Please find Liftoff’s August Network News. This edition has multiple opportunities to attend Liftoff for in-person learning events, join Onboard for other advocacy initiatives as well as, includes information about Interfaith Weekend this October.
Author: Amy Miranti
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Liftoff’s August 2025 Network News
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Building the Future: Expanding the Early Childhood Special Education Workforce
Please join us for a dynamic convening of professionals dedicated to delivering high-quality Early Intervention and Preschool Special Education services. Collaboratively, we will explore strategies and discuss innovative ideas to fortify our recruitment efforts, bringing more talented educators and therapists into the field of early childhood special education. A light breakfast will be served.
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Liftoff Learning Network Presents: “Strong Foundations: Housing as a Building Block of Early Childhood Development”
At Liftoff, we believe every child deserves a strong start and that includes a safe, stable place to call home. Home is where young children begin to learn, play, grow, and connect. Housing is not just about having a roof overhead. It affects how children grow, how families stay healthy, and how parents are able to work, care, and plan for the future. In Western New York, the fastest growing segment of the unhoused population is children ages 0-5.
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Liftoff Celebrates 6 Months of Onboard!
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Liftoff’s April 2025 Network News
Please find Liftoff’s April Network News. This month we celebrated some wins including a feature in The Buffalo News, as well as a member of the Liftoff team giving remarks at the kickoff press conference for the Week of the Young Child. We shared an aligned action update, as well as an Onboard member highlight.
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Liftoff WNY Featured in The Buffalo News
“It’s devastating to children, it’s devastating to their families, and it’s devastating to the community, because the early years are filled with so much promise and so much potential, and that’s the best time to have these interventions happen, because we know brain development happens 90% before you get to kindergarten,” Liftoff WNY Director, Rachel Bonsignore.
Liftoff is excited to share that we were featured in The Buffalo News front page story written by Ben Tsujimoto, that emphasizes the importance of Early Intervention for our children. The time to act is now.
Please find the article below.
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Liftoff WNY at the Week of the Young Child 2025 Kickoff Press Conference
On Monday, April 7th Liftoff WNY joined with some of our partners at the Audubon Branch Amherst Public Library for the kickoff for the 2025 Week of the Young Child. The press conference featured Mark Poloncarz (Erie County Executive), Lisa Chimera (Deputy County Executive), Chelsea Lonberger (Youth Outreach Service Manager, Buffalo & Erie County Public Library), Kim Suminski (Executive Director, Child Care Resource Network) and our very own Megan Battista! This was a great way to highlight all of the work done in the early childhood space in Erie County.
