Build the Foundation For Kindergarten Success in Early Childhood Programs Building the Skills for Success — in School and Life It’s August, and back-to-school excitement fills the air. It’s everywhere we look and everywhere we go. Just the word “school” gets us thinking about reading, writing and math. But that’s not all that matters. For 5-year-olds…
Expansion grant help add spaces to serve 20 more families each year We’re thrilled to share our latest grant recipient! Today, Early Learning Indiana announced it has awarded $13,600 to Walnut Hill Early Childhood Center in Goshen to expand its high-quality programming and serve more families. Early Learning Indiana’s capacity building grant will be used…
Congratulations to our latest grant winners! Our latest round of capacity-building grants resulted in seven faith-based early education ministries across Indiana being awarded a total of $125,848 to improve their program’s overall quality. Grant recipients will use the funds for physical, operational and program improvements so they can join and advance along Paths to QUALITY,…
Math and science learning happens naturally – especially when we take a minute to notice it. As a child care provider, it’s very easy to get busy moving from one activity to the next. You’re busy making snacks, changing diapers, negotiating disputes, answering a million and two questions from the little learners, providing stimulating learning…
We’re excited to congratulate our latest capacity building grant winners! We awarded $97,650 in grants to four programs across the state. The registered ministry grants are designed to encourage faith-based early education and care providers to participate in Indiana’s child care quality rating and improvement system, Paths to QUALITY. The voluntary, four-tiered system rates providers…
New Resource for Families — and for Providers, Too! Beginning today, Hoosier families have a new resource to shed light on high-quality care and fun family ideas that boost brain growth — Brighter Futures Indiana. Our goal is simple: We support Indiana families as they nurture their children, at home and while in care. While…
Make Sure Your Program Is Ready for the Changes Launching October 1, 2018 The Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) is rolling out a series of program updates that take effect this October. To help everyone get ready for those changes, the Office of Early Childhood and Out-of-School Learning recently shared three important updates with…
Three Great Tools Help Families Thrive Today’s tech-focused world offers both challenges and opportunities to engage and share information with families. Well, we have some good news – there is an app (or a few apps) for that! Whether a family is looking for information about child development, expecting a new member of the family,…
We’re excited to announce our latest capacity-building grant winners! Today, we’re awarding $319,676 to expand six Indiana early childhood programs. These awards are in conjunction with capacity-building grants released last week by FSSQA Indiana’s Office of Early Childhood and Out-of-School Learning. The funds from these awards will support new construction and materials costs needed for…
Build strong connection with families without English fluency to activate and support child learning! Chances are that you have clicked on this blog because you liked the title. Who doesn’t want to be a little braver? You might be thinking to yourself, “What does being brave have to do with family engagement?” The answer to…