Parenting as Teachers Program
Trained Parents as Teachers educators conduct home visits to provide child development information and materials to mothers of infants and toddlers. An average of 80 families participate. In addition, our PAT program does infant and toddler screening using "Ages and Stages" as an assessment tool. When developmental delays are noted, we make referrals to the appropriate agency to ensure that the child received early intervention.

Library Based Literacy Program
Literacy and story-telling activities are held monthly at 40 childcare centers. Storybooks, "Big Books", and music collections are provided to the centers as well as take-home books for the children enrolled there. In addition to these monthly sessions, the centers periodically take their children on field trips to visit the library.

Center Staff Training and Development
Our educational consultant provides technical assistance, training, and materials for childcare providers working toward the next level of accreditations.

Scholarship Initiatives
This program provides scholarships to children at each center participating in COE who are identified as at-risk, as well as children considered in extreme need at centers in our FQE program. Also included are professional development and training of daycare providers and program assessment to validate effectiveness.