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Back to SearchEpisode 7 - Inside Scoop with the Commissioner's Executive Assistant
Season 1 Episode 7
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Scheduler, assistant, gatekeeper. Maybe the way to really get to know Commissioner Amy M. Jacobs is to get to know her Executive Assistant and Board Liaison Quandra Collins. Hear what…
Published on 6 years, 11 months ago
Episode 8 - Criminal Background Checks in Georgia
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In January, 2014, DECAL began implementing a state law requiring all employees in Georgia's child care programs to undergo a national criminal background check based on fingerprints. F…
Published on 6 years, 11 months ago
Episode 6 - Meet Pam Stevens from Child Care Services
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Pam Stevens is our new Deputy Commissioner for Child Care Services, but you may know her from Quality Rated, or her years as a teacher, behavior specialist, or child care director. Lea…
Published on 6 years, 11 months ago
Episode 5 - Open Enrollment at DECAL
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Monday is the start of the Annual Open Enrollment for the 2019 Plan Year of the State Health Benefit Plan (SHBP). Open Enrollment starts October 15 and runs through November 2. Learn …
Published on 6 years, 11 months ago
Episode 4 - Georgia's Childcare and Parent Services (CAPS) Program
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The Childcare and Parent Services (CAPS) program has been serving Georgia’s children and families since 1972. The program is funded federally by the Child Care and Development Block Gra…Published on 7 years ago
Episode 3 - Georgia Pre-K Week
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We talk with Deputy Commissioner for Georgia's Pre-K Program and Instructional Supports Susan Adams about Georgia Pre-K Week, October 1-5, 2018. Now in its eighth year, Georgia Pre-K W…Published on 7 years ago
Episode 2 - Introducing the Georgia Foundation for Early Care + Learning
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The Georgia Foundation for Early Care and Learning makes strategic investments to improve and expand high-quality early education to help ensure all children in Georgia are prepared to …Published on 7 years ago
Episode 1 - Chat with Commissioner Jacobs
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Governor Nathan Deal appointed Amy M. Jacobs as Interim Commissioner of Bright from the Start: Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning in June 2014. In January 2015, she was sworn…Published on 7 years ago