Collier Child Care Resources Inc

“Board will reveiw the return with the organizations's cpa prior to electronically filing with the irs.”

“No contract or transaction between cccr and one or more of its members, board of directors, or officers, or between the agency and any other organization in which one or more of its members, directors, or officers are members, directors or officers, or a financial interest, shall be void or voidable solely for reason, or solely because the member, director, or officer is present at or participates in the meeting of the board or committee which authorizes the contract or transaction, or solely because his or their votes are counted for such purpose if: a. The fact of such relationship or interest is disclosed or known to the board or the committee which authorizes the contract or transaction by a vote or consent sufficient for the purpose without counting the votes or consents of such interested directors: and, b.the contract or transaction is fair and reasonable as to the agency as of the time it is authorized by the board of directors or a committee. Common or interested board of directors members may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the board or a committee which authorizes, approves, or rectifies such contract or transaction.”

“The cccr board of directors conduct an evaluation of the executive director at the end of each fiscal year, usually in june. It is then discussed by the board of directors what percentage an increase should be given . Based on the evaluation, the board of directors decide on an increase in compensation, if approved. The base salary was determined by data collected by our collier county foundation of the average nonprofit executive director salary.”

“Documents are made available upon request and a copy of the 990 is available on guidestar.”

“Cccr's mission is to provide high quality early childhood care, education and resources to children, families and early learning professionals in collier county. Our vision is to be the leading authority and trusted resource for quality early childhood care and education in collier county.”

“Organization uses a peo for payroll. Officer compensation is broken out on part ix for transparency purposes only. Little wonders, a cccr early childhood development center little wonders is collier child care resources' newest early childhood development center, located at emmanuel lutheran church, 777 mooring line drive in naples, florida. This center serves up to 65 children, ages 1-5 years. School readiness and vpk vouchers are accepted and cccr offers partial tuition assistance to low-income, working families. Over 75% of the families served at little wonders receive tuition assistance. A healthy breakfast, lunch, and snacks are provided free to all children. Little wonders operates all year, with the intention to help prevent summer learning loss. Little wonders is part of cccr's continuing expansion to meet the need for more high-quality early childhood care and education in collier county. Child's path, a cccr early childhood development center child's path operates year round in golden gate city, providing high- quality early childhood care and education to children ages 1 to 5. The golden gate area has been marked by many agencies in collier county as being in acute need of high-quality educational opportunities for young children. 75% of the children at child's path receive partial tuition assistance, being from economically disadvantaged, working familes. 55,000 healthy meals were served free to children at child's path in 2017 (breakfast, lunch and snacks). Like all cccr early childhood development centers, child's path uses the reggio-emilia approach to learning, which seeks to instill a love of learning in each child by building on their interests. The reggio emilia philosophy also has a focus on the arts. Cccr teachers work with the children daily on art projects that connect to educational experiences. A step up, cccr early childhood development centers collier child care resources operates two a step up early childhood development centers located in golden gate high school and immokalee high school. These centers' main focus is to provide high-quality early childhood care and education to the children of teen parents, enrolled in the teenagers as parents program (tapp). By providing a safe, nurturing, educational facility where students can place their children, they are able to focus on graduating high school and their future goals. These centers serve children ages two weeks to five years. In addition to the children of teen parents, both centers are open to the children of collier county public school system staff.”

“Volunteers help the teachers at different centers, within the classrooms and on playgrounds. They also assist at fundraising events with various tasks. Volunteers devoted nearly 1,000 hours during the 2016-2017 fiscal year.”

“Children ages 6 to 12 months were meeting/exceeding expectations in all four areas measured. Children from birth to 12 months are not assessed on literacy and math. Every class is meeting/exceeding expectations in social-emotional, gross motor and fine motor skills. The center is open monday through friday, from 6:30 a.m. To 3:30 p.m. And adheres to the collier county schools academic calendar by operating from mid-august through early june. The program is licensed to serve up 143 children at any point in time. During the 2016-2017 fiscal year, the program served 182 children.”

“Attends any of our programs, our hope is to instill a life-long love of learning. Children are encouraged to grow through curiosity. The environment is recognized for its potential to inspire children. We provide authentic art experiences daily by giving children resources and materials to encourage their creative process. Child's path follows a comprehensive, research-based curriculum called creative curriculum. Alongside the curriculum, we use the teaching strategies gold comprehensive assessment to create a developmental portfolio for each child. Our teachers document daily activities and developmental milestones. The portfolio continues with the child throughout their years at child's path. The assessment allows teachers and parents to observe progress over the years and discover where extra attention is needed. All vpk children are assessed throughout the year in four developmental areas: print knowledge, phonological awareness, oral language/vocabulary, and mathematics. Both vpk classes at child's path showed an increase in knowledge in all four areas throughout the 2016-2017 school year, and 40 graduated in may 2017. 98% of those who graduated tested "kindergarten ready". The state administers a test to all children within 30 days of entering kindergarten to assess "kindergarten readiness". In contrast to 98% of children graduating from child's path deemed "kindergarten ready", only 28% of collier county children tested "kindergarten ready". In the 2016-2017 school year, child's path served 100 children.”

“Developmentally appropriate goals and objectives for children within four main categories: social-emotional, physical, cognitive, and language. Alongside the curriculum, we use the teaching strategies gold comprehensive assessment to create a developmental portfolio for each child. Our teachers document daily activities and developmental milestones. The portfolio continues with the child throughout their years at little wonders. The assessment allows teachers and parents to observe progress over the years and discover where extra attention is needed. All vpk children are assessed throughout the year in four developmental areas: print knowledge, phonologial awareness, oral language/vocabulary, and mathematics. Both vpk classes at child's path showed an increase in knowledge in all four areas throughout the 2016-2017 school year, and 10 graduated in may 2017. 99% of those who graduated on to kindergarten tested "kindergarten ready". These scores are a great accomplishment for a program's first year, especially considering that in collier county only 28% tested "kindergarten ready". In the 2016-2017 school year, little wonders served 70 children.”

“Professional development 400 early learning professionals attended a cccr symposium for professional development. 98% of the attendees surveyed at our 2016-2017 symposiums reported having learned new concepts and greatly enjoyed the symposium.”

“Professional fees 2,252 3,834 0 contract services 73,103 16,047 0 leased employee expense 1,248,875 258,497 13,200 less executive director -100,000 -25,000 0 total 1,224,230 253,378 13,200”

“Fundraising expense on part viii 41,477 in kind volunteer services 7,260 fundraising expense on part viii -41,477 total 7,260”