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 CHILD CARE SITES
Beekman Charter School
Out for Summer Break 15190 A M Baker Rd. Bastrop, LA 71220 318-281-1743 4 Year Olds |
Little Angel's Day Care Center
409 Cason Ave. Bastrop, LA 71220 318-281-0600 Infants - 3 Year Olds |
Little One's Daycare
602 Martin Luther King S, Bastrop, LA 71220 318-281-6918 Infants - 3 Year Olds |
MCIO Head Start Program
Out for Summer Break 630 Collinston Rd. Bastrop, LA 71220 318-283-4938 | 318-281-7922 (Main) 3 & 4 Year Olds |
Morehouse Magnet School
Out for Summer Break 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 and Ouachita 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 LA 4, NSECD and for the first time we will request funding for the LA B-3 to fund spots in quality early childhood centers for in-needs Infants, Toddlers and Three year old children through the new Preschool Development Grant funds that were awarded in December 2019 to the Louisiana Department of Education. The funds requested are for the 2020-2021 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 and the OPENetwork, as well as from the community at large. Comments can be submitted to aclancy@childrenscoalition.org prior to February 1st 2020.
Please review the proposed Coordinated Funding Requests. Comments are welcomed by both the Early Childhood Program Partners from Ready Start Morehouse, Ready Start Richland and the OPENetwork, as well as from the community at large. Comments can be submitted to aclancy@childrenscoalition.org prior to February 1st 2020.