Early Learning Coalition of Pasco and Hernando Counties

School Readiness - To provide financial subsidies to families of eligible children needing early education and child care services. The program allows families to be economically self-sufficient and their children to enter school ready.

Coronavirus Relief / American Rescue Plan - Continued payments and assistance to child care providers in the case of decreased enrollment or closes, and to assure the providers are able to remain open or to reopen.

Voluntary Pre-K - To provide funding for a program designed to prepare four year olds for kindergarten and build the foundation for their educational success.

Preschool Development Grant - Focus on building or enhancing preschool programs infrastructure that would enable the delivery of high-quality preschool services to children. This grant identified child assessments as a target for the state whereby direct care staff could be trained to deliver ongoing child assessment with fidelity.