Website: www.childcareservices.org
Contact: Christy Thalheimer , Director, Child Care Referral Program
The Child Care Education Referral Program assists families in understanding child care regulations, helps families identify high quality child care, supports families in their child care search process through a continuum of services that can include accompanying them to visit child care facilities, and provides Spanish/English bilingual assistance to help families access care and related resources. Referrals include only programs with 3-, 4-, or 5-star ratings, national accreditation, or licensed programs on contract for technical assistance to improve quality and increase star-licensure levels.
Website: https://bookharvest.org
Contact: Tabitha Blackwell, Executive Director, Book Harvest Durham
Book Babies is an innovative combination of books and literacy-coaching home visits that empowers families to support children’s school readiness, academic success, and a lifetime of literacy. Book Babies targets Medicaid eligible Durham County families with newborns and continues services until the child turns 5 years old. Book Babies provides Pre-K/K Transition coaching to eligible children, parents, and families to facilitate success in school by providing support and education to parents to help navigate through the critical transition from Pre-K to formal education.
Website: www.cisdurham.org
Contact: Susan Schmidt, Incredible Years Program Coordinator
This project is a group-based program to enhance teacher classroom management skills. The program is currently offered to Durham Public Schools pre-k teachers. Areas of focus include proactive discipline, positive teacher-student relationships, teacher-parent partnerships, and the use of effective behavior plans and teaching regarding social and emotional regulation skills.
Website: www.childcareservices.org
Contact: Monnie Griggs, Director of Technical Assistance
This project provides technical assistance to child care programs seeking to improve or maintain the quality of child care for children birth to five years. Programs seeking a higher star rating or national accreditation or those seeking to maintain their star rating will receive support through a variety of strategies that include on-site consultation, quality improvement and professional development planning, specialized training, support groups, resource library materials and grants/awards.
Website: www.childcareservices.org
Contact: Vivian Eto, Director of Family Support
The scholarship program supports working parents by increasing the affordability and accessibility of quality child care and improves school readiness by promoting quality in the Durham early care and education system.
Website: www.childcareservices.org
Contact: Allison Miller, Vice President, Compensation Initiatives
WAGE$ is an education-based salary supplement program for child care teachers, directors and family child care providers.
Website: www.exchangefamilycenter.org
Contact: Aviva Starr, Program Manager
EChO provides consultation, support and referral services to Durham child care providers and families when a child’s behavior presents a challenge. This activity increases the capacity for childcare providers to foster social-emotional development and address children’s mental health issues.
Website: www.ccfhnc.org/young_children.php
Contact: Karen Appleyard-Carmody, Director of Early Childhood Prevention Programs
Healthy Families Durham is an intensive, home-based family support program with the goals of preventing child abuse, promoting child health and identifying special needs. The project serves low-income, high-risk families starting during pregnancy through 3 years of age using the Parents as Teachers curriculum.
Website: www.welcomebaby.org
Contact: Patience Mukelabai, Program Coordinator
Welcome Baby provides emotional and educational support to parents and caregivers. Families with newborns can speak with a parent support volunteer, attend support groups and receive problem-solving assistance from staff. Developmentally-appropriate information about young children is distributed through newsletters, parenting workshops, and a lending library. The Motheread/Fatheread family literacy curriculum is offered in both English and Spanish. Families in need can receive car seats for a small fee after attending training and free clothing.
Website: https://www.childcareservices.org
Contact: Michelle Hearon , Scholarship Director, Child Care Services Association
The CCSA Scholarship Program provides eligible families with assistance in paying for the cost of child care for children birth to twelve years old. The primary goal of the scholarship program is to provide children with access to high-quality child care.
Contact: Monnie Griggs , Senior Director of Quality Enhancement Initiatives for Early Learning
Shaping Healthy Lives aims to reduce childhood obesity and increase physical activity in children ages birth-5 years at child care centers in Durham. The focus of this program is to assist child care centers in providing opportunities so children may succeed and enter kindergarten healthy and active.
Website: https://www.childcareservices.org
Contact: Monnie Griggs , Senior Director of Quality Enhancement Initiatives for Early Learning
Scaffolding School Readiness provides coaching for teachers working in classrooms serving children aged 3 years old. Focused on scaffolding instructional supports and learning environments beyond star rating requirements, this program centers on teacher interactions and methods for improving the social and emotional climate of the classroom.
Website: https://www.childcareservices.org
Contact: Monnie Griggs , Senior Director of Quality Enhancement Initiatives for Early Learning
Ready Infant Toddler Classroom provides intensive coaching for teachers of children birth-three years old, focused on teacher interactions, developmentally appropriate instruction, language support, and responsive caregiving.
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