HR 409 — Commending ReadyKids.

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409 NE Offered February 22, 2023 Commending ReadyKids.

––––––––––N TAgreed Patron––Hudsonto by the House of Delegates, February 24, 2023 R ––––––––––O WHEREAS, for more than 100 years, ReadyKids has provided early learning opportunities, O counseling, and family support to young people in Charlottesville and the surrounding region;

aDdand WHEREAS,L established in 1921, ReadyKids is one of the oldest nonprofit organizations in Charlottesville;

it was originally known as the Children's Home and cared for young people who had beeWHEREAS,L bybeen theorphaned 1940s,by the Children's1918 Homeflu hadpandemic; expanded its mission to provide care for C adolescents and support for young people whose families were in crisis;

and E WHEREAS, toby betterthe reflect1940s, itsthe evolvingChildren's mission,Home thehad organizationexpanded changed its namemission to Childprovide andcare Familyfor Servicesadolescents of Charlottesville and Albemarlesupport in the 1950s, to the Office for Childrenyoung andpeople Youthwhose infamilies thewere 1970s, and to Children, Youth and Family Services in thecrisis; 1990s;

and D Family Services of Charlottesville and Albemarle in the 1950s, to the Office for Children and Youth in the 1970s, and to Children, Youth and Family Services in the 1990s;

the organization provides a wide range of programs for young people with adverse childhood experiences, children from low-income families, chiWHEREAS, among the many programs offered by ReadyKids, Inside Out Counseling provides H trauma counseling, primarily in person, to children between the ages of two and 18, and the Teen R Counseling Program provides short-term intensive counseling services to teens and their families;

and 0 WHEREAS, the ReadyKids program ReadySteps provides in-person and virtual early learning HE playgroupsplaWHEREAS, inHealthy EnglishFamilies, anda SpanishReadyKids tocomprehensive variousfamily communitiessupport inprogram, Charlottesvilleprovidese andCounty; Albemarle Count4;

and WHEREAS,R Healthy Families, a ReadyKids comprehensive family support program, provides 9 children from infancy to five years of age and their parents with in-person visits and phone, text, and vidWHEREAS,video ReadyKids'calls, Growingwith Mindsprogramming providesoffered qualityin improvementEnglish, activitiesSpanish, forDari, child care providers, including coaching, training, technical assistance, and consultation,Pashto; while STAR Kids provides lessons that teach social-emotional development and problem-solving skills;

and WHEREAS, throughReadyKids' theGrowing REALMinds Dads program, ReadyKids provides coachingquality toimprovement fathersactivities whofor wantchild tocare buildlessons strong,that secureteach relationshipssocial-emotional withdevelopment theirand families;problem-solving skills;

andand, WHEREAS,while JackiSTAR BryantKids hasprovides ledWHEREAS, ReadyKidsthrough asthe itsREAL executiveDads directorprogram, sinceReadyKids 2005provides andcoaching hasto demonstratedfathers awho thoughtfulwant approach to enhancingbuild thestrong, diversitysecure ofrelationships thewith staff,their effectivefamilies; teamwork, and :

35and shaWHEREAS,WHEREAS, during her tenure, Jacki Bryant has cultivatedled anReadyKids optimalas environmentits forexecutive thedirector 36since organization's2005 growth and promoted the core value of ReadyKids that every child has theshared rightleadership; to grow / 37 up in a world that honors their whole self and offers every opportunity to secure their health and / 38 well-being;

andandful 39approach to enhancing the diversity of the staff, effective teamwork, and WHEREAS, induring fiscalher yeartenure, 2022,Jacki ReadyKidsBryant providedhas servicescultivated toan 6,840optimal children,environment theirfor families,the organization's growth and earlypromoted childhoodthe educatorscore value of ReadyKids that every child has the right to grow up in Charlottesvillea andworld Albemarle,that Nelson,honors Louisa,their Fluvanna,whole self and Greenoffers Counties;every opportunity to secure their health and well-being;

now,and therefore,early bechildhood iteducators itsin 100thCharlottesville anniversary;and Albemarle, Nelson, Louisa, Fluvanna, and Green and Counties;

and,now, betherefore, itates, That ReadyKids hereby be commendedit on the occasion of RESOLVED FURTHER,by That the Clerk of the House of DelegatesDelegates, prepareThat aReadyKids copyhereby ofbe thiscommended resolutionon for presentation to Jacki Bryant, executive director of ReadyKids, as an expression of the Houseoccasion of Delegates'its admiration100th foranniversary; the organization's achievements in service to young people in Charlottesville and throughout the region.

and, be it for presentation to Jacki Bryant, executive director of ReadyKids, as an expression of the House of Delegates' admiration for the organization's achievements in service to young people in Charlottesville and throughout the region.