Mr. Ralph Larsen
Chairman and CEO
Johnson & Johnson
One Johnson & Johnson Plaza ·
New Brunswick, NJ 08933-0001
Phone:. 908-524-3058
Fax:
908-828-4066
Universally recommended for their dedication to children and children's research. Family
friendly workplace. Working with the Engagement Campaign. Part of ABC.
Small Business Representative (TBD)
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Ms. Nan Rich
National President
National Council of Jewish Women
6th Floor
53 West 23rd Street
·New York, NY 10010
Phone: 212/645-4048
Fax:
212/645-7466
NCJW is a volunteer organization with 90,000 members that works. to improve the quality of life
for women, children and fa~ilies. Their research arm, "Center for the Child," focuses on issues
related to early childhood development
Rev. Joan Brown Campbell
General Secretary
National Council of Churches
475 Riverside Drive
Room 880
New York, NY 10115
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Dr. Don Argue
President
National Association ofEvangelicals
450 Gunderson Drive
Carol Stream, IL 60188
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Holding 3 spaces
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Mr. David V.B. Britt
President and Chief Executive Officer
Children's Television Workshop
One Lincoln Plaza
New York, NY I 0023
Phone: 212-595-3456
Ms. Katharine Graham
Chainnan of the Executive Committee
Washington Post Company
1150 15th Street, NW
· Washington, DC 20071
Phone: 202-334-6000
Fax:
202-334-1031
Ms. Judsen Culbreth
. Editor-in-Chief
Working Mother
230 Park Ave.
New York, NY 10169
Phone: 212-551-9500
Ms. Ellen Gilbert
Public Relations
International Creative Management, Inc.
Talent and Literacy Agency
8942 Wilshire Blvd.
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
ph
310-550-4000
fax
310-550-4100
Spearheading Public Relations Coordination of Reiner's Engagement Campaign.
Dr. Jane M. Healy
· Ms. Marcy Haley
Director of Public Affairs
Lifetime Television
309 W. 49th Street
New York, NY 10019
·Ref: Patricia F. Lewis
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�Ms. Geraldine Laybciume
President
Disney/ABC Cable
77 West 66th Street
New York, NY 10023
Phone: 212-456-6880
Fax: 212-456-2880
Ms. Melissa Ludke
Ms. Judith Nolte
Editor in Chief
American Baby
249 W. 17th St.
New York, NY 10011
Phone: 212-462-3300
Fax: 212-367-8332
Staff contact: Wendy Naugle
Mrs. Michelle Reiner
Castlerock Entertainment
335 North Maple Drive
Suite 130
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
.·Phone: 3 I 0-285-2328
Fax: 310-285-2345
Producing a special series and campaign on child development in partnership with an extensive
and diverse network of children's and educational issues.
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GOVERNORS
NATIONAL GOVERNORS' ASSOCIATION'S CHILDREN'S TASK FORCE:·
Members:
Governor Lawton Chiles
Governor's Office
The Capitol
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0001
t: 904/488-2272
Governor Tom Ridge
Office of the Governor
Room 225
Main Capitol Building
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120
t: 717/787-2500
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Governor Lincoln Almond
State House
Providence, Rhode Island 02903
t: 4011277-2080 .
Governor Howard Dean
109 State Street
Montpelier, Vermont 05609
. t: 802/828-3333 .
CONGRESSIONAL
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WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE ON
EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT AND LEARNING:
WHAT NEW RESEARCH ON THE BRAIN
TELLS US ABOUT OUR YOUNGEST CHILDREN
PANEL ONE PARTICIPANTS
Dr. David Hamburg
President
Carnegie Corporation ofNew York
437 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Phone: 212-371-3200
Fax: 212-223-8831
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Dr. Donald Cohen
Irving B. Harris Professor of Child Psychiatry, Pediatrics and Psychology
Yale University Medical Center
Director
Yale University Child Study Center
Yale University
Post Office Box 207900
New Haven, CT 06520-7900
Phone: 203-785-5759
203-785-7402
Fax:
Dr. Carla Shatz
Professor ofNeurobiology
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology
Howard Hughs Medical institute and
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720
Phone: 510-643-5762
Fax:
510-643-5624
Dr. T. Berry Brazelton
Professor of Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School
300 Longwood Avenue
Boston, MA 02163
Phone: 617-864-4543
Fax: 617-534-7915
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�Dr. Ezra Davidson
Professor and Chainnan, Dept. OfOBGYN
Charles.R. Drew University ofMedicine and Science
12021 South Wilmington Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90059
Phone: 31 0~668-460 1
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Dr. Patricia Kuhl, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences
University of Washington
1417 NE 42nd Street
Seattle, WA 981 05~6246
Phone:
206-685-7400
Dr. Deborah Phillips, Ph.D. .
Director o£Board on Children, Youth and Families ofthe National Research Council
National Academy of Sciences
2101 Constitution A venue, NW
Harris Building, Room 156
Washington, DC 20418
Phone: 202~334-1935
Fax: 202-334-3829
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Ms. Harriet Meyer
Executive Director
Ounce of Prevention Fund
122 South Michigan Avenue
Suite 2050
Chicago, IL 60603
Phone: 312-922-3 863
Fax:
312-922-3337
Heads national prominent public-private partnership that develops, runs and evaluates innovative
early intervention strategies for replication.
Dr. Gloria Rodriguez
President and CEO
Advance Family Support and Education Program
301 South Frio, Suite 380
San Antonio, TX 78207
· Phone; 210-270-4630
Fax:
210-270-4612
Hispanic parenting organization recommended by Carnegie.
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Mr. Dwayne Crompton
Executive Director
KCMC-Early Child DevelopmentCorporation
1900 Vine Street
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Kansas City, MO 641 08
Phone: 816-474-3751
Early head start program. Highly recommended.
Mr. Melvin Wearing
Chief of Police
I Union A venue
New Haven, CT 06519
Phone: 203-946-6333
Fax:
203-946-7294
New Haven, CT
Model for DOl-funded Yale Child Study Center effort to build collaborations between police
precincts and child development/mental health experts. Highly rec. By DOJ.
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Mr. Arnold Langbo
Chairman of the Board and CEO
Kellogg Company
One Kellogg Square
P.O. Box 3599
Battle Creek, MI 49016
Phone: 616-961-2309
Fax:
616-961-2871
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�· Mr. Rob Reiner
Castlerock Entertainment
335 North Maple Drive, Suite 130
Beverly Hills, CA 9021 0
Phone: 31 0-285-2328
Fax:
310-285-2345
. Creative Leader of National Engagement Campaign.
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Dr. Barry Zuckerman (possibly)
Professor and Chairman of Pediatrics
Boston Medical Center
. 818 Harrison Avenue
DowlingSouth Suite 300
Boston, MA 02118
Phone: 617-534-7424
Fax:
617-534-3833
Created and instituted child development programs that are run by (and in) the Hospital such as early
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learning and reading programs. Also recommended by Carnegie.
Respondents:
Co-Chairs of the NGA Task Force on Young Children
The Hon. Bob Miller
Governor of the State ofNevada
Executive Chamber
Capitol Complex
Carson City, Nevada 89710
Phone: 702/687-5670
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The Hon. George Voinovich
Governor of the Ohio
Office of the Governor
77 South High Street .
Columbus, Ohio 43215 .
Phone:. 614/644-0813
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J. Larry Brown
Director
Center for Hunger, Poverty and Nutrition Policy
Tufts University
Medford, MA 02155
Phone: 617-627-3020
Expert on nutrition and its relationship with cognitive development.
Dr. Bettye Caldwell, Ph.D.
Professor of Pediatrics
Department of Pediatric Care
Arkansas Children's Hospital- South Campus
800 Marshall Street, Slot 900
Little Rock, AR 72202-3591
Phone: 501-320-6583
Phone: 5011320-1552
Highly Rec. by Carnegie and HHS.
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Dr. Benjamin Carson, MD
Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery
Harvey Building 811
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
600 N. Wolfe Street
Baltimore, MD 21287
Phone:. 410-955-7888
Dr. Harry Chugani, MD
Director, PET Center
Children's Hospital ofMichigan
390 I Beaubien Boulevard
Detroit, MI 48201-2196
Phone: 313-993-2867
Fax:
313-993-3845
Head of Neurology. Serves as Professor of Pediatrics, Neurology and Radioiogy at Wayne State
University School of Medicine. Recommended by OPLand Carnegie.
Dr. Stanley Greenspan, M.D.
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics
George Washington Medical School
2150 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20037
Phone: 202-994-4072
Foremost local expert, rec. by Carnegie.
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�Dr. Megan Gunner, Ph.D.
Institute of Child Development
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Phone: 612-624-2846
Expertise in emotional development in infants; behavioral inhibitions. Universally
recommended.
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Dr. J. Ronald Lally, Ed.D.
Director, Center for Child and Family Studies
WestED
180 Harbor Drive, Suite 112
Sausalito, CA 94965
Phone: 415-331-5277
415-331-0301
Fax:
0-3 Board of Directors and highly recommended as a development expert with focus on
applications of research.
Dr. Evelyn Gruss Lipper, MD
Director
Division of Child Development
Department of Pediatrics
New York Hospital
Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Cornell Medical Center
525 East 58th Street, Box 578
New York, NY 10021
Phone: 212-746-3538
212-746-8880
Fax:
Per HHS, Shalala.
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Dr. Shirley Malcom
Director of Education
. American Association of the Advancement of Science
1200 New York Avenue, NW
Th Floor
Washington, D.C. 20005
phone: 202/326-6680
fax:
202/371-9849
Recommended highly by Hamburg. Leader on Carnegie report, Starting Points.
Dr. Bruce McEwen
President
Society for Neuroscience
Rockerfeller Universtiy
1230 York A venue
New York, NY 10021
Phone: 212-570-6866
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�Dr. Herbert L. Needleman
Pediatrician and Psychiatrist
· UniversitY of Pittsburgh Medical School
100 North Bellefield Avenue, Suite 508
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Phone:
412-624-0877
Fax:
412-624-1467
Recommended by HUD and EPA. Research in early development and lead exposure.
. Dr. David Olds, Ph.D. ·
Prevention Center for Family& ChildHealth
University of Colorado ·
303 Eastl 7th Avenue
Suite 200
Denver, CO 80203
Phone: 303/861-1715
Fax:
303-861-2441
Preeminent scholar in evall.tating home intervention programs, such as lllPPY, and has
demonstrated positive results. Rec. by HHS and Hamburg.
Dr. Bruce Peny, MD, Ph.D.
Senior Fellow
· CIVITAS Initiatives
6621 Fannin Street, MC 3-3301
Houston, TX 7773 0
Phone: 713-770-3750
Fax:
713-770-3747
Specializing in brain development and the impact of early trauma on children. Also
recommended by Carnegie. Expert spokesperson on engagement campaign.
Dr. Julius Richmond
Professor of Health; Policy. Emeritus
Harvard UniversityMedical School
Dept. Of Social Medicine
641 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115-6019
Phone: 617-432-1410
Fax:
617-432-2565·
Strongly recommended as essential. Former Surgeon General, widely viewed as most credible
health expert in the country.
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Dr. Edward Zigler, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
The Yale Bush Center in Child Development and Social Policy
Yale University
P.Q; Box 208205
New Haven, CT 06520
Phone: 203-432-4576
Fax:
203-432-7147
Principal founder of Head Start. Recommended by Carnegie.
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�ADVOCAIES/ASSQCIATIQNS
Dr. Larry Aber
Director
National Center for Children in Poverty
154 Haven Avenue, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10032
Phone: 212-304-7101
Recommended by HHS and Carnegie. Zero -three focus:
Ms. Judith E. Jones
Director
Free to Grow
154 Haven Avenue, 2nd Floor
NewYork, NY 10032
Phone: 212-304-7140
Recommended by HHS and Carnegie. Zero -three focus.
Ms. Carol Berman
Zero to Three National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families.
723 15th Street, NW.
Suite looo
Washington, DC 20005-1013
Phone: 202-638-1144
Fax:
Home:
Ms. Joy Carlson, MPH
Director
Children's Environmental Health Network ·
900 Hollis Street, Suite E
Emeryville, CA 94608
Phone: 510-450-3818
Ms. Janice Cox
President
Georgia State Parent Teacher Association
114 Baker Street, NE
Atlanta, GA 30318
Phone: 404/659-0214
Recommended by Secretary Riley; Representing the National PTA.
Dr. Jim Dearth
CEO/Medical Director
Children's Hospital of Alabama ·
1600 Seventh Avenue, South
Birmingham, AL 35233
Phone: 205-939-9895
Fax: 205-939-9189
Representing NACHR.I. Developing early dev. programs to implement in the hospital.
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Ms. Marian Wright Edelman
President·
Children's Defense Fund
25 E Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20001
Phone: 202-662~3547
Fax:
202-662-3560
Ms. Deborah Eaton
President
National Association for Family Child Care
9167 BerkView Lane
Spring Valley, CA 91977
Phone: 619-466-8340
Recommended by IrnS and Carnegie. Association for family, home-based day care centers.
in child development and education in the Hispanic community, currently
working wiili the Annie E. Casey Foundation to lead its Latino Children Initiative, on sabbatical
from her professional position with the City of Los Angeles.
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Ms. Ellen Galinsky, MS
Co-President
Family and Work Institute
330 Seventh Avenue·
14th Floor
New York, NY 10001
Phone: 212-465-2044 x 204
Fax: 212-465-8637
Leader in child development and balancing work/family issue. Working closely on child
development issues with the NGA. Recommended by Carnegie and many others.
Ms. Sarah Greene
Chief Executive Officer
National Head Start Association, Partnership Project
16 51 Prince Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
Phone: 703-739.:.0875
Fax:
703-739-0878
Ms. Eleanor Guggenheimer
Child Care Action Campaign
330 Seventh Avenue, 17th Floor
New York, NY 10001
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Phone: 212-239-0138
Fax:
212-268-6515
Founder ofCCAC, one of the foremost groups of child care advocacy groups in New York City.
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KidsPAC, Head Start
80 Trowbridge Street
Cambridge, MA 20138
Phone: 617/868-7360 {H)
617/492-2229 {W)
Irving Harris's son. Child advocate, highly recommended by Carnegie.
Dr. Clarissa Leister-Willis
Executive Director
Southern Early Childhood Association
.Box 55930
Little Rock, AK 72215-5950
Phone: 501-663-0353
Fax:
501-663-2114
One of the preeminent southern organizations dealing with children 0-3. Their extensive network
. blankets organizations and programs in all Southern states. Universally recommended.
Dr. Robert E. Hanneman
President
American Academy of Pediatrics
2600 Greenbush Street
Lafayette, IN 47903
Phone:317-448-8000
Fax:
317-448-1160
Recommended both by OPLand HHS.
Mr. David Liedennan
Executive Director
Child Welfare League of America
440 First Street, NW, Suite 310
Washington., D.C. 20001
Phone:202-638-2952
Fax: 202-638-4004
Mr. Matthew Melmed
· Executive Director
Zero.to Three National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families
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723 15th Street, NW
Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20005-1013
Phone: 202-63 8:-1144
Fax:
202-342-9553
Organization is known for its extensive research on child development. .Creator of many
publications arid visual aids for parents and their young children.
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Ms. Evelyn K. Moore
Executive Director
National Black Child Development Institute
I 023 15th Street, NW
Suite600
Washington, D.C. 20005
Phone: 202-387-1281
Fax:
202-234-1738
One of the foremost organizations working on child development issues, well respected for their
work with developmental issues of minority children. Recommended by OPL and Carengie.
Ms. Barbara Reisman
Executive Director
Child Care Action Campaign
330 Seventh Street, 17th Floor
New York, NY 1000 I
Phone: 212-239-0138
212~268-6515
Fax:
One of the foremost groups of child care advocacy groups in New York City.
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Mr. John E. Riggan
Chairman of the Board
National Association of Child Advocates
Conservation Company
1617 JFK Boulevard
Philadelphia,PA 19103
Phone: 215-568-0399
Fax:
215-568-2619
Ms. Susan Roman
Executive Director
American Libraries Association Services to Children
50 East Huron Street
Chicago, IL 60611-2795
Phone: 312-280-2162
Fax:
312-280-3257
This branch. of the ALA focuses on programs in which young children learn, particularly
academic and reading efforts.
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Ms. Nancy Safer
Executive Director
The Council for Exceptional Children
1920 Association Drive
Reston, VA 20191
Phone: 703-620-3660
Fax:
703-264-9494
This organization does extensive research. They were recommended by the Department of
Education as the best disability group with a handle on research practices related to infant and
toddlers with disabilities.
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�Mr. Jack Shifrel
Community Advocate
1404 North State Road 7
Suite 148
Margate, Fl33063
Phone: 954-772-1665
President's recommendation from visit to Florida.·
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Dr. Carol Brunson Phillips, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Council for Early Childhood Professional Recognition
1314 6th Street, NW, Suite 400
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202-265-9090
Fax:
202-265-9161
Known for her reseach related to the effect of caregiving adults' racial attitu.des on the·
devleopment of young children.
Ms. Marilyn Smith
Executive Director
National Association for the Education of Young Children
1509 16th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036-1426
Phone: 202-232-8777 ext 515
Fax:
202-3281846
Represent the leaders in early child care quality assessment. Extensive national network of ·
educators, child care providers, researchers, etc. Publish the magazine, Young Child. Strongly
recommended by OPL, HHS and Carnegie.
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Mr. Tom Van Coverden
President & CEO
National Association of Community Health Centers
1330 New Hampshire Avenue, NW, Suite 122
Washington; DC 20036
Phone: 202-659-8008
Fax:
202-659-8519
Involved in Prescription for Reading campaign. Provides services to 10 million low-income
children.
Ms. Yasmina Vinci
Executive Director
National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies
1319 F Street, NW.
Suite 810
Washington, DC 22204
Phone:202-393-5501
Fax:
202-393-1109
Umbrella organization working with an extensive network of grassroots child care and parental
referral agencies. Recommended by Carengie and HHS.
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Ms .. Claudia Wayne
· Executive Director
National Center for the Early Childhood Workforce
733 15th Street, NW
Suite 1037
Washington, DC 20005-2112
Phone:
202- 737-7700
Fax:
202-737-0370
Leading organization for training child care providers. Highly recommended by OPL and HHS.
Ms: Bernice Weissbourd
President
Family Focus
310 S. Teoria
Suite 510
Chicago, II 60607
Phone: 312-421-5200
Fax:
312-421-8185
National organization representing the emerging family support movement. Offer many of the
social supports that were once provided by a network of stable extended families within a
community .
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Mr. Charles A. Ballard
President
The Institute for Responsible Fatherhood a~d Family RevitaliZation
-8555 Hough Avenue
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Cleveland, OH 44106
Ms. Bobbi Block
Executive Director
Washington Child Development Council
2121. Decatur Place, NW ·
Washington, DC 20008
. Phone: 202-387-0002
Fax:
202-332-2834
Recommended by HHS and Carol Thompson Col~ to. represent the DistriCt.
Mr. Shannon ~ryant
Student/Jumpstart Team Leader
428 Kirkland Mail Center
Harvard College
Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: 617-493-2550
Jumpstart is an Americorp program which allows students to obtain work-study benefits through
community service. Shannon is a sophomore at Harvard. Participated in head start as a child and
credit his success to it. Began as a Jumpstart Cops member and now returns as a team leader.
Son of Leroy Bryant, Executive Director ofthe non-profit group, A New Beginning, Inc.
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Ms. Sharon Darling
President
National Center for Family Literacy
Waterfront Plaza, Suite 200
325 West Main Street
Louisville, KY 40202-4251
, Phone: 502-584-1133
Fax: 502-584-0172
· Ms. Barbara Dellinger
Director
Head Start Director for Charlotte/Mecklenburg
Bethlehem Center .
· 2702 Norfolk A venue
Charlotte, NC 28203
Phone: 704-3 71-7 403
Fax:
704-371-7435
Recommended by Riley. Sister of Walter Dellinger. Tutored the first class of black students
who desegregated the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School .Qistrict.
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Ms. Eloise Jenks
President
National Association of WIC Directors
Public Health Foundation Enterprises
012781 Scabarum Avenue
Irwindale, CA 91706
Phone: 818-856-6699
Executive Director of the Los Angeles WIC Program, Los Angeles, CA
Dr. Carolynn Lindeman
National President
Music Educators National Conference
Professor of Music, San Francisco State University
1806 Robert Fulton Drive
Reston, VA 20191
Phone: 703-860-4000
Fax:
703-860-1531
Urged by Boxer as is a close friend. Largest arts education organization in the world with 70,000
members:
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Rear Admiral Larry R. Marsh
Bureau ofNaval Personnel
PERS6
2 Navy Annex, Room 1070
Washington, DC 20370-5000
Responsible for the Navy Community Support Programs including the Navy's Child
Development Program and New Parent Support Program.
Dr. Gloria Johnson Powell
Judge Baker Children's Center
3 Blackfan Circle
Boston, MA 02115
Phone: 617-232-8390
Fax:
617-232-8399
First African American women in the history of the Harvard Medical School to serve as a tenured
professor of child psychiatry. Developed a home based program for inner city children and
families using a Mobil unit to bring primary mental health care services door-to-door
Mr. James Renier
Retired Chairman and CEO of Honeywell Inc.
Renier and Associates
First Bank Place
601 2nd Avenue South, Suite 4925
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Phone: 612-951-2249
Fax:
612-951-2250
Popular program called, "Success by Six". Good example of non-profit-corporate partnership as
this program was originally developed by Honeywell .
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Mr. Ashley Swift, Esq.
Board Chairman
North Carolina Partnership for Children
Post Office Drawer.84 ·
Winston-Salem, NC 27102
Phone: 919-821-7999
Fax:
910-733-8421
Highlighted by the President in 3113 visit.
Ms. Inez Moore Tanenbaum
President
South Carolin3; Center for Family Policy
911 Lady Street
SuiteD
Columbia, SC 29201
Phone: 803-929-0464
Fax:
803-929-0107
Recommended by the President and Secretary Riley. Working with the community in SC to
address issues such as welfare, quality child care, prenatal care and parent education initiatives.
Maria Gregory Taylor
Parent Education Specialist
Parents as Teachers Program·
1720 Scuffletown Road
Fountain Inn, SC 29644
Phone: 864-213-1124 (work)
864-862-6068 (home)
Recommended by Secretary Riley. Parent education expert involved in Parents as Teachers
Program.
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Ruth Tracy, R.N.
Navajo Chapter Coordinator
Pilot Parents
Post Office Box 697
Ganado, AZ 86505
Phone: 520-755-6251 (sister's, she does not have a phone on the reservation)
Fax:
520-927-9162
· Works on the clinics on the Reservation on which she lives, now with the Pilot Parent's, a parent
teacher and trainir,tg program funded by the IDEA to work wiPJ parents of young children with
disabilities. She herself is a parent of a child with Down Syndrome.
Ms. Miriam Westheimer.
Executive Director
HIPPY USA
c/o Teachers College, Box 113
525 W. 120th Street
New York, NY 10027
· Phone: 212-678-3500
Fax:
212-678-4136
Home· intervention program.
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Dr. Mildred Winter
Executive Director
Parents as Teachers National Center, Inc.
10176 Corporate Square Drive, Suite 230
St. Louis, MO 63132
Phone: (314)432-4330
Fax: (314)432-8963
Organization is one of the only national early childhood program that is taking the frontier of
science directly from the laboratory to the living room. Working with Charles A. Dana
Foundation.
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FOUNDATIONS
Dr. Richard Behrman
President
David and Lucile Packard Foundation
300 Second Street
Suite 200
· Los Altos, CA 94022
Phone:
415/948-7658
Recommended by Carnegie
Dr. John Bruer Ph.D.
President
.James S. McDonnell Foundation
1034 S. Brentwood Boulevard, Suite 1610
St. Louis, MO 63117
Phone: 314-721-1532
Fax:
314-721-7421
Foundation supports early child development programs. Bruer is a cognitive scientist.
Dr. Karen Davis
President
The Commonwealth Fund
·Harkness House
One East 75th Street
New York, NY 10021-2692
Phone: 212-53 5-0400
Foremost foundation supporting early child development programs.
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Mr. Irving B. Harris
Chairman
The Harris Foundation
2 North La Salle Street
Chicago, IL 60602-3703
Phone: 312-621-0650
Fax:
312~621-0857
Long time researchers and advocates in child development. Sponsored a similar conference on
brain development in Chicago with the Families and Work Institute.
Ms. Theresa Heinz
Chairman
Heinz Family Foundation
4440 USX Tower
Suite 440
600 Grant Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Phone: 412-497-5700
Fax:
412-497-5740
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Dr. Michael Levine
Program Officer
Education and Healthy Development of Children and Youth
Carnegie Corporation ofNew York
437 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Phone: 212/207-6314
Fax:
212-754-4073
Mr. David Mahoney
Chairman
The Charles A. Dana Foundation
745 Fifth Avenue
Suite 700
New York, NY 10151
Phone: 212-223-4040
Fax:
212-.593-7623
Working with children's groups to research, develop programs, and educate the public on
developmental science.
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Mr. Doug Nelson
Executive Director
Annie E. Casey Foundation
701 St. Paul Street
Baltimore, MD 21202
Phone:410-457-6600
Anne Peterson
ExecutiveVice President
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
One Michigan Avenue, East
Battle Creek~ MI 49017-4058
Phone:
616/968-1611
Children's expert, former senior National Science Foundation official.
Dr. Ernst L. Wynder, MD
President
American Health Foundation
320 East 43rd Street
New York, NY 10017
Phone: 212-953-1900
Fax:
212-687-2339
AHF hosted a conference on the critical periods of brain development
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�CORPORATE SECTOR
Louis 9erstrier, Jr.
Chairman & CEO
IBM Corporation
Old Orchard Road
Armonk, NY 10504
Phone: 914-7 65-67 I 7
914-765-7030
Fax:
Corporate pioneer in creating a family friendly environment. Recommended universally. Known
for their interest/investments in children.
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Mr. Ralph Larsen
Chairman and CEO
Johnson & Johnson
One Johnson & Johnson Plaza
New Brunswick, NJ 08933-0001
Phone: 908-524-3058
Fax:
908-828-4066
Universally recommended for their dedication to children and children's research. Family
friendly workplace. Working with the Engagement Campaign. Part of ABC.
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Ms. Nan Rich
National President
National Council of Jewish Women
6th Floor
53 West 23rd Street
New York, NY 10010
Phone: 212/645-4048
Fax:
212/645-7466
NCJW is a volunteer organization with 90,000 members that works to improve the quality of life
for women, children and families. Their research arm, "Center for the Child," focuses on issues
related to early childhood development
Rev. Joan Brown Campbell
General Secretary
National Council of Churches
475 Riverside Drive
Room 880
New York, NY 10115
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Dr. Don Argue
President
National Association of Evangelicals
450 Gunderson Drive
Carol Stream, IL 60 188
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Holding 3 spaces
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�ENTEBTAINMENT/MEDIA
Mr. David V.B. Britt
P~sident and Chief Executive Officer
Children's Television Workshop
One Lincoln Plaza
New York, NY 10023
Phone: 212-595-3456
Ms. Katharine Graham
Chairman of the Executive Committee
Washington Post Company
1150 15th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20071
Phone: 202-334-6000
Fax: 202-334-t o3t
Ms. Judsen Culbreth
Editor-in-Chief
Working Mother
230 Park Ave.
New York, NY 10169
Phone: 212-551-9500
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Ms. Ellen Gilbert
Public Relations
International Creative Management,·Inc.
Talent and Literacy Agency
8942 Wilshire Blvd.
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
ph
310-550-4000
fax · 310-550-4100
Spearheading Public Relations Coordination of Reiner's Engagement Campaign.
Ms. Marcy Haley
Director of Public Affairs
Lifetime Television
309 W. 49th Street
NewYork,NY 10019
Ref: Patricia F. Lewis
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�Ms. Geraldine Layboume _President
Disney/ABC Cable
77 West 66th Street
New York, NY 10023
Phone: 212-456-6880
Fax:
212-456-2880
Ms. Melissa Ludke
Ms. Judith Nolte
Editor in Chief
American Baby
249 W. 17th St.
New York, NY 10011
Phone: 212-462-3300
Faxz 212-367-8332
Staff contact: Wendy Naugle
Mrs. Michelle Reiner
Castlerock Entertainment
335 North Maple Drive
Suite 130
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Phone: 310-285-2328
Fax: 310-285-2345
Producing a special series and campaign on child development in partnership with an extensive
and diverse network of children's and educational issues.
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NATIONAL GOVERNORS' ASSOCIATION'S CHILDREN'S TASK FORCE: .
Members:
Governor Lawton Chiles
Governqr's Office
The Capitol
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0001
t: 904/488-2272
Governor Tom Ridge
Office of the Governor
Room 225
Main Capitol Building
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120
t: 717/787-2500
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Governor Lincoln Almond
State House
Providence, Rhode Island 02903
. t: 401/277-2080 .
Governor Howard Dean
109 State Street
Montpelier, Vermont 05609
t: 802/828-3333
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To:
Elena Ka~g,
ut.y Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy
From:
Shay Bile ·
Re:
Additional Names ofPanicipants/Attendees for Conference on Early Childhood
Development and Learning,
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considered a5 participants and/or attendees at the White House Conference on Early Childhood
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Tetry Cross, Executive Dire~tor, Nationaj\Child Welfare Association
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Astrid Heger, Executive Director, Violence Intervention Program and Family Advocacy
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Hon. Thomas J. Holgate, Di~trict Court Judge, Navajo Nation
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Kimberly Poyer, Child InteryiewfTrauma Specialist, U.S. Attorney's Office
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Beverly Wilkins, Family Vi~lence Prevention Team, Indian Health Service
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Loyola University. ChicJao, Illinois: Bachelor of Science in Sociology
Howard University, Washington, D.C.: Ma.~ers io Social Work
'BmlliJ111Uifl lrutDry
Dept. or Community and Rcatonal Arratn ·
Dindnr, Divbllon or Commulllty ud Rural Development
December, 1996 - present
DiRt. of Health and Social Sealc;u, .Juneau, Aluka
Deputy Commllsloner
March, 1995 - December, 1996
Andersen CansultlnJ, Seattle, Wuhlnp
Manager, Nadoaal Haman Servkes Teara
. November 1994 - March 1995 .
I pattlclpated as a member of a 5-person national bumaD services team, prcwiding
asslWlnce to the company's offices om human services proPfS81s and projeeu; .
HaiJIID Sentces CGnsultllnL Ol)'mpta. ·W&btnctna
February 1994- Dcccrrt'bGr, 1994
I provided c:un!,uhiug serVices to universities, human service agcocics and oorporations.
My area of rocus iocludecl policy and human IOrvices program proj&'l", with a
spocialiDtion in managcmenr Information systems u they relate lo human services. ·
Loc:kbud Information ·Man.qemcnt Son1CM, OIJmpla. Washington
Vice Praideot. Child Welfare Senlcet
July 1992- January 1994
I was responsible fot Lhe Child Wel!ote Une of bullneas, focusing on the use nr
&cchnolu&y lo enhance chlld welfare program service~. · My oversight responsibilities
included system development and malntcnanc:c, prlvatlzt.tlon of selected aLa\c
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Dc_par1ment of Health and Social Ser!lces •. Oiympla, Washington
/usia tan t Secretary for Children •s ~rviees Ad ministration
February 1990 - June 1992 ·
I hnd 6upcr\ris(1ry responsibiUty fur the.lhrce divisio~s in the ehiJdren's scr'Viccs cluster:
Divisi(m of. Children and Famuy' SerVices, Division of Juvenile Rchabilitntion, and
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Division of Managemenl and Budget. Three additional sections reported directly to
1nc~ the Office o£ Child Care. Policy, the Children's Community Relation's Office, and
u special unlt which was cre~tcd to work &pcelficnlly on compfaina; which had been
filed with the Federal Offlce.ofCivil Rights against the department. I worked with
legislative and community gioups. the Higher Education Task Force, to promnle
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Seci'Ctart 5 CabineL in the formulation of DSHS policy, and agency goals and
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Jupeau, ·Alaska
Deputy Commluloner
August 1989- February 1990
I had overaight responsibilitY for the sta.l.e divisions of Menlal Health a:nd
Developmental 'oisahililics, Family and Youth Se.rviccs, and the Office of Alcoholism
and Drug Abuse. I bad direscL supcmsion of these agency heads, and o.uthority for
final approval of budget Items for amounts under $100,000 for Lhcse divbions. 1
made. in cnnjunction with the other deputy commi~~it\ner aod·tlte commissioner. final
decisions on the annual budget and polCntial areas for legiSlation, which the departme't\l
proposed to the GovcrAor for hi~ submission to the legislature. Other responsibilities
of thi5 position Included befug the Commissioner's designee on state boards,
commissions, and task forces. and acling for the Commisaiuner in her absence.
Department of Hei.lth and SOcial SerVices, Juneau~ Alaska
Dnrecl.Dr, Division or Family and Youth Semces
Pcbrua1'Y 1987 • August 1989
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I was responsible for t1Jc admfnislration of the state agency • with an annual budget
which .exceeded $60 million in PY 89. The Division of Pamily and Youth Sct'Ylccs had
two organi7.ali\lnal units: F11111Uy Services and Youth Corrections.
'I'he Family Services sec\ion provided child welfare RD.d child protection servJcc& to
approximately 15.000 clients annually by soctal work staff in.five regional and 33 field
o£ficcs. Setv;ce aroa.s lriclu~ protective setvlces inve8ligntlons. annmunity,..batied
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counseling, emergency shatter, foster care, residential care, homemaker 5erviecs, and
.licensing, ur day care and residential facilities. The Youth Corrections section consisted
of statewide Intake, diversion, detention, institutional cJlte, arid probation services.
Stare provided services to 6,200 youlh each year lhrough lhrcc regional officeR, 16 field
offices, and five delent.ion and lrcatment facilities.
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AQchOrage Neighborhood Health center, AncbOI.]Ige, Ala.slgt
Executive Director
June 1986 ~ February 1987
1 was responsible Cor the overall management and direction nf the Center, with SO
employees, 26,000 client visits per year, and an annual budget o! $2.5 million. the
Center wa.• one of the remaining federally fLinded cammunity health cent.ers, and
focused o.n the health needs or low ineomc children .and farruljes in the Anchorage area.
Anchorage Communlt.J.Mental Jfealth Center
Deputy Dkectoa·
December 1983 • J'llne 1986.
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I supervised eight individuals: the Comptroller, the Community Services Coordinator,
the Manager of Informalio.n and Evaluation, the Manager of Clinical Records. and
Support Services, and the Clinieal Progtam Supcrvis..lrs. I negoliatcd contracts and
other etgreements with state and community agencies; assisted lhe Executive Director
in working with local, State, and Federal mental health authorities, and with the
Congressional delegation, state legislators, a.nd the City Counc:H. In addiLion, I
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maintruned a small cliniea.l c:a.Seload of children, mainly in lhe villages in the ce·ntcr 1s
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J.kn.lrtment otHealth aad Social Seryjm,.June@u, Algka
Social Senlces Field Administrator
November 1980 ·November 1983
I wa.~ res~nsible for supervision oC the Family Services section of the agency. which
included $be Regional O!tlccs, thirty-four. field oCCices, the Staff Development
Program. and, the Adoption and Ucenslng Program Coordinator positions. 1 supervised.
Cive regional managers and three state oCficc stu.ff; reviewed preliminary budget and·
.starr allocations ror the Famlly Services programs; established standards ror starr
utili7.ation and performance; analyZ:ed proposed legislation; and prepared legislative
position pap_)ra. I worked with community grriups, advisory boards, &tid governmental
enlitjcs; and serqcd as acting direc\or for the Division In Lhe director• s absence.
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Social Services Program Coordinator
June 1979 • November 1980 ·
This p()silio·n operated RS tlle: director oi the staff development training center for the
H.gency. My responsibilities included; budget dcvclopnienl and monitoring~
representing the l)ivision io StaLe and NationAl meetings; adminislration of staff
dev0Jopment training program; community outreach activities; supervision of ~Laff;
and cutTiculum dcvelupmcnt. .Additional projects included the planning and
development of a specialized foster care program.
Western Federation fnr Human semcc~a Seattle,.\V;isbjngton
Regional Director
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June 1977- May 1979
My respOnsibilities included: management of the company's Seattle branch o(fice;
negnlialing and munhorl..ng contracts; propos.o1l development; national and reginnal
speaking engagements on child obtise and nco~&}ect, and fiscal management. I was the
project dirccto·r on the rontract for tho. Region X Child Abuse and Resource Center
which. served the four-stilte ~orthwest region; directed a contract with the St..ate of
Montana to provide public awareness sessions for .state legislators on chHd abuse and
neglect; and worked on an Oregon project focused on identifying funding sources for
preventive services.
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URSA Institute, Seattle. WNhiopm
Branda· Manage1·/ Director
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July 1975 -June 1977
My responsibilities included managing the Seattle Branch Office. fiseal management,
supervision of staff, and contract negotiations. Specific duties included: directing a
colitra.cl funded by HHS (tnen HE'W), which included:·lhc development of a
Cnmmunity Coordination Handbook for prevention of child abuse and nc~lect; lhc
desi;n Cll'ld implcmenlatlon uf four statewide workshOps for profes.~ionals on treatment
of filmilics involved in child abuse; the design and completi()n of a national symposium
to study the relationship beiwccn child abuse and delinquency; the development of n
parenting training curriculum f.lb'cryone.blec;d.t; a Parent]. and the training of trainers to
utlli7~ the curriculum; the development of child abuse and neglect handbooks Cor law
enforcement oCOccn; and trllining materials for professionals on child sexual abuse:
and th.c dcvelupmcnt and implementation o£ a curriculum for treatment of ebild abuse
and tleglcct, designed to meellhc needs of minority communities.
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June 1974 ·.June 1975
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My responsibilities included: principal investigator for a study which reviewed and
analyt.ed infomatlon for projects funded under the MtnorJry Studies Program in HEW;
supervision of praject staff; 'planning and coordination of conferences; development of
policy par»ers on human serlicc issues arrecUng children, (including fost.cr care nnd
residential care): and supervisi<'n ()r graduate sncfal work students.
Mark Rattle AqodQ.tes, WMJalnltAn, D.C,.
Dlrec.tor, Human Resou~s Division
May 1972- June 1974
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My responsibilities inch1dcd: direction of a project funded by the Of!ice of Education
and the Department of La\x)r, to study the impact of ma:npawer programs and related
employment services on women; planning and coordJnation of project activities;
sltpcNision nf sta.ff and consull.ants; markelinm; proposal development; e"alua.Lion of
the first federally funded, community-based child advocacy projects; evaluation ,;r a
sensilivity program developed by the Urban League for usc in training prison staff at
Rikcrs Island. Correctional Institution in New York.
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Dmtdd of Columbia Public Schools~ Washington. D.C..
School Social Worker.
1968. 1972
My responsibilities inelodcd: diagnostic a.Ascssment and referrals of children needing
spochulzed serviees~ aroup counseling session~' for parenRiand children~ and crisis
intervention service!! {n fifteen elementary and junior high schoo1s. ·
District Training School. FOJ'!'st Baven, .Maryland
Cotlage Counselor
1969 (stimmer)
My responsibilities included the supervision of severely dc.ve]uprncnlally disabled girls,
ages S-20.
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Deadstart, Washington.
· Social Worker
p.c.
1968 (summer)
and
My rcsponsibUillcs included: supervision ofparaprofessionnl workers; planning
conducting weekly pareniing workshops; o.nd diagnostic asses.c;ments of children In
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Cook Cgunb' Department or Public Welfare, Chicago, Uljgois
Caseworket·
1966:.. 1968
My rcsponsibilUJcs includcd·lhe supervision ol children Jn foster care and adoptive
placements, and'work with the biological parentcl,· ana foster and adoptive parents.
PUBt.ICA'tiONS:
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An &valuation or the Manpower DcveJcprri.cnt Training Act :Institutional Training nnd
Employmen\ Services for Women, (Three·voluine repart submitted to the Office of
Education. Department of Health, Education and Welfare.)
Adnptiqn Ir Not Ngw. Wben1 (Report submiued to the Black Child Developmenl
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]·be Minority SLudlcs Pro.gram, (A Review and Synthesis of Twenly Federally Funded
l'rojects, January 1975).
"Stimulus Statement: The Need for Direction Finding and Foster Care Rc·search",
March 19'fS.
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"Sexual Misuse of Childreti • Implications for Educators", (Paper present..cd at the
National Association for Bducallon tu Young ChJldren, Chicago, IJlinois. November
1977).
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"Bver.yone Needs A Parent- A New Approach to Parenliitg 11 , (AnicJe published in
Health Education, Volume. 9, No. 4, July/Augu-.t 1978).
When lndlan5 Senre lndta'ns: Nadvc American Social Service SLtategies~ (Paper
focuSing on models for developing tratniog designs. presented at the Annual Meeting of
l.b.c;,Suclcty fnr Applied AnthrnpoJngx, Merida, Mexico, .April 5, 1978.
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Participated a.C!. a mcmbar in each of tho reports of the U.S. Advisory Bol\rd on Chttd
Abuse anu Neglect, wllich· have been published b)' the U.S. Department of HealLh and
Human Services: ''Child Abuse and Neglect: Critical First Steps in ~sponse to a
National Emergency_" [1990], "Creating Caring Co1nmunltlcs: Blueprint Cor An
Effective Federal Pulicy on Ch!ld Abuse and Neglocl" [1991]. uThc. Crinlinuing Child
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Neighbors: A New National Strategy for the Pro\CCtlon of Children" [1993] .
."Dissemination of .Child AbUfle Information. Unique Approuches", (Paper. presented at
the Annual C.onfeamce of the National Center on Chi1d Abuse and Neglect, New Y o'rk
Cily. AprillS-18, 1978).
Sexua1 Abuse or Children ~ Role ur Head Start Pcrsnnnclln lntenrentlon and
trcalmenl". (Paper presented at Fifth Allnu.al Cnnfereng; National H;atl StaJj
Assoc.latio.n, Cleveland, Ohio~
May 24-27, 1978).
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1001 Ea.Stem Avenue 2nd floor. Baltimore, Maryland 21202
410/659-7701
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State development and fin3.ncing o:C fam~ly support initiatives is still a relatively new
phenomenon. Most activity has taken place within the past six or seven years. Today
more than a d~zen states are exp·a~ding family suppon initiatives that have grown out of
such policy concerns as a desire to' prevent child abuse and neglect (Hawaii). reduce
long-tenn welfare dependency (lowa). prepare children for school (Missouri and Washington State). improve family literacy O<eritucky), and suppon teen parents (Macyland
and lllinots).
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State initiatives have tended to emphasize either.the development or a network or
locally based centers that serve the nearby community. or a home-Visiting model that
operauis out of schools or hospitals and clinics and attempts to reach all families With
certain characteristics. Maryland. lllinois. Connecticut, Oregon; and Vermont all chose
the fam1ly support cemer model. while Arkansas. Hawaii. Missouri. and the states repli·
eating the Missouri program are among those using a home-visiting approach. What
follows is a closer look at one eX.ample of each type of state effort: Maryland's center·
based Friends of lhe Family and Missouri's Parents As Teachers home-visiting program.
With stateWide expansion. programs face the challenge of ~edifying their efforts
many different ways to fit diverse communities and families. lf the state structure in any
way Lnhibits program flexibility, the initiative's effectiveness will be compromised badly ..
Although the programs in Maryland and Missouri are very different. both states effectively mel the challenge of buildi~g statewide systems that leave room for local fleXibility
a:nd responsiveness 10 the needs of individual families.and communities.
Maryland's Friends of the Family Nel'Nork
·Maryland's statewide network of family suppon centers is.administered by Friends of the
Family (FOF), an independent agency established with state assistance in 1985 to address
the Slate's high teen pregnancy rates and growing incidence of child abuse and neglect.
Today. the public-private entity oversees 13 Family Suppon Centers throughout the
· state. which collectivelyserve more than 1,130 individuals each month. More than 2.400
parents and children received seryices from November 1990 through September 1991.
including almost 900 panicipa:nts who received in-home services.
FOF"s budget. which was $3.2 million in FY 1991. includes contributions from four
state depanrnents (Human Resources. Education, Mental Health and Hygiene. and the
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Harbarviev sexual Assault center
1401. East: Jefferson, 4th Floa-r
Seattle, Washington,· 98122
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sexual abuse. In 20 Y.ears of extraordinary service, she has· maae
unparalleled contribUtions to child aguse research, traininq, and
treatment, and has earned widespread recognition for her tireless
child advocacy. She currently serves as Director of the Harborview
sexual Assault center in Seattle a.nd &~Ell a clinical social work
professor at the tJnive;sity ot Washinqton ..
rn her work·a• a reseaZOch.er, Lucy has conducted some af the most
important research stu~ies on c~ild victtmization to ~- These
studies, which address the effects of child victimization and the
effectiveness of interVentions, have set a standard o treatment
ass c n1cal se
the nat~on. Her scholarly
en s are found in more than
articles and book
ohapters, as well as
the journals ;:she co•edits, incluc:Iinq the
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s.sxual ,Abuse: A Journal of ResearchJ!.ncl Treatment, among others.
Lucy bas. also contributed t.o three avatd vinninq films, one of
which, "DoU]:)le Jeoparay•', <;ontin-.les to be c::ited as a .model to
assist children going to court. In add.ition, she has delivered
hundreds .of lectures, training workshops, and. teaching seminars to
chilcl aclvocates, therapists, and other professionals around 'the
country. countless child victims ·- most ot •hom vill never know.
her name -· have benefited from her many achievements.
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She finds time :for .active
111embership in the Boal:'d. of Trustees of the National Center on
Kissing and Exploited ~hildren; the American Professional Society
on the Abuse or c:bilc:lren; and the Washington State Crime Victims
Compensation Advisory Committee, among otbers. Despite her '\l'ariec.i
and. demand inc; research undertakings, ' Lucy remains first ana ·
fore110st a clinician vho spend.s mo.st of her days •• in the trenches, ••
workinc; with child victims and their families.
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One at Lucy's colleague~ too'k time to vrite a support ietter while
a.ttenc:U.n; to a critically ill, hospitalized mother: ••The reason
that I. am departing rrom my bedside vigil is ·that my mother, a
victim of child. physical and emotional maltreatment .herself, would
want ma to honor the country'$ mast ·iaportant professional who
vorks with crime victi'lllS ••• On behalf of countless child victims,
like ay.mothar, vho have so needed their voiees heard, r heartily
endorse [Lucy's nomination fol:." this avar4).u
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4209 Saddle Notch Drive
Fort Co111ns, Colorado 80526
Prep&r11lll' putt:Uc ca. .enta 1D l'!l'e)Oaae t.a federal ageDo:r
J"Uleliakiftlpl'oo•dv.rea.
D:ro.tiiJa& material• Ia e~tal.a twulinl for fecleral coAt.roottt •
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to pr.otice 1•• iD tba at.ate or New Mexico.
BHetl!ilioD =pd Adplpllir&\iqp
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a mu.l
tid.iscit-~inal"Y pt"~trraDJ
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Adlllia!eteJ.ecl &114 ooordiut.ed & laboyiDIC effort t:o defeat a
oropOaed tcderal rula: ch&Df••
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prosraa to.:- t~e.rlou•l.,.: dlat.~rbci.S. &Ulee'ceata :•. ·
Cltn.ieal eJQterieaae.workllll 'lirlth tile developaent.all7 clia.e.'blecl,
rapo IUI"Vivora, adoleDeen.t• i~ reaideat!al ~rea'tJient, Ylct.liDII of
ae~ual abuse aa4 dbo~iDft eliea~•·
Jetabllahed &:acl •lataiaed co~~~r~~alaatioa channels v1-cla tbe
aehool Ava~•• &ad looal lDdiaa ceaavn1tr ...bera.
P~bliD
CoUDBelor &ad OOmaaaitj lelat10B8 liaiaoD for tbe Eastern
Div1•1oA ot Vpw&cd
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r•Pr••e•t t.he Jater.at.a of vi.~;;tl. . of Yiolellt. ~;;ri-.a.
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te. . app~aoh to the taveat18atloD o~ obild aexual
abua• eaeaa. Poa1~1on taoluded3 Coo~dlDatiar a
Prodl'aa
Ye.:l:'iety of qliDcdea to WOI".IJ: t.cnrard& A OOIIII.OJl lfO&l t
biri~, traS.n1as, inte"S.ew!M eh.llclr~na, i'eeearC~h,
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fuad reia1aa, tecb~aioal •••iaJaaee aad ~rai~ing tor
o~ber
rural Bafeboua• eltea &ad teehftlcal wl'ltiar 06
rclevaat 1••uea. 11tD • Preeent
Law otfioa
llaaage~
a:n.d
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R••••roll
Haaa1er aa4 t.sal
reeea20he~
for the law otttce
c. Ball, Albu.f.lllel'tue, Hew Nealco. Poliitio11
inclv,ed: . hiriBC, 1•«•1 ~··~h. lesal draftiD&
of
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.aiatainiDC a l!brarr • ..aa•iaa alicnt files,
~~-~las
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De.veleped a..a4 •ua.recl a aa,jor lobb)'illl ca:aiapaica
vl~kta • aorpar•to lel&l dcpcrta.at.
Lobby1Dg and
fQQd ~aiaias were i~le..a~attoa a etate ond federal
baala a~ lxoal Suratv 1a rt. Worth &Dd Albuquerque,
HeY Hes1oo.
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traw OlePk
.P11aitioa iaalud.H• teclmleal writ.iaa,
work!~
vitb a dlverae
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l..e.." elerk fo-e Gr•e.De, Jlfr)'er "~" JleElro:r, Aould.er,
Colorado. · Worked oa ID41aa Water lith~• caees.
PDet.tioa iDoluallda legal reaearch Aa.ct V!'it1nc.
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fleaearcl:\
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Uaiverl1tr·ar Colorado. lo~1dera Colorado.
aeaearoblal • • ~o•p111q dat• o~ environilental
rG8ul&~10IIB &nd eedea, &ad 1Dt8~Y\eving e~pcrta
v!tbin tbe lftviron.ebtal ~atcGt!oa Agency, 1987
8t'Ud.eut •t:.t.oraey fal' t;be LeSal Aiel aac:l rtete.a.de~
P:trolra. Boulde~, Calaraclo, laapo11.al'bil1tie•
included: iatervieviDI e11•a~a, d~aftiag ple.ctllll••
rceearoh, lltl•at.lou prepa.ra-8l•n• court. appearaneaa
&ad 1ene~al olieat rep•oaaD~atiODo
Vorke4 OD C&BeB
iavolvlJIC ·i••uel of cU...ozoc:e, .coft'Czoacta, repoaaeaaion,
cbil4 •YPPGrt, aacl abil4 abaae. ti88•188T.
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Clolla,U.taa aaab•zo 'Co th.e UDiYOI'&J.t.y of ColotaC:Io'a
%ate•aatioftal wo..a'• Waek, Boulaer, Colorado.
m.veloped pro8r•• fer.at ~• Coordiaated A paael
ot aat.ioaal1J' .l'lloa•ld••cl IDcU.AD waaea. Vorltacl
t• oooriiaate ttao oonfal"'lltnc.e trom the .td.ea ata.ce
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Cololoaclo, Cauraaalri pre axul poat abo!'t.ioa c11eilt.•,
traiae~
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·cliant toP\IlatioD• · UcS rape A1lZ'Y1vora.
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1183-1884.
Bd.ucat1oaa.lAd...ocate
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la'tablisbed aDd eai111:.alaed aa ed.uca~1onal 1U.(pport
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Tc:lT)' L. Cross, a_r, enrolled member of the Seneca ~ation of Indi.a.rl's, is the
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Association. He holds a Master5 in Social Work (MSW) Degree. is an ACSW
· 'VId islicensed in Orecon as a dinical social worker. Mr. Cross is author of
severaL lnd.ian child welfare cunicula and publications on cultural comper.cn~;e in
social services. His Ufo and tutenty•l'Wo years cf soeial work in bath Indian and
. non-Indian settings and his a.cadamic bac:qround give him unique skills and. .
I!Xpc:rdse in tne fidd ot' Indian c:;hild welfare, cutru.r&l. competence and training.
· Teny ha5 made pte.Scnlation5 internationally on children •s issues, and is in high
demand to conduct ¥Jorkshops 111d ttainings in this tietd.
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·Esea:uttve Director, LAC+USC Violt.Dce lnti:I'VeD.tion Progrnrn
aad. Family Ad"oC1lcy center
AStrid H. Heger; M.D., is the Director of the Violence Illkrvet!tion ~ogtam loc:Ei.ted at the Las Angeles
County·Uilivetslty of Southern Callfa.mia Medioal Cem.ter where sho is ;m AssistarJt Professor of
Ped.Wrics.. !be Viol~~t~.ce In.tC:l'Ye.fttion Pra~ is built upon the sucecSsft.tl fou:n.c:litian of the "'Center
fot the VuJncral,le Child." Fo~d by Or. Heger in 1984. the Cent&r for th.e Vulnerable is a me del
child ad.voea.:y center for the cv8luation. of wid abu.se. The Violence lntervc:rttion Program has added
components to iru::lud.e interv~.D.tioD.J !or sexual asaawt, spousal ab~ and elder abuse and. is currently
build.i.rli piQJflins to illtervene for children arid adoles=t.s impacted by being exposed to violc::nce in
families ab.d colNDunilics. this eombined pn:sa;ra:n is the first Family Advocacy Center in the naticn.
Dr. Heger is u.niqudy qualified u a Ddminee for the National Crime Vitltlm Service A...,ard. The
program fer child.re11 that Dr- Heger warlced. to build in 1982 has been inc:orparated into rhe concept of
a Child Advocacy CClltcrs which now numbeu over 300 in the United States. While participating
in
the fa'L1ildiDJ ofthiJ first rnedic:a.lly-based child advocacy center she pioneered the use ofphotod.ocum..efttatian tecb.Diquas and stll.lldard.s for thlil medical evaluation of child and adolescent vic.;tims of
sexUal assault. ntesc techniques and sta.Dda.rds have became the basis far the medical docui:D.en.ta.tioft
for all victil:n5 of .sexual assault :md has been used. in landmark cues to pre-vent the repeated.
examination of 'Vic::tiJ:Ds. vitulc pro.Dloting the cxc;cllCID..Cf!l cf CIU'I: within her individual center. she
worked tirelessly to build a network of ugessment centers throughout Los Angeles Coll.D.ty whic:h
parantcc quality, vi~ sensitive services to every victim of child abuse. this network of sct'Yiccs has
guaraa.teecl tbat every child cen bo pratec::tad ind that social and legal intetventiali.s will be undertaken
in an. apprttpriate. eonsei"Y'&tive ftliZIIler.
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In addition to her work with children. Or. Heger expanded muitidisciplinary services ro provide
appropriate intef't'CD.UOftd and lftla.tment to include Dot.h.'ibild. an4. ~ult '-i.dim.$_p.(Gm,ily end .·
eo~-~ty violc;rite. This expansion of services proVides medical treatment Uihich interfac:es 'With
legal, social m4 mental health services to guu.!Ultce that all patic:a,ts are treated with diguity. This team
intervention ptomatci appropriate forensic and. clinieal documentation md guarantees consistent
medical and ment.l-healtb. treaiment. For the .first time. sexual assault victims ara seen c:mcrgently and
expertly by a team cf patient focused \'%8.inlld praf'cssioDals. For tb.c tlrst time, victims of spousal
assault are offered ~aJ SO!UtiOD.S by CftCOQI'aging them tO rCmain S,a.fe and. by beJpi.ng them to retain the
cmtody of their children whenevct" possible. ·
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R.eco'gilizi.a.g that vict.i.tns of spouSIJ. USault Ue frcqu=tly oVerlooked by medical ptofessign.als; held
responsible for their own abuse and of:b:D. forced tD seek housing long distances .&om existing support
systems, she is \tuilcli!lg the ftrst hospital 'based emergency shelter for women and children. 1"bis inhospital shelter will promote tood decisioa:s by patelltS and adequate time to assess the potential for
repeated violence to bath pan:Dts and cbild.rm. She has lllr&a.d.y partnered v..;.th the Department of
Children 1111d Framlly Sc.rvices to implement c:ommunity-basc:d individUal and group tb.e:apy fer
morhm and children who have been im.pa.::ted. by .spousal assault.
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The technology and. the standards f~r ~e diq;ilosis of sexual assault which were pioneered by Dr.
Heger have bceu adapted in child abuse cenrers tlitoug.bout the World. Most rcceutly she dcvelope:d
and implaiU!llred !he lint telemec:lic::ine pmjed to gu.iU'Sntc~ thU ramotc areu of this countty wm ha v~
acce.sl to expert evaluations tO proteet the right! ofvictin1s and tu:n.ilie.s. She: cUJTca.tly is the; expert
pcd.i<ri.cian to support the dlqDQ.!is in prcp.ms loc:atcd in the native populations of Utah and Alaska.
Most of the origia.W rcseill'Ch, ~ md. disscmiD&tion of teaching and materials have always been
pra\lided ID ather pragrams ftel!l of charge. ·
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Her contti'butior:t& to ad~ for "'ic:rims iD.Cludc both her direct daily
to vi.c:tims but also her
pmicipation in orgllllizations Bt1d. associations focused. 011 t,mproving ·care for victims of 'Violence. She
has. beeD active in the Los AageJ.Cs Iute~cncy Councll o.a Child Abuse: and Neglect and., has serYed
011 the .Boa:d ofDirecrors of\r;ulo'tlS national and inte:natioaal child-.f.ocusa:l o,:g.:uiizatio:a.:;. ~e
· include the EX:cc;utive Committee tOr 1he iecmoJl on Child Abuse md Neglect) A.lu~c:an Acad.erny of
Pedia.tric:s: the BcJatd. ofDiraeraf! fat the AmeriCIIl Professional Society on the Abuse: of Children·r,
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Board of DireCtors for the California C~nsomum to PrCVf:Ilt Cb.ild Abil.sc and the Board c! DireCtors
tor the North Amc:riCB11 so·ciety on Pediatric and AdoleScent Gynec:ology.
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A variety of difli:rcut crg11::1iD.tions hav~ ael:Do-..ledsed
contnl:rGtion.s to c=hild:i:en and adults
victimized by 'violent c:.rime. She wu 1&elecfl:.d to the Bwrougbs-Wellcame Visi1ing Professor of the
Rtlyal Soci"ty of Medicine, Lcnao~ 1~~4 .. !)5. Other honors inelud.e the Los Angeles County
Commission. for Wome~ Ou.tst.aa.dm~ Awardee; 'KCET PiJ,l,lic Television Honoree as a Leader in
Science ac! MC:dicd.ne and the Professional of the Year by Childhelp. USA. for her ded.iee.tioa to .
prctediuc childre.a. Moin: rl':cei1t1y, Dr. Hesu was the recipierd: of the: 1996 Ray Helf'er1 M.D. AWard
for the Ped.iatrigm who has made the most sigDi.1kant ~ontributioDS to child. abuse prevention. This
award. is givcDjoiD.tly by the National AlliaDce for Cb.ildr=.·~ Trust and PreventioA F'Wlds BDO the
American Acadllt.a)' of Pediatrics.
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Dr. Heaer has devoted her-entire prafessional Ufe to guarn:ilt~ that victims of violence rueive not
only the sensitive, Jo'ling attention tru:y .Jiecd. 1:0 became sutvivo" of tbiBO violc:nee, but that thc::y also
recei'lle the hiP,:st quality of medical c:~U:c and forensic documentation which will guarantee physi~:al
healing ancl appropriate, effective interventions. She is C\lll'CDtly seeking WBYS to build eomm&initybased clinies to delivcrma!ic:al a:ad meatal servieM, in Conjunction with primary violenc~ prevention
programs, at the scboollcvcl.
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Throughout her 14 year can:er as an ad~ate f'or vic:t.itM ofYiolenO:. Dr. Astrid Hc:gc:'r has made a
:significut oantributioD. by establilhirl£ the staa.d.ard. of c:a%'1: for every victim of .so3(ua.l a.ssmlt. Sh~ is
now working with the same eormmr:Derit to build a system caf services w.bich 'Will ttcal thrc physic:al and. ·
psychological effects ofvioll=nce as well u i.mmunize our c:ommw:dtiu ~ any violence in homes
and neighbotb.ood.a.
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March 14, 1997
Hillary Rodham Clinton
The White House
Washington, DC
Dear Mrs. Clinton:
I am writing to introduce you to Vida Health Communications and to request an
invitation to the upcoming White House conference on early childhood and brain
development. Vida is a leading producer of video and other media designed to promote
the well-being of women, children and families. Berry Brazelton has called us "a rarity
and leader in (our) field."
Our programs address a wide range of topics and audiences from childbirth, adapting to
parenthood, infant care and development to teen pregnancy and parenting, maternal
addiction and recovery, and fetal alcohol syndrome. Over 40,000 nurses, doctors and
other educators use Vida's programs in their efforts to teach parents, patients and staff.
The Commonwealth Fund and Parents' Choice have named our programs to "top ten"
lists of parenting resources. Vice President and Tipper Gore commissioned us (and
Boston University) to produce the short video that followed your keynote at last June's
Family Reunion conference in Nashville.
The organizations and individuals helping to shape the content of Rob Reiner's ABC
special and public awareness campaign are intimately familiar with Vida's work in family
and child development. We would like to be among their number as you and the
President put a focus on the importance of the first three years oflife.
If there is room to include me among your invitees, I would be grateful for the
opportunity to be part of an important conversation that would inform the content and
approach of future Vida programs. Thanks for your consideration.
Sincerely,
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Dear Ashley:
Thank you, so much for your thoughtful
and welcome letter. It was good to hear from
you and to have the up-date on your efforts with
Smart Start.
I will be happy to see that your request
regarding the invitations to the White House
Conference on Early Childhood Development
and Learning are forwarded to the Office of the
First Lady. They are coordinating the event.
Once again, thank you for taking the
time to write. I look forward to the day when
I am able to once again participate in special
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ASHLEY 0. THRIFT
Direct Dial: (91 0) 721-3 582
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E-mail: a_thrift@wcsr.com
March 17, 1997
Mr. Erskine Bowles
Chief of Staff to the President
Office of the Chief of Staff
The White House
1600 Pennsylvarria Avenue~ NW
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Erskine:
Your appearance on the Sunday ABC program went very well from my viewing point.
Clearly there was an aggressively hostile atmpsphere, but your calm, even key presentation
contrasted very favorably and your sense of fair play and integrity came across very well. All in all
a very fine presentation.
Ivery much enjoyed the brief visit with you and your family during the inaugural festivities.
You were kind to inquire about Smart Start, and we miss the valuable contribution you could have
made, so let me call your attention to several items that your might find of interest:
.1. At your request we have removed your name from the Board ofDirectors ofthe N.C.
Partnership for Children. We understand well the limitations of your new position, and greatly
appreciate your interest in the partnership, and your willingness to serve.
2. You may be interested to know that Jim Hynes, from Charlotte, has joined the Board and
has graciously agreed to chair our Development Committee. I will be. meeting with him this week,
and conversations with him lead me to believe that he will do a great job. I'm sure you are
acquainted with him and realize how lucky we are to have someone with his talent in this critical
role.
3. During President Clinton's address to the North Carolina General Assembly he kindly
mentioned Smart Start; We have worked so very hard to overcome partisan opposition in the
General Assembly, and to have the President call attention to Smart Start was most welcomed. His
comments serve to validate the investment we're making and they were a much needed morale
booster.
Let me, also, take this opportunity to make a request concerning the April 17 Whitehouse
Conference on Early Childhood Development and Learning. President Clinton mentioned it during
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March 17, 1997
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his address. It would be very beneficial for Smart Start to have representation at the conference.
· Early brain development and learning are points of emphasis for us, and our participation in the
conference could provide us with additional insights into the scientific basis for early intervention.
If it is af all possible I would appreciate your 'assistanCe in -seeing that invitatio~s are .extended to
~~gm\:~~~{~~n~y r?1!~9"14vi~drJ~}~f§y~iJ.lgf.lt~~~:~9,~\~9Hg&~i;~E~iJ!:~$ ,~4 N?n Profits) and
Davtd WalKer; Executive Dtrector of the.N. C. Partnership for Chtldren. I wlll be m the Far East
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Finally, let me mention politics in South Carolina. You are aware of my former role for
Senator Hollings. I'm working hard on his 1998 race, and I must admit that Joe Riley's decision to
forego a run for Governor is quite a blow to Hollings in particular, and Democrats in general. ·It
exacerbates turnout problems and lowers morale among party regulars just when we're working so
hard to tie down our base. I know you have more than enough on your plate, but the thought of Rep.
Bob Inglis turning Fritz out is more than most of us can bear. Please keep an eye on this race and,
if appropriate, lend a hand when you can. Certainly this would fall under the category of"doing the
Lord's work."
Best wishes for every success and please let me know when I can be of help. I admire what
you're doing and I'm proud of the success your are having.
Kind regards.
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Title
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First Lady's Work on Children’s Issues and Women’s Rights
Creator
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White House Office of Records Management (WHORM)
Caligraphy Office
Chief of Staff
Domestic Policy Council
First Lady’s Office
Management & Administration
Millennium Council
Public Liaison
Special Envoy for the Americas
Women’s Initiative and Outreach
Date
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1995-2000
Is Part Of
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<a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/show/36054" target="_blank">Collection Finding Aid</a>
Identifier
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2006-0198-F Segment 4
Description
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<p>This collection contains records regarding conferences and events attended and hosted by the First Lady, Hillary Rodham Clinton. The key events in this collection consist of the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women, Vital Voices, Beijing +5, and the Early Childhood Development Conference. The records include background materials in preparation for each of these conferences.</p>
<p>This collection contains records from the following offices: White House Office of Records Management, Calligraphy Office, Chief of Staff, Domestic Policy Council, First Lady's Office, Speechwriting, Management & Administration, Millennium Council, Public Liason, Special Envoy for the Americas, and Women’s Initiative and Outreach. The collection includes records created by: Ann Lewis, Harold Ickes, Cheryl Mills, Linda Cooper, Ann Bartley, Lisa Caputo, Lissa Muscatine, Marsha Berry, Eric Massey, Nicole Rabner, Shirley Sagawa, Christine Macy, June Shih, Laura Schiller, Melanne Verveer, Alexis Herman, Ruby Moy, and Doris Matsui.</p>
<p>This collection was was made available through a <a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/freedom-of-information-act-requests">Freedom of Information Act</a> request.</p>
Provenance
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Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files
Clinton Presidential Records: White House Office of Records Managment
Publisher
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Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
Format
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Adobe Acrobat Document
Date Created
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11/14/2014
Extent
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301 folders in 30 boxes
Text
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Original Format
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Paper
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Title
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[WH Conference on Early Childhood Development and Learning, April 17, 1997] [2]
Is Part Of
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Box 10
<a href="http://clintonlibrary.gov/assets/Documents/Finding-Aids/2006/2006-0198-F-4.pdf">Collection Finding Aid</a>
<a href="http://catalog.archives.gov/id/1766805">National Archives Catalog Description</a>
Creator
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First Lady’s Office
Domestic Policy Council
Identifier
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2006-0198-F Segment 4
Provenance
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Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files
Format
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Adobe Acrobat Document
Publisher
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Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
Medium
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Reproduction-Reference
Date Created
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11/14/2014
Source
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1766805