The Magnolia Project’s new male outreach initiative  “Men of Magnolia” concluded its first five sessions March 27 with three graduates and 19 men still currently attending sessions. It is the first program for men to be held at the Magnolia Project. “Men of Magnolia” focuses on fatherhood & male responsibility training. Men and fathers from the community… Read More

Studies show a large learning gap between poor and wealthy children, according to a New York Times article. And although not all researchers agree on what specifically causes this disparity, there is one idea that is becoming increasingly popular: The amount of conversation a child is exposed to as a baby. A child born to… Read More

The Northeast Florida Healthy Start Coalition’s 24/7 Responsible Fatherhood Training concluded its first 8-week workshop of 2013 with 17 graduates. The workshops  are provided by the Coalition as part of their partnership with the Department of Revenue, Child Support Enforcement Division’s B.R.E.A.C.H. Project. B.R.E.A.C.H. (Bringing Relief, Education and Assets to Children and their Household) is a volunteer… Read More

It is known that reading to your child early on is important to develop their reading skills, but what about teaching them about numbers? Developing early math skills is important for a child to succeed as an adult. Researchers at the University of Michigan studied seventh graders’ core math skills and found that the ones who… Read More