Join IHSA and your Head Start Colleagues to start the 2022-23 year off strong! Participate in networking around COVID recovery as together we collaborate to contemplate the upcoming program year. Bring your questions, your pressing concerns, your ideas, and your innovations to share as our community allows our network of colleagues to bolster you in a time of uncertainty. Allow them to help you feel assured your program hasn't forgotten a vital thought or considered a vital opportunity around COVID recovery.

The July 19th session focuses on the areas of Health, Safety, Nutrition, IMIL and Staff Wellness. Agency’s are invited to attend this day reflective of their own needs and interests. The day is designed for Directors to attend all day and/or content area specialists to join during their designated areas of focus as well as staff to join for IMIL and/or Staff Wellness. IHSA will also seek to gain insight into how to further support needs for the upcoming program year for your agency efforts. Please consider emailing Monica Garner (HSCO- monica.garner@iowa.gov) with pressing questions you have for this day of networking specific to the content areas offered for the day as you think of them on or by July 12th. This will assist in connecting with resources to be available.

Please note: Resources and notes from these sessions will be saved in the applicable MyPeers Workgroups. Please encourage staff to connect with their applicable MyPeers content area(s) Workgroups and the Iowa Community page. This link will connect you with further information around MyPeers and any further questions can be directed to Monica Garner (HSCO) at monica.garner@iowa.gov.