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Six Years of Improvements in Quality Early Care and Education in Mid Coast, Executive Summary (PDF)
By Coastal ACCESS , Ed.
2008

Summary: This 2008 executive summary discusses how child care providers in child care centers and family child care homes in Mid Coast Maine took advantage of opportunities during the last six years to improve the quality of early learning environments in Maine. With the support of three Federal grants, Maine has increased the quality of care in child care centers, Head Start centers, and family child care homes. Four key strategies were included in all three grants: (1) enhance early childhood literacy, (2) support programs in their progress toward meeting national accreditation standards, (3) increase professional development and the attainment of more early childhood degrees, and (4) improve inclusive early childhood practices. Results show the power of a strong local collaboration partnered with community support and demonstrate an effective use of Federal and local resources.

Index Terms: Grants, Quality Initiatives, Quality Of Child Care, Research Reports, Early Learning Opportunity Act (ELOA), Maine

Publication Type: Reports (Descriptive)

Pages: 4 pages
Language: English
URL: http://muskie.usm.maine.edu/maineroads/pdfs/ELOAExecSumm72.pdf

Availability
Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies
5717 Corbett Hall, Rm 114
University of Maine
Orono, Maine 04469-5717
207-581-1084
FAX: 207-581-1231
ccidsmail@umit.maine.edu
http://www.ccids.umaine.edu/

 
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