OUR PARTNERS Florida's Office of Early Learning Children's Services Council of St. Lucie County United Way of St. Lucie County

""Our mission is to provide quality The Early Learning Coalition childcare and early programs for all children. We of St. Lucie County accomplish this by “Opening Doors for is your resource for: Young Children” through our programs Readiness and services and by championing the Subsidized Childcare importance of early childhood education!" Childcare Resource & Referral Services EARLY LEARNING FREE Voluntary Pre- COALITION OF CONTACT US 772-595-6363 ST. LUCIE COUNTY 772-595-6424 Opening Doors to Early 5000 Dunn Road, Childhood Education Third Floor Fort Pierce, FL 34981 Connecting families to FREE Voluntary w w w . e l c s l c . o r g Pre-K, subsidized childcare, o r L I K E U S o n F a c e b o o k & childcare resources and referrals w w w . e l c s l c . o r g VOLUNTARY PRE-KINDERGARTEN Registration for our Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten (VPK) Program is now open through online enrollment. This FREE program is open to children residing in Florida who will be four years of age on or before September 1, for the school year in which they apply. VPK includes up to 540 hours of free education, which will prepare them for success by building a strong foundation, using educational materials that fit

their developmental needs. CHILDCARE RESOURCE & Parents can sign their children up to SCHOOL READINESS REFERRAL SERVICES participate at no charge in one of the Our resource & referral team connects all VPK program options, by applying SUBSIDIZED CHILDCARE families with childcare providers and online at www.elcslc.org on our Working parents who earn low to valuable community services FREE of Parent Portal. moderate income and/or attend school charge, at 772-595-6363. full-time may qualify for financial assistance to pay a portion of their costs We play an important role in educating for early learning childcare services for and connecting parents with appropriate children from BIRTH to kindergarten age, resources and programs. and in some cases, up to age 13, through our School Readiness Subsidized Childcare Our state-certified specialists provide in- Program. You can easily apply online at depth consumer education to parents, www.elcslc.org. averaging 200 calls a day from families seeking information. We educate parents and other caregivers about choosing quality childcare, offer referrals to community agencies and early education By giving young children the programs and provide unbiased opportunity to experience a customized childcare listings. quality early learning

Childcare practitioners can also get environment, we set the stage information about meeting licensing for them to become ready for, requirements and become informed on health and safety, business practices and and successful in, school. child development.