Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, May 29, 1993 TAG: 9305290339
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C4 EDITION: METRO
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The grants result from the foundation's call for proposals under its communitywide initiative focusing on early childhood development.
The organization granted $1,000 to The Parents Place-YMCA to fund a program on child rearing and development specifically for fathers.
The foundation gave $1,500 to the parent-infant education program of the Easter Seal Society of Virginia to support its coordinated, in-home early intervention services for developmentally delayed infants and children.
Greenvale Nursery School received $1,360 to fund a parenting education program to address the rising number of young children entering the child-care system who come from dysfunctional and disadvantaged families.
Teachers and parents will also get a $1,000 grant for a program conducted by the education department of Planned Parenthood on understanding early childhood development, early self-esteem development, gender-bias issues and how to protect young children from sexual abuse.
The foundation granted $1,000 to Family Service of Roanoke Valley to support the agency's one-on-one, in-home parent aide program for at-risk parents and their children.
A grant also went to the Child Health Investment Partnership, which received $1,038 to fund the purchase of a series of educational videos and handouts on effective parenting.
by CNB