Let's Talk Kids
Conversations with influential legislators, officials, experts, educators, entrepreneurs, parents, attorneys, and others who want to help give every child a chance to grow up safe, healthy, and educated.
Anticipated Coverage:
Education: Early Childhood Education (ECE); Early Child Care (Daycare); Special Education; School Environment; Education for Children in Foster Care; and Automation in Childhood Education
Protection and Welfare: Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention; Child Welfare Systems; Juvenile Justice; and Positive Youth Development.
Health and Hunger: Health Insurance Access; Mental Health Services; Nutrition and Food Security; and Maternal and Infant Health.
Family Supports and Economic Stability: Economic Mobility; Support for Kin Caregivers; and Affordable Housing
Special Needs: Developmental Services and System Navigation.
Values Based Families: Building Values Based Families; and Religious Institutions, Clerics and Child Advocacy.
Let's Talk Kids
Latest Episodes
Why Pediatricians Say They Can't Do Their Jobs Without This Program
In this episode of Let's Talk Kids, we sit down with Pamela Winkler-Tew, licensed social worker and Senior Sustainability Manager for HealthySteps, a program of Zero to Three. Pamela explains how HealthySteps places a child development speci...
Grief Doesn't Look the Same for Everyone (Here's Why That Matters)
Lindsay Schambach, Executive Director of ImagineNJ, a center for coping and loss, describes how being a principal and experiencing impactful losses throughout her life led to her discovering her purpose as an advocate of family bereavement. ...
Newark is Growing and so are its Kids! Here’s how parents and schools can help them succeed…
Kaleena Berryman, Executive Director of Newark Youth Career Pathways, shares how her organization helps young adults and teens across Newark, NJ gain the confidence and skills necessary to have a thriving career. She also shares insights on ...
Why the Y? - How YMCAs Evolved from a Shelter for Young Men into a Community for Everyone!
Dr. Julie Gallanty, CEO of the NJ YMCA State Alliance, discusses the history of the YMCA, all that YMCA's offer, and how they have become an incredible community.Learn more about the NJ YMCA State Alliance below!NJ YMCA State Allian...
Helping Parents Help Each Other to Help Their Children Grow | Let’s Talk Kids
Andrea Breitwieser, Assistant Director of the NJ Division of Family Development, Office of Child Care, explains the purpose of New Jersey Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies. Learn more about Child Care Resource and...