Newsroom: Early Childhood Community Newsletter

April 1, 2024Sign up to receive weekly updates from ECECD via email! What's Inside? Reminders/Announcements Events Professional Development Health and Safety The New Mexico Early Childhood Education and Care Department’s (ECECD) annual Family Engagement Survey is now...

March 19, 2024Sign up to receive weekly updates from ECECD via email! What's Inside? Reminders/Announcements Events Professional Development Health and Safety   After a historic expansion of PreK in FY24, the New Mexico State Legislature has again increased...

March 4, 2024Sign up to receive weekly updates from ECECD via email! What's Inside? Reminders/Announcements Events Professional Development Health and Safety ECECD is pleased to announce that the Roswell office will be moving to a new location. Effective March 1,...

February 19, 2024Sign up to receive weekly updates from ECECD via email! What's Inside? Reminders/Announcements Events Professional Development Health and Safety In New Mexico and across the nation, Black-led initiatives are driving innovative solutions to address...

February 5, 2024Sign up to receive weekly updates from ECECD via email! What's Inside? Reminders/Announcements Events Professional Development Health and Safety On Jan. 31, 2024, ECECD released a competitive funding opportunity for New Mexico Early Childhood...

January 9, 2024Sign up to receive weekly updates from ECECD via email! What's Inside? Reminders/Announcements Events Professional Development Health and Safety The ECECD is seeking nominations for its inaugural Healthcare Professional of the Year award, honoring...

December 18, 2023Sign up to receive weekly updates from ECECD via email! What's Inside? Reminders/Announcements Events Professional Development Health and Safety In this full episode, Alax interviews New Mexico United soccer player Will Seymore (#SomosUnidos!) about...

December 4, 2023Sign up to receive weekly updates from ECECD via email! What's Inside? Reminders/Announcements Events Professional Development Health and Safety ECECD's Child Care Service Bureau (CCSB) hosted nine roundtable meetings across the State from October to...

November 20, 2023Sign up to receive weekly updates from ECECD via email! What's Inside? Reminders/Announcements Events Professional Development Health and Safety The New Mexico Early Childhood Education and Care Department (ECECD) announced that it has hired Lela...

October 30, 2023Sign up to receive weekly updates from ECECD via email! What's Inside? Reminders/Announcements Events Professional Development Health and Safety Child care providers are invited to join the Child Care Services Bureau (CCSB) for our fall roundtable...

October 23, 2023Sign up to receive weekly updates from ECECD via email! What's Inside? Reminders/Announcements Events Professional Development Health and Safety The New Mexico Early Childhood Education and Care Department (ECECD) announced season two of The Early Show...

October 16, 2023Sign up to receive weekly updates from ECECD via email! What's Inside? Reminders/Announcements Events Professional Development Health and Safety New Mexico’s three education agencies joined together to emphasize New Mexico’s commitment to maintaining...

October 2, 2023Sign up to receive weekly updates from ECECD via email! What's Inside? Reminders/Announcements Events Professional Development Health and Safety ECECD is working on a grant with the goal of integrating statewide early childhood and healthcare systems...

September 25, 2023Sign up to receive weekly updates from ECECD via email! What's Inside? Reminders/Announcements Events Professional Development Health and Safety The New Mexico Early Childhood Education and Care Department (ECECD), in partnership with UNM Project...

September 18, 2023Sign up to receive weekly updates from ECECD via email! What's Inside? Reminders/Announcements Events Professional Development Health and Safety You know that your little ones are wonderful. You know it, deep down, even at 2 a.m. when they start...

September 11, 2023Sign up to receive weekly updates from ECECD via email! What's Inside? Reminders/Announcements Events Professional Development Health and Safety Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced plans to request $30 million from the Legislature in the upcoming...

August 28, 2023Sign up to receive weekly updates from ECECD via email! What's Inside? Reminders/Announcements Events Professional Development Health and Safety LAS VEGAS, NM – On August 23, 2023 , ECECD presented before the New Mexico Legislative Finance Committee...

August 21, 2023Sign up to receive weekly updates from ECECD via email! What's Inside? Reminders/Announcements Events Professional Development Health and Safety Want to learn more about the Early Childhood Education and Care Department’s (ECECD) child care cost model?...

August 14, 2023Sign up to receive weekly updates from ECECD via email! What's Inside? Reminders/Announcements Events Professional Development Health and Safety Want to learn more about the Early Childhood Education and Care Department’s (ECECD) child care cost model?...

August 7, 2023Sign up to receive weekly updates from ECECD via email! What's Inside? Reminders/Announcements Events Professional Development Health and Safety There are many ways to ensure your baby’s safety when they are sleeping. Whether using a bassinet beside your...

July 31, 2023Sign up to receive weekly updates from ECECD via email! What's Inside? Reminders/Announcements Events Professional Development Health and Safety As part of the historic expansion of early childhood education services announced last week at the White...

July 24, 2023Sign up to receive weekly updates from ECECD via email! What's Inside? Reminders/Announcements Events Professional Development Health and Safety Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announced at the White House the largest-ever expansion of PreK programs in...

July 17, 2023Sign up to receive weekly updates from ECECD via email! What's Inside? Reminders/Announcements Events Professional Development Health and Safety Attention Supply Building Grantees, We are thrilled to bring you an update regarding the provision of...

July 10, 2023Sign up to receive weekly updates from ECECD via email! What's Inside? Reminders/Announcements Events Professional Development Health and Safety Attention Supply Building Grantees, We are thrilled to bring you an update regarding the provision of...

July 3, 2023Sign up to receive weekly updates from ECECD via email! What's Inside? Reminders/Announcements Events Professional Development Health and Safety Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) families make up a disproportionately low percentage of home and...

June 26, 2023Sign up to receive weekly updates from ECECD via email! What's Inside? Reminders/Announcements Events Professional Development Health and Safety Help ECECED celebrate Independence Day by submitting your photos of "Summer Family Celebrations." New Mexican...

June 12, 2023Sign up to receive weekly updates from ECECD via email! What's Inside? Reminders/Announcements Events Professional Development Health and Safety Calling all proud New Mexican fathers of children aged 0-5! We're celebrating your love and dedication this...

June 5, 2023Sign up to receive weekly updates from ECECD via email! What's Inside? Reminders/Announcements Events Professional Development Health and Safety Calling all proud New Mexican fathers of children aged 0-5! We're celebrating your love and dedication this...

May 15, 2023Sign up to receive weekly updates from ECECD via email! What's Inside? Reminders/Announcements Events Professional Development Health and Safety ECECD seeks to build a statewide equity-informed Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation (IECMHC)...

May 8, 2023Sign up to receive weekly updates from ECECD via email! What's Inside? Reminders/Announcements Events Professional Development Health and Safety Are you expecting, or have a newborn baby at home?  The New Mexico Early Childhood Education and Care Department...

April 24, 2023Sign up to receive weekly updates from ECECD via email! What's Inside? Reminders/Announcements Events Professional Development Health and Safety The ECECD Scholarship, Payment Incentive, and Mentor Network Programs are currently accepting applications...

April 17, 2023Sign up to receive weekly updates from ECECD via email! What's Inside? Reminders/Announcements Events Professional Development Heath and Safety The ECECD Scholarship, Payment Incentive, and Mentor Network Programs are currently accepting applications for...

April 10, 2023Sign up to receive weekly updates from ECECD via email! What's Inside? Reminders/Announcements Events Professional Development Heath and Safety The ECECD Scholarship, Payment Incentive, and Mentor Network Programs are currently accepting applications for...

April 3, 2023Sign up to receive weekly updates from ECECD via email! What's Inside? Reminders/Announcements Events Professional Development Heath and Safety The ECECD Scholarship, Payment Incentive, and Mentor Network Programs are currently accepting applications for...

March 27, 2023Sign up to receive weekly updates from ECECD via email! What's Inside? Reminders/Announcements Events Professional Development Heath and Safety Visit us at our new location  4801 Indian School NE  Albuquerque New NM 87110   Programs at the new location...

March 20, 2023Sign up to receive weekly updates from ECECD via email! What's Inside? Reminders/Announcements Events Professional Development Heath and Safety ECECD wants to hear from you — the dedicated parents and caregivers of young children in New Mexico. You care...

March 13, 2023Sign up to receive weekly updates from ECECD via email! What's Inside? Reminders/Announcements Events Professional Development Heath and Safety ECECD celebrated Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Day 2023 with a Proclamation! SEL Day is an opportunity to...

March 6, 2023Sign up to receive weekly updates from ECECD via email! What's Inside? Reminders/Announcements Events Professional Development Heath and Safety Sara Mickelson has been appointed as deputy secretary at the New Mexico Early Childhood Education and Care...

February 27, 2023Sign up to receive weekly updates from ECECD via email! What's Inside? Reminders/Announcements Events Professional Development Heath and Safety Sometimes young children do things we wish they wouldn’t. This might be something you’ll laugh about when...

February 20, 2023Sign up to receive weekly updates from ECECD via email! What's Inside? Reminders/Announcements Events Professional Development Heath and Safety The LANL Foundation is accepting applications for the 2023-2024 Tribal Early Childhood Educator Pathway...

February 13, 2023Sign up to receive weekly updates from ECECD via email! What's Inside? Reminders/Announcements Events Professional Development Heath and Safety The LANL Foundation is accepting applications for the 2023-2024 Tribal Early Childhood Educator Pathway...

February 6, 2023Sign up to receive weekly updates from ECECD via email! What's Inside? Reminders/Announcements Events Professional Development Heath and Safety It is critical that young children have quality opportunities to learn, but too often they are suspended or...

January 30, 2023Sign up to receive weekly updates from ECECD via email! What's Inside? Reminders/Announcements Events Professional Development Heath and Safety The Early Childhood Education and Care Advisory Council will further the governor’s priority to create a...

January 9, 2023Sign up to receive weekly updates from ECECD via email! What's Inside? Reminders/Announcements Events Professional Development Heath and Safety ECECD is partnering with CCA Global to provide a shared services platform to support child care providers. ...

December 19, 2022Sign up to receive weekly updates from ECECD via email! What's Inside? Reminders/Announcements Events Professional Development Heath and Safety The Early Childhood Education and Care Department (ECECD) strives to advance a diverse, well-compensated,...

December 5, 2022Sign up to receive weekly updates from ECECD via email! What's Inside? Reminders/Announcements Events Professional Development Heath and Safety Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and the New Mexico Early Childhood Education and Care Department (ECECD)...

November 21, 2022Sign up to receive weekly updates from ECECD via email! What's Inside? Reminders/Announcements Events Professional Development Heath and Safety Food banks, food pantries, soup kitchens, and faith groups offer free Thanksgiving meals. Support is...

November 14, 2022Sign up to receive weekly updates from ECECD via email! What's Inside? Reminders/Announcements Events Professional Development COVID-19 Updates The New Mexico Early Childhood Education and Care Department (ECECD) announced that it has awarded $7...

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