Childrens Health Imagination Learning Development Ctr For E Lea

Model demonstration center - the organization has entered into an agreement with the university of florida anita zucker center for early childhood education (az) to serve as a model demonstration center. Az will provide coaching and other training activities on-site when the facility is constructed. The center will function as a "learning laboratory" where teachers, researchers, and other professionals from across alachua county and beyond can come to study and learn the practical application of the best and most innovative practices in early childhood care, education, and professional preparation.

Community outreach and family engagement- the organization has engaged families that have children attending the child center through a combination of formal programming and informal activities designed to promote family bonding and parent education. In addition to providing opportunities for the children that attend the center, the child center has also begun to host events open to all parents of young children in the swag communities to help bring attention to issues surrounding early childhood development as well as providing concrete resources for families that need them. The child center also assists families with applying for head start, school readiness vouchers through the early learning coalition and voluntary pre-kindergarten. Costs for this program are intertwined with the operations of the center and have not been separately stated.