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There’s still time to schedule your 50 FREE Substitute Hours Now-June 30

You may read this message in: SOMALI  |  ESPAÑOL — ACCESS YOUR UNION BENEFIT DAYS — **New!** 50 FREE HOURS OF FULLY PAID SUBSTITUTE TIME AVAILABLE NOW! Have you scheduled your hours for this quarter (April 1st through June 30th)? If you haven’t, this is the perfect time to do it! As we near the end of this fiscal year, we want to remind you that you can schedule up to 50 FREE hours of fully paid substitute time through June 30th.

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Union Benefit Days – 50 FREE Substitute Hours Per Quarter

You may read this message in: SOMALI  |  ESPAÑOL **Updated April 5, 2022** — ACCESS YOUR UNION BENEFIT DAYS — **New!** 50 FREE HOURS OF FULLY PAID SUBSTITUTE TIME AVAILABLE NOW! The Department of Children, Youth, and Families and SEIU 925 have reached an agreement. Starting now, you have access to UP TO 50 FREE HOURS OF FULLY PAID SUBSTITUTE TIME PER QUARTER through June 30th! These hours can be used however you wish, including to cover sick days, training and professional

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Imagine Spotlight: Yasmin

We have so many dedicated people working at Imagine and want to share some of their stories. Check out the Imagine Staff Spotlight of Yasmin! Meet Yasmin Yasmin is Imagine’s program assistant for the Child Care Stabilization Grant Technical Assistance Program, helping English, Somali, and Arabic-speaking child care providers apply for critical funding to stabilize their businesses. Yasmin first got involved in the immigrant community as a high schooler in Salt Lake City, by helping kids communicate – translating and figuring out

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Imagine Staff Spotlight: Pauli Owen

GET TO KNOW PAULI OWEN Meet Pauli, one of Imagine’s Interim Substitute Pool Directors! Pauli is a rock star who has experience in almost every program at Imagine. As a child care provider herself, Pauli first became involved with Imagine as a licensed provider. She later shared her expertise as an Imagine U mentor, encouraging her interns to become licensed themselves. After almost two years of driving outreach and engagement for the Substitute Pool, Pauli and her colleague, Christopher DeRuvo, recently stepped

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Union Benefit Days – 50 FREE Substitute Hours Per Month

You may read this message in: SOMALI  |  ESPAÑOL — ACCESS YOUR UNION BENEFIT DAYS — *New! Starting Monday, March 1st* 50 FREE HOURS OF FULLY PAID SUBSTITUTE TIME PER MONTH! The Department of Children, Youth, and Families and SEIU 925 have reached an agreement, and we are excited to announce access of UP TO 50 FREE HOURS OF FULLY PAID SUBSTITUTE TIME PER MONTH starting March 1st! These hours can be used however you wish, including to cover sick days, training

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Calling All Substitutes

You may read this message in: SOMALI  |  ESPAÑOL CALLING ALL SUBSTITUTES! Have you checked your approval status lately? Whenever you renew a qualification, please let us know. We will update your record to ensure that you are approved in our system and ready to work! Be sure to check your MERIT record, and email a copy of your updated qualifications to [email protected]. Still working on getting approved? Check out our Become a Substitute page to access our upcoming trainings. Interested in

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Stay tuned for some big news from the Substitute Pool!

Have you heard? Washington DCYF, SEIU 925, and the Imagine Institute have some exciting news to share about the Substitute Pool! Be sure to tune in this Friday, February 26, for our big announcement. Want to be the first to hear? Follow Imagine on Facebook and Instagram, sign up here for SMS/text or Email notifications, and mark your calendars for this Friday!

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Hello 2021

With the start of a new year, we’re happy to bring back Imagine’s blog. As we ring in 2021, we’re excited to use this space to share the latest news about our programs and events and to engage in conversations with our community. Bookmark this page and come back to visit often! New to Imagine? We offer professional development opportunities and groundbreaking early care programs and online trainings in English, Spanish, and Somali. Read more about our mission here. Our core programs:

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There’s still time to schedule your 50 FREE Substitute Hours Now-June 30

You may read this message in: SOMALI  |  ESPAÑOL — ACCESS YOUR UNION BENEFIT DAYS — **New!** 50 FREE HOURS OF FULLY PAID SUBSTITUTE TIME AVAILABLE NOW! Have you scheduled your hours for this quarter (April 1st through June 30th)? If you haven’t, this is the perfect time to do it! As we near the end of this fiscal year, we want to remind you that you can schedule up to 50 FREE hours of fully paid substitute time through June 30th.

Read More

Union Benefit Days – 50 FREE Substitute Hours Per Quarter

You may read this message in: SOMALI  |  ESPAÑOL **Updated April 5, 2022** — ACCESS YOUR UNION BENEFIT DAYS — **New!** 50 FREE HOURS OF FULLY PAID SUBSTITUTE TIME AVAILABLE NOW! The Department of Children, Youth, and Families and SEIU 925 have reached an agreement. Starting now, you have access to UP TO 50 FREE HOURS OF FULLY PAID SUBSTITUTE TIME PER QUARTER through June 30th! These hours can be used however you wish, including to cover sick days, training and professional

Read More

Imagine Spotlight: Yasmin

We have so many dedicated people working at Imagine and want to share some of their stories. Check out the Imagine Staff Spotlight of Yasmin! Meet Yasmin Yasmin is Imagine’s program assistant for the Child Care Stabilization Grant Technical Assistance Program, helping English, Somali, and Arabic-speaking child care providers apply for critical funding to stabilize their businesses. Yasmin first got involved in the immigrant community as a high schooler in Salt Lake City, by helping kids communicate – translating and figuring out

Read More

Imagine Staff Spotlight: Pauli Owen

GET TO KNOW PAULI OWEN Meet Pauli, one of Imagine’s Interim Substitute Pool Directors! Pauli is a rock star who has experience in almost every program at Imagine. As a child care provider herself, Pauli first became involved with Imagine as a licensed provider. She later shared her expertise as an Imagine U mentor, encouraging her interns to become licensed themselves. After almost two years of driving outreach and engagement for the Substitute Pool, Pauli and her colleague, Christopher DeRuvo, recently stepped

Read More

Union Benefit Days – 50 FREE Substitute Hours Per Month

You may read this message in: SOMALI  |  ESPAÑOL — ACCESS YOUR UNION BENEFIT DAYS — *New! Starting Monday, March 1st* 50 FREE HOURS OF FULLY PAID SUBSTITUTE TIME PER MONTH! The Department of Children, Youth, and Families and SEIU 925 have reached an agreement, and we are excited to announce access of UP TO 50 FREE HOURS OF FULLY PAID SUBSTITUTE TIME PER MONTH starting March 1st! These hours can be used however you wish, including to cover sick days, training

Read More

Calling All Substitutes

You may read this message in: SOMALI  |  ESPAÑOL CALLING ALL SUBSTITUTES! Have you checked your approval status lately? Whenever you renew a qualification, please let us know. We will update your record to ensure that you are approved in our system and ready to work! Be sure to check your MERIT record, and email a copy of your updated qualifications to [email protected]. Still working on getting approved? Check out our Become a Substitute page to access our upcoming trainings. Interested in

Read More

Stay tuned for some big news from the Substitute Pool!

Have you heard? Washington DCYF, SEIU 925, and the Imagine Institute have some exciting news to share about the Substitute Pool! Be sure to tune in this Friday, February 26, for our big announcement. Want to be the first to hear? Follow Imagine on Facebook and Instagram, sign up here for SMS/text or Email notifications, and mark your calendars for this Friday!

Read More

Hello 2021

With the start of a new year, we’re happy to bring back Imagine’s blog. As we ring in 2021, we’re excited to use this space to share the latest news about our programs and events and to engage in conversations with our community. Bookmark this page and come back to visit often! New to Imagine? We offer professional development opportunities and groundbreaking early care programs and online trainings in English, Spanish, and Somali. Read more about our mission here. Our core programs:

Read More