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The ECE Delivery System – Exploring New Models for
Economic Growth and Efficiencies
Developed
By
Coastal Enterprises, Inc.
Helen Scalia
Chris Hall
Introduction and
background
The Early Learning
Opportunity Grant (ELOG) awarded to Kennebec / Somerset ACCESS by the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and
Families, is intended to increase the quality in child care homes and centers
throughout the two-county area. This seventeen-month grant will be used to
enhance early childhood care, promote effective parenting, increase access for
children with special needs, strengthen the quality of learning environments and
remove barriers by building capacity through cooperating businesses. This grant
will affect 2500 children, 1000 families, and 300 childcare providers in
Kennebec and
Somerset Counties.
ACCESS – the
Alliance
for Children’s Care,
Education and Supporting Services – is a state-wide partnership between six
organizations:
·
Maine
Association for Child
Care Resource and Referral Agencies;
·
Maine
Child Care Directors
Association;
·
Maine
Family Care Directors
Association;
·
Maine
Head Start Directors
Association;
·
Maine School Age Care
Alliance ; and
·
Maine
Division of Early
Childhood, Department of Human Services.
Kennebec / Somerset ACCESS is one of
10 regional collaboratives organized around the State RDC catchment areas.
Regional partners include KVCAP, SKCDC, Catholic Charities Maine, Goodwill Employment
Services, Kennebec Valley Community
College, the
University of
Maine at Augusta, Child Care
Options, and Augusta Adult
Education
Ken / Som
ACCESS partners have had considerable recognition as leaders in child care,
including pioneering the Early Head Start program and the HomeStart program in
Maine
. The partners believe it may
be necessary to establish a new entity or program to deliver services to
existing providers of child care in their region, and are also open to the
possibility of establishing new a provider model or entity. This paper attempts
to screen models applied successfully elsewhere, with a view to recommending
options for Ken-Som to try in their region.
ECE Title Page
ECE Table of Contents
Introduction and Background
The Challenge
The Current ECE Structure
Screen of Models -- Questions
Networks of Centers and Homes
Community Day Care
Southwest Child Development Commission
Associated EArly Care and Education, Inc.
US Military Child Care System
Program Alliances of Centers
Head Start / Early Head Start
Child Care Network, Inc.
The Children's Home
Montessori Schools
Alliances or Franchises of Family Care Homes
Acre Family Day Care, Inc.
Monday Morning, Inc.
Infant Toddler Family Day Care, Inc.
Contract Providers of Serices to Centers or Family Care
Homes
Child Care Staffing Solutions, Inc.
Child Care Services Association
Issues for Networked Child Care Services in Kennebec and Somerset
Counties
Preliminary Recommendations
ECE Links and References
Questions may be directed to . . .
Chris
Hall, Researcher
Helen Scalia, CEI
Project Manager
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