OUR CHILDCARE AND YOUTH STRATEGY

In our Community Needs Assessment, childcare emerged as a critical factor shaping economic stability and workforce participation across our service area. In response, our childcare and youth strategy focuses on promoting available and affordable quality childcare and offering childcare through our Head Start programs in ways that better address local needs.

OUR TARGET

Enhance quality opportunities for childcare in the community

OUR APPROACH

Program · Partnerships · Policy

ACTIONS
  • Preserve slots in Head Start classrooms for co-enrollment
  • Partner with school districts in developing programming
  • Develop strategies, tools and metrics for school readiness
  • Monitor House Bill 352 for 4-year old literacy program expansion
  • Support expansion of Best Beginning Scholarship utilization
  • Participate in design and implementation of Quality Rating Improvement System (QRIS)