South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Board of Trustees-Orangeburg

“A copy of form 990 is made available to the executive director for review prior to filing. The financial information on form 990 is based primarily upon the organization's audited financial statements, which are provided to the board.”

“The board members of the local partnership are representative of various organizations that in certain instances benefit from actions taken by the board. It is the policy of the local partnership that board members not be involved with decisions regarding organizations they represent.”

“The organization's governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are made available for public inspection upon request.”

“South carolina first steps to school readiness is both a nonprofit and state agency and is the only dedicated comprehensive early childhood agency in south carolina focused on getting children ready for school and life successs. We serve more than 30,000 children in 81 school districts across 46 counties. At our core, we are a children and family first organization. We work to support the success of all kids from birth thorugh age 5 by serving families, their communities and early childhood education providers. Established in 1999 by the south carolina general assembly to close the gap on students' preparedness for success in school, south carolina first steps takes a holistic approach to accomplishing our mission of preparing all kids for success in school, work and life, offering services that improve children's health, strengthen families, expand access to quality child care, increase participation in four-year-old kindergarten programs and hel transition rising kindergartners into school.”

“Child care: childcare training-a program that supports child care providers and equips them to advance along the center for child care career development (ccccd) career framework, advance within the abc quality system, improve an approved measure of program quality and/or to provide training on a topic- specific focus based on regional ta coordination meetings. Childcare quality enhancement-a program for individuals who provide consultation/coaching and mentoring. Coaching and consultation and mentoring include a wide range of behaviors including specific and direct feedback, action planning, modeling, reviewing, role-playing and goal setting. Childcare scholarships-childcare scholarships are available for families that qualify. South carolina first steps leverages state, local and private resources to increase the quality of, and number of children participating in, high-quality pre-kindergarten programs in both the public and private sectors.”

“Family strengthening parents as teachers - a parent educator visits your home and provides guidance and resources to enable you to support your child's development and school readiness. Pat aims to increase your knowledge of early childhood development and improve parenting practices, provide early detection of developmental dealys and health issues, prevent child abuse and neglect, and increase children's school readiness and school success. Parent-child home - a praent educator visits the home and works with you to understand and nurture the mental and emotional development of your child. You're taught parenting skills and how to verbally interact with your child. Home visiting services are provided to you and your 2-3 years old child on a twice-weekly basis for a period of two years. Strengthening families program - an internationally recognized parenting and family strengthening program that focuses on parenting skills, children's social skills and family life skills training.”

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