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Early Childhood Support Programs

Provider Name Provider Description Category Description Address City Location Description Location Phone Contact Contact Phone Provider Phone Provider EMail Provider URL
Capital Area Community Action Agency Pre-screenings held from 8am-10am for all services at Capital Area Community Action Agency Head Start: Comprehensive school readiness services for enrolled children ages three and four that include health and dental services, screenings for hearing, vision, speech, and behavioral problems with interventions; Parent involvement, parenting skills, and transportation are provided; Eligible children must meet the federal poverty guidelines and must be three or four years old by Sept. 1st of the year enrolled; Services follow the Leon County school year schedule 309 Office Plaza Dr. 850-222-2043 www.cacaainc.org
Capital Therapy Innovative treatment for communication disorders; Facilitates Beyond Words, a therapeutic program for preschoolers, including pre-linguistic and socio-communication development; Offers speech-language pathologists 2424 Millcreek Ct., Ste. 1 850-656-1600
Count Me In: Resources for Early Childhood Inclusion Count Me In - The purpose of this virtual resource is to answer questions and provide general information to families and early education and care providers on how to successfully include young children with disabilities in early childhood programs. Go to http://www.centraldirectory.org/uploads/ToolKitOnEarlyChildhoodInclusion.pdf to download the resource guide. N/A www.centraldirectory.org/uploads/ToolKitOnEarlyChildhoodInclusion.pdf
Early Head Start for Leon County (Administered by Kids Incorporated) Early education and care services for children 0-3 and prenatal mothers in Leon, Jefferson, and Madison counties; Operates 5 EHS centers: Brandon's Place at Lincoln and Budd Bell Learning Center (Tallahassee) Jefferson County EHS Center (Monticello), Bright Beginnings (Greenville), and Bright Days (Madison) 2326 Centerville Rd. 414-9800 info@kidsincorporated.org www.kidsincorporated.org
Florida Child Web-based format gives information and support on all educational options available for Florida families from VPK to 12th-grade; FloridaChild believes in school choice. We believe that the public funds set aside for the education of our children should be scholarships that follow them to the school chosen by their families--whether public, private, faith-based, home, or virtual Miami Shores help@floridachild.org www.floridachild.org
Florida Children's Forum - Directory of Early Childhood Services Florida Directory of Early Childhood Services is a statewide information and referral service for families, service coordinators and other professionals who work with children, birth to age 21 years who are at risk for developmental delays, disabilities and special health care needs. Provides information on a wide range of services statewide. Services include diagnosis/evaluation, early intervention, education and training, information on medical services, screening/assessments, support groups, 2807 Remington Green Circle 850-487-6301 x 311 lalong@centraldirectory.org www.flchild.com
Florida State University Jumpstart Tallahassee: A program that recruits students to work in head start center to help increase and encourage young children's school readiness Center for Leadership and Civic Education, 100 S. Woodward Ave. 644-4555 www.fsu.edu
LeRoy Collins Leon County Public Library Services Offered: Adult Literacy, Involving Parents in Early Literacy, and School Readiness Main Branch, 200 W. Park Ave. 850-606-2665 www.leoncountylibrary.org
McKay Scholarship Program The McKay Scholarships for Students with Disabilities Program provided over 22,000 Florida students with special needs the opportunity to attend a participating private school during the 2010-11 school year. The McKay Scholarships Program also offers parents public school choice. A parent of an eligible special needs student may choose to transfer the student to another public school. N/A 1-800-447-1636 www.floridaschoolchoice.org/Information/McKay/
North Florida Child Development A non-profit agency serving the Big Bend, providing Head Start, Early Head Start, family and community partnerships, school readiness, and disability services; Also provides educational, health, nutritional, mental health, and dental health services 200 S. 2nd St Wewahitchka 1-850-639-5080 www.headstartnf.org
PBS Ready To Learn Program and PBS Raising Readers Program Raising Readers: National literacy campaign, part of the Ready To Learn initiative, focused on building reading skills at home, at school, in childcare, and in the community; Goal: For at-risk families to utilize the RR content so their children will be better readers; Content targets ages 2-8; Each show targets different age groups; RR utilizes media/designs programs that target the developmental needs of where children should be in their language development. Content is free. WFSU focuses efforts in zip codes 32301, 32304, & 32310 as well as Quincy 32332 and Gretna 32351; Ready To Learn initiative is developing PBS KIDS RR TV programs, exciting games, playful Websites, and easy-to-use learning resources for kids, parents, caregivers, and teachers. All initiative efforts incorporate the latest research about the most effective ways for kids to build reading skills, esp. children from low-income families Raising Readers: National literacy campaign, part of the Ready To Learn initiative, focused on building reading skills at home, at school, in childcare, and in the community;Content targets ages 2-8; Each show targets different age groups; Content is free. Ready To Learn initiative is developing PBS KIDS Raising Readers TV programs, exciting games, playful Websites, and easy-to-use learning resources for kids, parents, caregivers, and teachers. 1600 Red Barber Plaza 487-3170 x326 kkelleng@fsu.edu www.wfsu.org
Refuge House Children With Wings 24-hour hotline 850-681-2111 or 1-800-500-1119 Administrative Offices 850-922-6062 Our child care center combines a traditional preschool curriculum with activities to allow children to heal from witnessing violence. It provides specific art activities, gardening activities, music therapy, and pet therapy for healing. Our purpose is to provide a safe, nurturing, and healthy environment to promote healing in children. PO Box 20910 922-6062 850-681-2111 receptionist@refugehouse.com www.refugehouse.com
(FSU) Early Head Start for Gadsden County Health, education, and social services offered to low-income pregnant women, infants, and toddlers and provides home-based services that include weekly home visits; Child-care is provided for working parents through a partnership with the Quincy Dick Howser Center 385 E Jefferson Point, Ste. C Quincy 922-1330 cpeip@fsu.edu www.cpeip.fsu.edu
Capital Area Healthy Start Provides services/support to pregnant women to have a healthy baby; Pregnant women are offered a HS Risk Screen by their healthcare provider. If screen indicates risk, a HS Care Coordinator is assigned and offers help. HS services include: child birth education, community referrals, emotional support, mental health counseling, breastfeeding support, child development classes, etc. CCs work w/ moms to determine the right support/services and work w/ the family until the child is 3 1311 N. Paul Russell Road Suite A-101 850-488-0288 Kristina@capitalareahealthystart.org www.capitalareahealthystart.org
Children's Home Society (CHS) Private, non-profit, statewide organization; Child and family counseling, early intervention for infants and toddlers with, or at risk for, developmental delays; Infant, international, and special needs adoption 1801 Miccosukee Commons Dr 850-921-0772 www.chsfl.org
Children's Home Society (CHS) Early Steps Program: Assures services are available for infants and toddlers who are at risk of or have developmental delays; Services are offered from Birth to age 3 1801 Miccosukee Commons Dr 921-0330 x312 850-921-0772 www.chsfl.org
Progressive Pediatric Developmental Center The Learning Center: Developmentally-based, private school. Our experienced educators, specialists, and therapists provide a multidisciplinary approach focusing on each child's strengths and capabilities, while targeting their academic, social, and therapeutic weaknesses. Students achieve growth through daily activities such as language stimulation, motor development, self-help skill training, social skills development, hands-on learning, and a progressive individualized curriculum. 1915 Welby Way 850-325-6301 www.progressivepediatric.org
Children's Home Society (CHS) Ready by 5 Program—Funded in part through a grant from the Kellogg Foundation and the FSU Center for Prevention and Early Intervention Policy, this program is designed to provide an evidence-based model of special assessment and intervention for children from birth through 5 who are involved with child protective services 1801 Miccosukee Commons Dr 850-921-0772 www.chsfl.org
Progressive Pediatric Developmental Center The Learning Center: Developmentally-based, private school. Our experienced educators, specialists, and therapists provide a multidisciplinary approach focusing on each child's strengths and capabilities, while targeting their academic, social, and therapeutic weaknesses. Students achieve growth through daily activities such as language stimulation, motor development, self-help skill training, social skills development, hands-on learning, and a progressive individualized curriculum. 1915 Welby Way 850-325-6301 www.progressivepediatric.org
Progressive Pediatric Developmental Center The Learning Center: Developmentally-based, private school. Our experienced educators, specialists, and therapists provide a multidisciplinary approach focusing on each child's strengths and capabilities, while targeting their academic, social, and therapeutic weaknesses. Students achieve growth through daily activities such as language stimulation, motor development, self-help skill training, social skills development, hands-on learning, and a progressive individualized curriculum. 1915 Welby Way 850-325-6301 www.progressivepediatric.org
Even Start Even Start Family Literacy Program - The William F. Goodling Even Start Family Literacy Program is an education program for the Nation's economically challenged families that is designed to improve the academic achievement of young children and their parents, especially in the areas of reading and language. 107 E. Madison Street 850-921-3481 toshiba.griffin@flaawi.com www.evenstartnetwork.net
Healthyways Healthyways Parent-Child Home Program is a home based literacy programs that visits the homes of at risk children and delivers toys and books while teaching caregivers how to use them as learning tools. 555 N. Jefferson Street Monticello 850-997-2644 850-997-2644 healthyways01@embarqmail.com
Early Learning Coalition of the Big Bend Region Voluntary Prekindergarten (VPK): A state-funded program designed to prepare Florida's four-year-old children for school; Any child who resides in Florida and turns four years old on or before Sept. 1 of their program year is eligible; VPK is free and voluntary; Parents may choose to participate in either a school-year program for a total of 540 instructional hrs. or a summer program for a total of 300 instructional hrs.; Public or private 1940 N. Monroe Street, Suite 70 Northwood Centre 850-385-0504 info@elcbigbend.org www.elcbigbend.org
Early Learning Coalition of the Big Bend Region ELC Madison - VPK is a free, voluntary program that parents of 4-year-old children can choose to participate in through either a school year program for a total of 540 instructional hours or a summer program for a total of 300 instructional hours. 309 S.W. Range Avenue Madison 850-385-0504 info@elcbigbend.org www.elcbigbend.org