{"id":5353,"date":"2019-12-29T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-29T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/blog\/give-children-a-chance-to-thrive-pick-click-give-to-thread"},"modified":"2019-12-29T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-12-29T18:00:00","slug":"give-children-a-chance-to-thrive-pick-click-give-to-thread","status":"publish","type":"learn-and-grow-blog","link":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/blog\/give-children-a-chance-to-thrive-pick-click-give-to-thread","title":{"rendered":"Give Children a Chance to Thrive \u2013 Pick.Click.Give. to thread"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"blog_content\">\n<p><em>What does it mean for your family to have access to high-quality child care?<\/em>\n    <\/p>\n<p>Is it being able to go to work or school because your child is in a safe place being cared for by a professional early childhood educator? Or trusting<br \/>\n        that your child is receiving healthy meals and daily physical activity? Maybe it is feeling confident that your child is learning to play well<br \/>\n        with others and has age-appropriate toys that spark creative expression and development?<\/p>\n<p>High-quality child care is all of these things and more!<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s licensed child care that is safe, healthy, and playful. And most importantly, has well-educated teachers who nurture and lead each day.<\/p>\n<p>When babies and young children get a good start in life, their chance for success increases exponentially, resulting in better preparedness for school,<br \/>\n        higher rates of graduation, and workforce readiness.<\/p>\n<p><strong>High-quality early education is not only powerful, it\u2019s possible \u2013 with you!<\/strong>\n    <\/p>\n<p>With just one click, you can help Alaska\u2019s youngest children to thrive.<\/p>\n<p>Choose <strong>thread <\/strong>in 2020 Pick.Click.Give. <strong>thread <\/strong>helps families gain access to high-quality child care, as well as supports<br \/>\n        early educators and child care programs in delivering high-quality care.<\/p>\n<p>Starting Jan. 1, look for the green button on the right panel of the<a href=\"https:\/\/pfd.alaska.gov\/\"> PFD website<\/a> and make a gift that will have<br \/>\n        a big impact for Alaska\u2019s youngest children.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","lg_tags":[],"news_categories":[],"class_list":["post-5353","learn-and-grow-blog","type-learn-and-grow-blog","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"gb-block-post-grid-landscape":false,"gb-block-post-grid-square":false,"post-thumbnail":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"msiadmin","author_link":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/author"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"What does it mean for your family to have access to high-quality child care? Is it being able to go to work or school because your child is in a safe place being cared for by a professional early childhood educator? Or trusting that your child is receiving healthy meals and daily physical activity? Maybe...&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/learn-and-grow-blog\/5353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/learn-and-grow-blog"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/learn-and-grow-blog"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"lg_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lg_tags?post=5353"},{"taxonomy":"news_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_categories?post=5353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}