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Causes: Public & Societal Benefit
Mission: The mission of the agency is to be recognized as monroe county's foremost educator and provider of child-focused services.
Programs: Headstart program provides an extensive and comprehensive array of family support services and pre-school readiness for our community's most vulnerable children and families. Provided support to 222 low-income families at 7 classroom locations.
full day childcare classrooms provide a safe and high quality nuturing environment for children of working parents. Classrooms are available to the general public on a non-discriminatory basis as subsidized care and self-pay.
mental health initiative/child well-being system has greatly enhanced the social/emotional quality of our classrooms. This system was developed over the past several years in response to the increasing enrollment of children with challenging behaviors and families in crisis. With the expertise and guidance of highly trained behavioral health personnel, an enhancement of curriculum to include a stronger social/emotional component, greater emphasis on teacher training in this field, and higher level of family involvement, psfc classrooms have become model environments for demonstrating this successful approach to ensure school readiness for all children and their families.
all other psfc programs designed to compliment our head start programs.