Board Meeting - Oct. 21, 2020
The Butler County Educational Service Center Governing Board will hold its regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 21 at 8:30 AM via Zoom.
News & Announcements
300K free masks coming to area schools to help with coronavirus
Butler County school and emergency services officials have joined forces to deliver 300,000 masks to schools to help protect students and staffers from the coronavirus.
CARES Act Provides Additional Funding for Local Head Start Programs
Butler County Educational Service Center (BCESC) is slated to receive $697,883 in Butler County and $119,518 in Preble County through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
ICYMI: Coronavirus pandemic hasn't stopped home visits for Ohio's Help Me Grow program
Connie Neville was pregnant and looking for help when she first heard about Ohio’s Help Me Grow program. “I was 18 when I first got pregnant with Nova, so I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, I need resources or something,’” Neville said. “It’s been such a good program.”
Special Board Meeting - Sept. 5, 2020
The Butler County Educational Service Center Governing Board will hold a special meeting to consider the appointment, employment, dismissal, discipline, promotion, demotion, or compensation of a public employee, official, licensee, or regulated individual and to discuss general business. The meeting will be held virtually using Zoom on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020 at 4:00 PM.
Butler County Educational Service Center Receives Eighth Consecutive Enquirer Top Workplace Award
Butler County Educational Service Center (BCESC) is pleased to announce that it has once again been recognized as one of the best places to work in Cincinnati by The Enquirer. BCESC has been named a Top Workplace for eight consecutive years and is one of 130 organizations featured on 2020’s Top Workplaces list.
As More Children Show Symptoms of Trauma, Head Start Programs Expand Support Services
Suzanne Prescott first noticed the changes in children’s behaviors in 2015.
She was fielding reports of kids knocking over bookshelves, tables and chairs; hitting their classmates; and causing physical harm to themselves and their teachers. Not only were more 3-, 4- and 5-year-olds having outbursts, they were doing so with an intensity Prescott had never before seen.
She was fielding reports of kids knocking over bookshelves, tables and chairs; hitting their classmates; and causing physical harm to themselves and their teachers. Not only were more 3-, 4- and 5-year-olds having outbursts, they were doing so with an intensity Prescott had never before seen.
ICYMI: COVID-19 Fears Spark Increased Need At Food Banks, BCESC Volunteers Step Up
Desperate families are now turning to food banks after coronavirus fears emptied store shelves and closed up dine-in restaurants, but one food bank and a lot of volunteers are doing something to help fill the extra need.
Inside a Preschool That Treats the Youngest Victims of the Opioid Crisis
In the living room of his mother’s apartment, a threadbare two-story unit next to the train tracks, Ryder pulls out bulky plastic toys from a bin and wonders aloud about how they work, smiling toothily, mumbling along to “Baby Shark” and occasionally popping another fruit-flavored gummy into his mouth.
Butler County Receives $1.3M Grant to Fight Infant Mortality
The Ohio Department of Medicaid (ODM) and its Medicaid managed care plan partners recently awarded $1.3M to a collaborative community-wide initiative in Butler County to curb the alarming rate of infant mortality among African-American babies in the region.