Previously Funded Programs

Fiscal Year 2006-2007 Funded Programs

• Childhood Development Services
  • Resource and Referral
  • Early Learning Eligibility Determination
  • Subsidized Child Care
  • Early Head Start/Head Start (before/after care)
  • Child Care Executive Partnership
  • Quality Initiative
  • VPK Eligibility Determination
• Participating Private Child Care Centers, Family Child Care Homes and Faith-Based Centers
  • Subsidized Child Care
  • Training & Technical Assistance
  • Provider & Parent Lending Library
  • Teacher Training Scholarships
  • Quality Incentive Packages
• Certified Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten (VPK) Providers
  • Provider Trainings
  • Eligible four year-old children who participated in a school year or summer VPK program
• United Way's Success By 6
• Summer 2007 Enrichment Programs (965 children served)
  • Marion County Children's Alliance
  • Marion County Public Schools
  • Shores Assembly of God
• Central Florida Community College
  • Annual Early Childhood Conference
• Early Literacy & Learning Model (ELLM)
  • Funded in part through a grant by The A.D. Henderson Foundation
  • 37 early education four-year-old classrooms received teacher training and support through our Literacy Coach, and quality literacy materials; more than 500 children were served
• Florida PERKS: Partners in Education & Research for Kindergarten Success
  • Funded in part through a grant with the Children's Forum
  • Designed to improve the knowledge and skills of early childhood teachers working in "high-need" areas of Marion County in order to enhance the school readiness of young children, particularly focusing on the development of early literacy and cognitive development.