2009 Articles

• Greater Southeast Management District, Winter newsletter 2009 features Tee's Tiny Tots, Texas Rising Star Vendor
• Gov. Perry Appoints Bricker to the State Board of Educator Certification, Office of the Governor Rick Perry, December 30, 2009
• Collaborative for Children’s College Bound Beginning at Birth child care directors give back to the community. - All donations came from the children of the centers and the baskets were donated by the Collaborative for Children's College Bound program, Neighborhood Centers, December 28, 2009
• Remembering Others This Christmas Season - There are many excellent Texas charities worthy of a thoughtful donation, including the Houston-based Collaborative for Children, which is working to help local families rebuild from Hurricane Ike, The News Connection by Kay Bailey Hutchison, December 23, 2009
• Toddler TEEM Teacher Training Lauded as Unique and Effective, TX State Center for Early Childhood Development Newsletter by Davy Kong, November 2009
• The efforts of Yao Ming's foundation have recently been extended to the local Houston community with the MFAH partnership and a grant to the Houston-based charity Collaborative for Children to rebuild four playgrounds in the Houston/Galveston area destroyed by Hurricane Ike, PR Newswire, November 19, 2009
• Yao Ming Rebuilding Four Playgrounds Damaged by Ike, Houston Chronicle by Renee C. Lee, November 16, 2009
• Our Annual Luncheon in the News, Rice Jones Graduate School of Business, by Julia N. Nguyen, October 12, 2009
• Now’s Time to Speak up about Child Care Staffing, Houston Chronicle, by Carol Shattuck, October 20, 2009
• Successful First Year for Parenting Classes, The Woodlands Online, by Carla Clark, October 19, 2009
• Initiative Focuses on Early Learning Programs, The New York Times by Sam Dillon, September 19, 2009
• Parents Budget for Child Care... Parents are trying to find new ways to budget and pay for child care in tough economic times, KPRC Local 2 by Rachel McNeill, September 16, 2009
• Working... Perks not as generous this year, Houston Chronicle by L.M. Sixel, September 10, 2009
• Hogg Foundation Grants Will Fund Mental Health Services For 10,000 Houston Area Children and Youth, The University of Texas at Austin, September 2, 2009
• As American families have changed... The New Push For Quality Child Care, Parade Magazine by Leslie Bennetts, July 19, 2009
• Our Successes with Children, Families and Educators, July 9, 2009
• Check before deciding on a child care program (click here to view video). Experts say that 90 percent of brain development takes place before a child is 5 years old, so a local organization is helping parents find the perfect program for your child, Click 2 Houston • July 10, 2009
• Collaborative for Children Recipient of Leadership Houston's Leadership in Action Award, June 24, 2009
• Kid's Summer Activities feel the Bite... Carol Shattuck worries that some programs still have vacancies because parents have opted to leave their children at home alone this summer, Houston Chronicle • June 21, 2009
• HBJ honored area CFOs… our own Pat Calelly was in the running, May 22, 2009
• UH closing accredited lab school for toddlers, Houston Chronicle • May 13, 2009
• Learning to Count: No teacher can wrangle an infinite number of 4-year-olds, Houston Chronicle • April 28, 2009
• Editorial: Enhance Child Development, Houston Chronicle • April 2, 2009
• Collaborative for Children distributes nearly $100,000 in classroom resources to Galveston child care programs devastated by Hurricane Ike, Guidry News • March 31, 2009