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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #2355 |
| Whole Child Early Education Pilot |
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| Requester: |
Rep. Loranne Ausley |
Organization: |
Florida House |
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| Project Title: |
Whole Child Early Education Pilot |
Date Submitted |
1/4/2008 12:41:40 PM |
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| Sponsors: |
Lawson |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| Developmental delays in young children are identified through child screenings and assessments, but go uncorrected as children enter child care and early education programs. This pilot program will provide the appropriate level of care young children with developmental delays may require to ensure they enter the K-12 system prepared to learn. |
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| Recipient: |
Whole Child |
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Contact: |
Ed Feaver |
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115 Byrd Road |
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Contact Phone: |
() 85-0413 |
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Quincy 32351 |
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Contact email: |
efeaver@health.usf.edu |
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| Counties: |
Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Wakulla |
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| Gov't Entity: |
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Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): |
Yes |
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| Project Description: |
| Children who have been identified as having mild developmental delays and who do not qualify for services through early intervention programs go untreated and may enter the K-12 education system unprepared. This project helps to correct this problem by providing certified teachers to serve as resources with private providers/child care centers to better address developmental problems of children identified through screenings. Without an appropriate intervention, children may continue to fall behind and eventually require more intensive and costly remediations. The Resource Teachers may work with multiple centers and provide a more specialized approach for each individual child as needed. Resource Teachers will help increase child care centers' capacity to screen and serve young children with developmental needs by mentoring classroom teachers and modeling appropriate follow-up and use of individual learning plans (ILP) for each child. |
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| Is this a project related to a federal or state declared disaster? |
No |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| It is anticipated that 85% of early learning programs that participate will make appropriate changes in their planning and programming for each child identified as having developmental delays. These changes will be measured in lesson plans and teacher interviews. It is also anticipated that 75% of all children with developmental delays who receive an individualized learning plan by participating in this program will demonstrate developmental improvements. |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$300,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$500,000 |
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| Request has been made to fund: |
Operations |
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| What type of match exists for this project? |
Local |
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Cash Amount |
$100,000 |
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In-kind Amount |
$100,000 |
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| Was this project previously funded by the state? |
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No |
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| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? |
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No |
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| Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request? |
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No |
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| Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? |
No |
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| Is there a documented need for this project? |
Yes |
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Documentation: |
Research by the National Assoc. for the Education of Young Children |
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| Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)? |
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No |
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| Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida? |
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No |
