Visit our booth during Morehouse May Madness, a street festival celebrating Morehouse parish in historic downtown Bastrop. We'll have face painting, and children will be given a free book and take-home activity while parents receive Early Childhood and Preschool information & applications. Early Childhood, PreK and Head Start Representatives Available for Questions.
Ready Start Morehouse is a community coalition committed to creating and implementing a bold local vision for early childhood. We are driven by the unique needs of the community to improve access to quality early care and education for our communities’ youngest learners. The future of Morehouse Parish is dependent on the success of its children. Together we have an opportunity to transform the future of our parish in one generation. As a community we have a shared responsibility to support the workforce of today while preparing the workforce of tomorrow.
According to the Early Childhood Risk and Reach Winter 2016; 32% of children in Morehouse parish entering Kindergarten in in Fall 2015 scored Intensive Intervention on the DIBELS which is a pre-literacy assessment used to determine risk for literacy outcomes. Too many children in our community are arriving to school with out the readiness skills they need to be successful. By increasing access to quality early care and education we can ensure that more children arrive to school ready to start.
According to the Early Childhood Risk and Reach Winter 2016; 32% of children in Morehouse parish entering Kindergarten in in Fall 2015 scored Intensive Intervention on the DIBELS which is a pre-literacy assessment used to determine risk for literacy outcomes. Too many children in our community are arriving to school with out the readiness skills they need to be successful. By increasing access to quality early care and education we can ensure that more children arrive to school ready to start.
QUALITY EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS
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Beekman Charter School
15190 A M Baker Rd. Bastrop, LA 71220 318-281-1743 4 Year Olds |
Radiance Child Development Center
1732 E. Madison Ave. Bastrop, LA 71220 318-239-2472 Infant -4 Year Olds |
Little Angel's Day Care Center
409 Cason Ave. Bastrop, LA 71220 318-281-0600 Infants - 4 Year Olds |
Little One's Daycare
602 Martin Luther King S, Bastrop, LA 71220 318-281-6918 Infants - 3 Year Olds |
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MCIO Head Start Program
630 Collinston Rd. Bastrop, LA 71220 318-283-4938 | 318-281-7922 (Main) 3 & 4 Year Olds |
Morehouse Magnet School
4099 Naff Ave. Bastrop, LA 71220 318-283-3477 4 Year Olds |
Our House Child Care Center
4534 Cedar Drive, Bastrop, LA 71220 318-283-4900 Infant - 3 Year Olds |
The Prep Center, Inc.
1906 Cooper Lake Road, Bastrop, LA 71220 318-281-8819 1 - 4 Year Olds |
COORDINATED FUNDING REQUEST
As the Early Childhood Lead Agency for Morehouse Parish, Richland Parish, Ouachita Parish, and East Carroll Parish the Children’s Coalition for Northeast Louisiana intends to request funding from the Louisiana Department of Education to fund existing and additional four-year-old seats for LA4, NSECD and LA Birth to Three to fund spots in quality early childhood centers for in-needs Infants, Toddlers and Three-year-old children. The funds requested are for the 2022-2023 school year.
Please review the proposed Coordinated Funding Requests. Comments are welcomed by both the Early Childhood Program Partners from Ready Start Morehouse, Ready Start Richland, OPENetwork Ready Start, and East Carroll Ready Start Early Childhood Networks as well as from the community at large.
Each publicly funded early childhood program was provided equal opportunity to complete the coordinated funding request application for their network. Funds were requested for eligible programs.
Eligibility requirements are as follows:
Please review the proposed Coordinated Funding Requests. Comments are welcomed by both the Early Childhood Program Partners from Ready Start Morehouse, Ready Start Richland, OPENetwork Ready Start, and East Carroll Ready Start Early Childhood Networks as well as from the community at large.
Each publicly funded early childhood program was provided equal opportunity to complete the coordinated funding request application for their network. Funds were requested for eligible programs.
Eligibility requirements are as follows:
- LA4 - programs must be rated proficient or higher on early childhood performance profile, use Tier 1 curriculum and have certified lead teachers.
- NSECD - program must not be a public school, must be rated proficient or higher on early childhood performance profile, use Tier 1 curriculum and have certified lead teachers.
- B to 3 Seats - must serve infants, must be rated proficient or higher on early childhood performance profile, use Tier 1 curriculum and have certified lead teachers.
*Note regarding B to 3 seats: Submitting a request does NOT guarantee that a site will be awarded seats. To be considered for B to 3 seats the site MUST serve infants, have a rating of proficient or higher for 20-21 Early Childhood Performance Profile, use a Tier 1 approved curriculum, ECAC certified lead teachers. Seats will be prioritized for high performing sites within the network who meet all the requirements as listed above.
