{"id":161090,"date":"2026-04-09T04:23:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T04:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/161090\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T04:23:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T04:23:06","slug":"marking-start-strong-together-month-scranton-times-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/161090\/","title":{"rendered":"Marking \u2018Start Strong Together\u2019 Month \u2013 Scranton Times-Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first five years of a child\u2019s life are vital for developing a foundation for learning, good health practices and appropriate behaviors. To that end, a cadre of educational, medical and social service providers have launched the \u201cStart Strong Together\u201d campaign, aiming to reach families who are either underserved or unaware of the extensive support services available. The organizations involved can provide parenting guidance, early intervention and screenings, behavior modification and school enrollment assistance. The Lackawanna County commissioners, recognizing the value of such services, declared April \u201cStart Strong Together\u201d Month. From left: Commissioners Bill Gaughan and Thom Welby; Kelly Langan, United Neighborhood Centers of NEPA; Heather Grecco, Tri-Star Academy; Kathleen Pearage, Tri-Star Academy; Grace Ann Hogan, Day Nursery Association; Stacy Nivert, Discovery Montessori; Melissa Strackbein, Lackawanna\/Susquehanna BHIDEI; Commissioner Chris Chermak; Miki Drutchal, Lackawanna\/Susquehanna BHIDEI; Kayla Borowski, Tri-Star Academy; and Paul Stefani, United Way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The first five years of a child\u2019s life are vital for developing a foundation for learning, good health&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":161091,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[524,201,182,28,727,178,180,179],"class_list":{"0":"post-161090","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-scranton","8":"tag-community","9":"tag-lackawanna-county","10":"tag-local-news","11":"tag-pennsylvania","12":"tag-photos-and-videos","13":"tag-scranton","14":"tag-scranton-headlines","15":"tag-scranton-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161090"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161090\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}