About Boone Empowerment
What is Empowement?
Empowerment is an effort to create a partnership between communities and state government with an emphasis to improve the well being and quality of life for children ages 0-5 and their families.
What Results Do We Want To Achieve?
- Healthy Children
- Children Ready to Succeed in School
- Safe and Supportive Communities
- Secure and Nurturing Families
- Secure and Nurturing Child Care Environments
Comprehensive Services and Supports
School Ready Funds provide comprehensive services for children ages birth through five (low income families to access preschool, parent support, family home visitation, parent education, and professional development for early care, health, & education practitioners)
Early Childhood Funds enhance the quality and capacity of child care (recruitment of providers, child care for mildly ill children & second or third shift, infant care, training of quality for center & home based providers, and support for registration & licensure)
Boone County Empowerment Information
Boone County Empowerment Board Meetings are the LAST Thursday of every month at 6 pm at a location to be announced.
To contact the Boone County Empowerment Coordinator, you can email Julie Nash at jnash@dhs.state.ia.us or call her at 515-433-4892. To reach her assistant, Sara Wagner, you can email her at swagner@dhs.state.ia.us or call her at 515-433-4091.
2007 Minutes/Agendas
- Dec 18 2007 Board Agenda
- Nov 29 2007 Board Agenda
- Nov 29 2007 Meeting Minutes
- Oct 25 2007 Board Agenda
- Oct 25 2007 Meeting Minutes
- Sep 27 2007 Board Agenda
- Sep 27 2007 Meeting Minutes
- Aug 30 2007 Board Agenda
- Aug 30 2007 Meeting Minutes
2008 Minutes/Agendas
- Coming soon...