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School Ready Scholarships
The School Ready Scholarship program offers assistance to parents in paying for a quality pre-kindergarten educational experience for their child.
Scholarships are available for children ages 3, 4, and 5 who will be starting kindergarten during Fall 2009 or Fall 2010 and who meet eligiblity guidelines. For more
information, contact An Leonard at 688-5740. Click here for printable application.
Lone Tree Preschool Scholarships
Scholarships for children ages 3-5 years to attend Lone Tree Preschool. Call Lone Tree Preschool at 629-4614.
Continue Care .
Continue Care provides financial assistance to families for the purpose of maintaining stability for a child in their current child care arrangement even though a family
situation has changed. Support is intended to be time-limited and not a provision for ongoing child care. Funds are available for up to 6 months with a cap of $1
,000 per under-school-age and $500 per school-age child. The child must have attended child care within the last 7 days. One child receiving funding must be under
-school-age. Service providers must be licensed or registered with DHS or meet non-registered provider requirements. Call An Leonard at 688-5740. Click here for printable application.
Home Ties Child Care
Home Ties is a program of 4Cs supported by funding through Johnson County and Empowerment. Home Ties provides quality, short-term, no cost child care to families
who are homeless or near homeless and who are pursuing goals of self-sufficiency. Home Ties is licensed, serving 22 children from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday.
PREP
Preschoolers Reaching Educational Potential (PREP) is a NCJC summer program to provide children who are at risk of poor kindergarten performance with intensive
classroom experience to improve kindergarten success. Offered at Grant Wood Preschool. Contact Sue Freeman at 354-7989.
Childcare Alliance Response Team (CART)
Grant Wood Area Education Agency will assist early education programs in managing difficult behaviors of 3-5 year old children so that children can remain in their
early education program. Support in in the form of child-specific assessment and intervention as well as professional development and on-site consultation for
programs. Contact Terri McGraw at 351-2510.
Wraparound Child Care
Funding for Neighborhood Centers child care programs to turn part-time child care slots in to full-year, full-day slots. Funding for HACAP and Neighborhood Centers to
turn part-day Head Start into full day Head Start classrooms. Provides before-and-after preschool at the Twain Elementary preschool. Provides support for
Shared Visions Preschools at Hills Elementary and Twain Elementary.
4Cs Child Care Provider Supports
4Cs Child Care Resource & Referral offers a variety of supports to both home and center based child care providers. Services include individualized consultation
to child development home providers regarding early childhood best practices, program design, and business practices as well as assistance in becoming registered
with DHS. Also provide individualized consultation to programs participating in the Quality Rating Scale (QRS) and providers pursuing Child Development Associate
(CDA) credential. A variety of educational opportunities are provided including individual workshops, class series, and Fall and Spring Workshops. For more information, contact 4Cs at 338-7684.
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