TIPS for Kids - MO LEND

05/22/2026

📢DON'T MISS THIS!

FREE Webinar for Professionals
Supporting Healthy Living with Charting the LifeCourse

May 27, 1–2 P.M.

- Explore new tools from LifeCourse Nexus
- Support healthy living across the lifespan
- Share your feedback

Spots are filling up—register today!

🔗 Link to register: https://umsystem.zoom.us/.../register/Hmko5U6fR36k4tbb3ePeLg

05/21/2026

05/21/2026

Congrats to TIPS alum, Dr. Jenny Haberski, on her graduation!!

05/21/2026

🎉 CALLING ALL FIRST CHANCE FOR CHILDREN ALUMNI! 🎉

Did you attend Lend & Learn as a little one?
Did your family receive support through Baby U, Baby Bags, Safe C.R.I.B.S., play groups, home visits, or one of our family programs over the last 20 YEARS?

WE WANT TO FIND YOU! 💛

First Chance for Children is turning 20 and we are planning a BIG CELEBRATION PARTY this September and we want YOU there! 🎂🎈

Whether your child is now in kindergarten, high school, college, or raising babies of their own… we would LOVE to reconnect and celebrate with you!

✨ Tell us where you are now
✨ Share your memories
✨ Help us spread the word far and wide

📣 SHARE THIS POST so we can find ALL of our FC4C families!

🔗 Click here to join our alumni list and get an invitation to the September celebration: https://forms.gle/JmxWp2u5Hg7SnkCo6

05/21/2026

05/21/2026

Another Hot Topics episode from Accessible Podcast is out! Give this one a listen!

🎙️Another HOT TOPIC from the Accessible Podcast!

Show Me Special Education with Mark Wheatley, Assistant Commissioner of Special Education at the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

Mark brings a systems-level perspective shaped by years of classroom and statewide leadership, sharing how Missouri is translating federal policy into real-world impact for students with disabilities — and reimagining long-standing systems to expand inclusive practices.

Topics include:
• How IDEA continues to guide free appropriate public education (FAPE)
• What federal policy changes mean (and don’t mean) for Missouri schools
• Why inclusion depends on collaboration between general and special educators
• The goals and impact of Missouri’s “MSSD Reimagined” initiative
• How families and IEP teams shape decisions about placement and services
• Strategies for navigating complex systems and accessing clear information

🔗 Listen now: linktr.ee/accessiblepod
🎥 Watch on YouTube: www.youtube.com/umkcihd

05/18/2026

Our free Caregiver Connections monthly support group is virtual tomorrow and starts at 5:30 p.m.! Register here to get the link: https://brnw.ch/21x2zeH

05/17/2026

Congrats, Madeline! 💛🖤

Judy Kleiboeker Frieders Award - Madeline Hulshof

05/16/2026

Congrats, Jackson!!!

Jackson Wiley, BHS '26