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Milestones Building brighter futures, nurturing growth, and creating pathways to success for the early childhood community. Visit our website at
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Whether you are a child care provider, parent, or grandparent Child Care Choices is here to support you as you make decisions about the young children in your life.

โ€ผ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‘๐„๐„๐“๐€๐ˆ๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฌ A๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง D๐ž๐š๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ F๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ C๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ C๐š๐ซ๐ž E๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ! โ€ผREETAIN Bonuses reward early c...
11/13/2024

โ€ผ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‘๐„๐„๐“๐€๐ˆ๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฌ A๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง D๐ž๐š๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ F๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ C๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ C๐š๐ซ๐ž E๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ! โ€ผ

REETAIN Bonuses reward early childhood educators who have demonstrated a commitment to the field by continuing their education and professional development. Bonuses are awarded annually and range from $500 - $3,000. They can be used to cover professional or personal expenses.

The fall application round for family child care is open now through November 30. Technical assistance will be available through November 20.

Donโ€™t miss outโ€”Apply TODAY!

REETAIN Bonuses reward child care professionals who have demonstrated a commitment to the field by continuing their education and professional development. REETAIN Bonuses can be used for program supplies, training, or personal expenses.

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11/13/2024

Stay updated on the latest recalls! Check out this weekโ€™s recall notifications: Weekly Recall Notification.

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๐ŸŒŸ ๐‚๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง - ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐จ๐ง, ๐’๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐›๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ž, ๐’๐ญ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐–๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ! ๐ŸŒŸAre you looking for ways to sav...
11/12/2024

๐ŸŒŸ ๐‚๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง - ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐จ๐ง, ๐’๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐›๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ž, ๐’๐ญ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐–๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ! ๐ŸŒŸ

Are you looking for ways to save time, reduce costs, and access valuable tools and resources? Join the ๐’๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž today and unlock a world of benefits! ๐Ÿคโœจ

โœ… ๐…๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
โœ… ๐‚๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ
โœ… ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐’๐จ๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ž
โœ… ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  & ๐๐ƒ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ
โœ… ๐…๐š๐ซ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐จ ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ
โœ… ๐Œ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐“๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐…๐จ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ž
โ€ฆand so much more!

Learn how the Shared Services Alliance can help your program thrive. ๐ŸŒฑ

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Ready to join? ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐“๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ! https://forms.gle/jRQGNR1kjhWmNxci7

Questions, please contact ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐จ๐ง ๐€๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ง, ๐’๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ
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๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Today, we honor the bravery and sacrifice of our veterans. Thank you for your service and dedication to our country. ...
11/11/2024

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Today, we honor the bravery and sacrifice of our veterans. Thank you for your service and dedication to our country.
Happy Veterans Day! ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

๐Ÿ“ข ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐จ๐ญ๐š ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐…๐š๐œ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐‘๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐†๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ - ๐…๐€๐‹๐‹ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ Exciting news for child care providers in Minnesota! F...
11/08/2024

๐Ÿ“ข ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐จ๐ญ๐š ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐…๐š๐œ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐‘๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐†๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ - ๐…๐€๐‹๐‹ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’

Exciting news for child care providers in Minnesota! First Childrenโ€™s Finance is launching another round of Facility Revitalization Grants this fall. This funding supports indoor projects or purchases, with a completion period of four months. ๐Ÿ› ๏ธ

๐Ÿ“… Application window: November 15 at 9 a.m. - November 25 at 4:59 p.m. ๐Ÿ’ธ Grant payments expected in early 2025!

Learn more and apply here: https://www.firstchildrensfinance.org/for-businesses/minnesota-grants/

Donโ€™t miss this opportunity to revitalize your spaces

First Childrenโ€™s Finance is pleased to announce that we have received funding to implement another round of Facility Revitalization Grants for child care providers in Minnesota!

Stay updated on the latest recalls! Check out this weekโ€™s recall notifications: Weekly Recall Notification.
11/05/2024

Stay updated on the latest recalls! Check out this weekโ€™s recall notifications: Weekly Recall Notification.

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โญ๏ธ๐‘๐ž๐š๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐‰๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ž?โญ๏ธContact Sandy Knipp - Parent Aware Recruiter West/Central District at sknipp@milestonesmn...
11/04/2024

โญ๏ธ๐‘๐ž๐š๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐‰๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ž?โญ๏ธ
Contact Sandy Knipp - Parent Aware Recruiter West/Central District at [email protected] or 320-330-8561.

Ready to join Parent Aware? The next Full-Rating Cohort starts in January, but you don't have to wait to apply. Contact your local Recruiter today to get an application!

https://www.parentaware.org/programs/join-us/

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๐ŸŒŸ ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž'๐ฌ ๐’๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐“๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐’๐ข๐ ๐ง ๐”๐ฉ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ž ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐ˆ๐ง-๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ! ๐ŸŒŸDonโ€™t miss out on these valuable s...
10/31/2024

๐ŸŒŸ ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž'๐ฌ ๐’๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐“๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐’๐ข๐ ๐ง ๐”๐ฉ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ž ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐ˆ๐ง-๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ! ๐ŸŒŸ

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๐ŸŽ๐ŸŒฝ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐ข๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ ๐‚๐€๐‚๐…๐ ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐€๐ฏ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž!๐Ÿฅ”๐Ÿ‡Visit https://www.milestonesmn.org/newsletters.php to log ...
10/30/2024

๐ŸŽ๐ŸŒฝ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐ข๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ ๐‚๐€๐‚๐…๐ ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐€๐ฏ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž!๐Ÿฅ”๐Ÿ‡
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๐Ÿ“ข ๐…๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐•๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ! Click Here to Register: https://files.constantcontact.com/ff0f4f09501/...
10/29/2024

๐Ÿ“ข ๐…๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐•๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ!

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10/24/2024

๐Ÿšจ November In-Person Training Opportunities! ๐Ÿšจ

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๐ŸŒŸ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐’๐’๐€ ๐Œ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ! ๐ŸŒŸJoin the Shared Services Alliance today and enjoy a 1-year FREE su...
10/23/2024

๐ŸŒŸ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐’๐’๐€ ๐Œ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ! ๐ŸŒŸ

Join the Shared Services Alliance today and enjoy a 1-year FREE subscription to Brightwheel, the #1 app for early education management! ๐Ÿ“ฒโœจ

With Brightwheel, you can: โœ… Streamline your daily operations โœ… Simplify billing and attendance tracking โœ… Keep parents connected with real-time updates and photos โœ… Save time and focus on what matters mostโ€”caring for your kids!

๐๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐š๐ง ๐’๐’๐€ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ž๐. ๐Ÿ’™

Licensed child care programs located in Benton, Sherburne, Stearns, or Wright counties are eligible to participate!

Complete the membership application and get in touch with the Shared Services Alliance Coordinator TODAY!
https://forms.gle/jc9XGqvayugdcVwi7

10/21/2024

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๐ŸŒฑ Nurturing Today, Thriving Tomorrow! ๐ŸŒฑAt Milestones, we know how crucial those early years are for a child's developmen...
10/17/2024

๐ŸŒฑ Nurturing Today, Thriving Tomorrow! ๐ŸŒฑ

At Milestones, we know how crucial those early years are for a child's development. As the American Academy of Pediatrics highlights:

"Children who receive nurturing, stable care in their early years demonstrate better attention skills, reduced behavioral issues, and improved academic achievement as they enter school."

๐Ÿ“š Learn more about our commitment to quality early childhood care at www.milestonesmn.org

10/11/2024

๐ŸŒŸ ๐‹๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐š ๐‘๐ž๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ? ๐ŸŒŸ

Are you passionate about working with children? We are seeking enthusiastic individuals to become substitutes for Family Child Care Programs in Benton, Sherburne, Stearns, and Wright Counties! ๐Ÿ™Œโœจ

โœ… Work in Unique Environments
โœ… Flexible Hours
โœ… Competitive Pay

Join us and ๐›๐ž ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐จ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐š๐ซ๐ฒ!๐ŸŒˆ

๐Ÿ“ฒ ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ฐ: https://forms.gle/sQeuJ2J47dEziQie7
OR Scan the QR code, complete the application, and connect with the Shared Services Alliance Coordinator TODAY!

Stay updated on the latest recalls! Check out this weekโ€™s recall notifications: Weekly Recall Notification.
10/09/2024

Stay updated on the latest recalls! Check out this weekโ€™s recall notifications: Weekly Recall Notification.

Weekly Recall Notification Minnesota Department of Agriculture sent this bulletin at 10/08/2024 08:37 AM CDT Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Recall information from the Minnesota Department of Agriculture October 8, 2024 Jack and the Green Sprouts Issues Recall October 4, 2...

Weโ€™re so honored to have partnered with UWCM for the Child Care Provider Appreciation Night! ๐ŸŒŸ A huge thank you to all t...
10/09/2024

Weโ€™re so honored to have partnered with UWCM for the Child Care Provider Appreciation Night! ๐ŸŒŸ A huge thank you to all the child care providers who joined usโ€”it was a privilege to celebrate your hard work and dedication.

Weโ€™ve received such wonderful feedback and canโ€™t wait to collaborate again in the future to support our incredible child care community. ๐Ÿ’™

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Since 1977, Milestones (formerly Child Care Choices, Inc.) has offered early childhood support, expertise, and resources for parents, educators, child care programs, and community members throughout Minnesota. Milestones provides the Steps to Success for the Early Childhood Community. For more information visit our website at www.milestonesmn.org


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