At-risk children who don’t receive a high-quality early childhood education are:
- 25% more likely to drop out of school
- 40% more likely to become a teen parent
- 50% more likely to be placed in special education
- 60% more likely to never attend college
- 70% more likely to be arrested for a violent crime
What We Do
- Resources, technical assistance, and training opportunities for child care providers in Crawford, Dent, Maries, Phelps, and Pulaski counties.
- Onsite visits with qualifying programs
- Monthly support group meetings
- Group training opportunities
- Meet the state requirements for clock hours in licensed programs
- Integrating the latest research and best practices
- Offer required trainings for child care providers who receive child care subsidy
How We Do It
Educare: An initiative funded by the Missouri Department of Social Services, Children’s Division, and the Early Childhood Prevention Services Section. Services are provided to qualifying child care programs, with an emphasis on family home providers.
Quality Enhancement: A privately funded initiative of The Community Partnership that focuses on enhancing the quality of participating programs.
The Early Childhood program believes all children deserve a high quality early childhood education. That starts by preparing and supporting the individuals who care for them every day—the child care providers.
Training Schedules
State Trainings Offered
Support Groups
September Educare Support Group: Supervision of Children
“There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children.”
Resource Links
“Early childhood is both the most critical and the most vulnerable time in any child’s development. In the first few years, the ingredients for intellectual, emotional, and moral growth are laid down. We cannot fail children in these early years.”
Contact
Visit Us:
Main Office: 1101 Hauck Drive
Contact Us:
Main Office: 573-368-2849
Email: info@thecommunitypartnership.org