Kids First Endorsers and Supporters
In March of 2008, KIDS COUNT launched a new effort, called the Kids First campaign, aimed at building grassroots support for new investments to improve childcare quality. The primary goal of the Kids First campaign is the implementation of a childcare quality rating and improvement system.
The following organizations and individuals have endorsed the Kids First campaign and its goals.
Organizational Endorsers
Alliance for Children
A Place to Grow Children's Center
Board of Child Care at Falling Waters
CAMC Women and Children's Hospital
Cabell County Family Resource Network
Cabell County Schools
Cabell-Wayne Early Childhood Council
Capitol Nannies, LLC
Catholic Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston
Charleston Area Alliance
Children's Home Society of West Virginia
Choices Child Care Resource and Referral
Chums Early Learning Child Care Center
Construction & General Laborers' Local #543
Covenant House
Daymark
Direct Action Welfare Group (DAWG)
Family Counseling Connection
Greenbrier Housing Authority
Hatfield McCoy Regional Recreation Authority
Jackson Gas Company
Kanawha County Schools Pre-K - Head Start
Kanawha Early Childhood Committee of the Regional Family Resource Network
Kiddy Korner Day Care, Inc.
Kingery and Company, LLC
Kiwanis Daycare Center, Huntington
Little Life Preschool and Daycare
Marshall Community and Technical College (MCTC)
Mineral County Family Resource Network
Monongalia County Family Resource Network
MountainHeart Child Care Services
National Association of Social Workers - West Virginia Chapter
Nicholas County Starting Points Center
Playmates Preschool & Child Development Center
Playmates Preschool & Child Development Center-Ceredo
Prestera Centers
River Valley Child Development Services
Rock-A-Bye, Baby
Small World Child Care
Southwestern District Labor Council AFL-CIO
St. Joseph's Day Care Center, Inc.
United Way of the River Cities
Upper Kanawha Valley Starting Points/Parents As Teachers
Wayne Family Resource Network
WELD, LLC
West Virginia American Academy of Pediatrics
West Virginia Center on Budget & Policy
West Virginia Childcare Centers United
West Virginia Communitiy Voices, Inc.
West Virginia Conference, The United Methodist Church
West Virginia Healthy Kids and Families Coalition
West Virginia University Parkersburg
West Virginians for Affordable Health Care
WVU Health Sciences Center - Charleston
WVU Hospitals Child Development Center
Youth Services System
YWCA of Charleston, WV
Individual Endorsers
Richard Adams
Dusti Arbogast
Joan Baldwin
Betty Barrett
Karen Brimhall
Angela D. Brooks
Melissa Colagrosso
Janet Craig, PhD, LSW
Jeffrey Crist
Kimberly Cross, MD, FAAP
Amber Diamond
J. Michael Fike
Barbara Gebhard
Steve Haid
L. Clark Hansbarger, MD
Jean Hawks
Melinda Himstedt
Dawn Hong
Lloyd Jackson
Cheryl Jones
Jennifer Keup
Kim Legg
J. F. Lacaria
Bruce Lawson
Jennifer McIntosh
Heather Miller
Timothy & Diana Millne
Gay Mothershed
Barbara Myers
Sandra Panrell
Bob Plymale
Renate Pore
Tom Potter
Bill Raney
Douglas Reynolds
Susan Rosshirt
Dawn Roth
Kenna Seal
Sue Sergi
Pamela Shope
Marla Short
Alissa Stewart
Bruce Stewart
Julie Surbaugh
Jamie Thompson
Mary E. Wilson
Nadine Wilson
If you or your organization would like to join the growing list of Kids First endorsers, just send us an e-mail at staff@wvkidscountfund.org and tell us to add your name to the list. Or, download our endorsement form and return it to us by fax or mail.
Support by the Numbers - The Growing Kids First Team
In addition to our list of official project endorsers, membership on the Kids First team is growing by leaps and bounds. Below is a running total of the people who have joined the Kids First team since March 19, 2008, and who support the need to improve the quality and accountability of West Virginia's childcare system.
Kids First Members Added Since 3/19/08: 2,321
Kids First Members by Region:
Kids First Boone, Clay, Kanawha and Putnam: 414
Kids First Cabell-Wayne: 475
Kids First Mid-Ohio Valley: 343
Kids First North Central: 425
Kids First Northern Panhandle: 220
Kids First South: 444
E-mail Addresses in the K IDS COUNT Action Alert System: 2,780