Programs
Access to Early Education
Project Thrive
Association for Retarded Citizens of South Florida Project Thrive is an early intervention educational program serving children ages zero to five in a natural, inclusive setting. Children enrolled at the Florida City and Kendall site include those with special needs, developmental disabilities and medical conditions, as well as typically developing children. Eligible children receive occupational, physical and speech/language therapy. Parent education, transportation and meals are also provided.
Project Thrive Summer Program
Association for Retarded Citizens of South FloridaProject Thrive operates an inclusive eight week summer camp in Kendall and Florida City for children with and without disabilities ages 6 weeks to 5 years. Program activities include reading, physical fitness, water safety, creative arts, cooking and multicultural activities. Children with disabilities receive physical, occupational and/or speech and language therapies.
Child Development
Catholic Charities - Centro Hispano Católico Child Care CenterCentro Hispano provides childcare, educational instruction, health screenings, parent trainings and individual instruction for special needs children to local families living below the poverty level. Students receive two nutritionally balanced meals and a snack daily. Children are given the opportunity to develop skills in language, math, science, creative arts, social/emotional development and conflict resolution.
Pre-School Quality Improvement Program
Catholic Charities - Good Shepherd Child Care CenterGood Shepherd Child Care Center offers quality early care and education to pre-school children from 3-5 years of age. The developmental needs of children are addressed and their parents receive appropriate social services.
Child Care Center
Catholic Charities - Notre Dame D’Haiti Child Care CenterNotre Dame Child Care Center provides comprehensive childcare services to the families in Little Haiti. Children are provided learning experiences to enhance social, intellectual, physical and emotional development.
Preschool Program
Catholic Charities - Sagrada Familia Child Care CenterThe Sagrada Familia preschool program serves children, ages 3-5. The program provides socially and economically disadvantaged children with a developmentally appropriate curriculum in a stimulating and nurturing environment that prepares them for higher learning so they can achieve academic success through childhood and adolescence. The program also provides two nutritious meals per day and one snack, family training for skill development, referrals and follow-up for healthcare and social services.
Infant & Toddlers Program
Centro Mater Child Care CenterCentro Mater’s Infant & Toddler’s program seeks to promote a healthy nurturing and enriching environment that enables children to develop emotionally, physically, intellectually and socially according to age level of development. With the assistance of a registered dietician, the nutrition of every child improves. The teachers and case-managers work together to monitor and ensure that every child receives necessary immunizations and preventive health and dental care screenings. The program’s social worker identifies the needs of each child's family and provides information and referrals to community agencies.
Mater Preschool Program
Centro Mater Child Care CenterCentro Mater’s Preschool program seeks to promote a healthy nurturing and enriching environment that will enable children to develop emotionally, physically, intellectually and socially according to age level of development. The registered dietician works with each child to ensure customized nutritional meal plans. The teachers and case-managers work together to monitor and ensure that every child receives necessary immunizations and preventive health and dental care screenings. The program’s social worker identifies the needs of each child's family and provides information and referrals to community agencies.
Early Childhood Development
Dave and Mary Alper Jewish Community CenterThe program provides an enriching educational experience in a stimulating, challenging, age-appropriate environment contributing to the development of the whole child. The learning environment invites children to observe, be active, make choices, and experiment. There is an emphasis on self-direction and self-discipline. Swimming is introduced to children at age 3 in an environment of safety and trust by qualified swim professionals.
Early Childhood Hearing Impaired Program
Dave and Mary Alper Jewish Community CenterChildren both with and without hearing impairments will engage in daily activities including enrichment and literacy readiness facilitated by qualified staff in an inclusive environment. The program offers bilingual services in American Sign Language and spoken English which including early childhood classes, parent education, early intervention services, literacy activities, advocacy, networking and resource and referral services.
South Florida Child Development Center
Easter Seals The Center provides early education and care to children ages two months to five years both with and without disabilities. The goal of the program is based on the belief that intervention and individualized education will maximize a child’s capabilities.
Zero - Five Population: Prevention and Treatment
Institute for Child and Family HealthThe program implements a prevention and treatment model to serve children ages 0-5 and their parents who have been referred as a result of significant emotional/attachment/behavioral difficulties. All families receive both prevention and treatment services. Prevention services primarily consist of parenting skills training. This training assists parents in acquiring knowledge and skills essential for the development of healthy parent/child relationships and the prevention of child abuse/neglect and violence.
Early Childhood Development
Michael-Ann Russell Jewish Community CenterChildren ages 0-5 years in the North Miami Beach area gain knowledge of age appropriate activities and instruction, learn cognitive thinking skills, fine and gross motor skills, social interaction and independence in this year-round affordable early childhood education program. Children receive computer instruction, learn how to swim, enhance physical education, gain music and art appreciation, cultural instruction and have daily opportunities to enhance their social skill development with their peers. Once children have completed this program, they transition into kindergarten prepared with the educational knowledge to meet the school curriculum with success. Parent workshops are given during the year to educate parents about different parenting styles and techniques to help build strong and healthy relationships between parents and children.
Our Little Ones Learning Center
Our Child CareThe center provides developmentally appropriate, tri-lingual, early educational opportunities for children 0-3 residing in Little Haiti with or without special needs.
Early Childhood Development
Redlands Christian Migrant Association (RCMA)RCMA’s child development centers provide high quality childcare and education to infants, toddlers and pre-school children (ages 0-5) of migrant and other low-income rural families. Daily activities include a focus on early literacy.
Early Childhood Development
St. Alban’s Child Enrichment CenterThe program provides child care and education services to children between the ages of 2 to 5 years of age including comprehensive learning through play curriculum. All children receive appropriate immunizations, TB test and follow-up for medical and dental problems. St. Alban’s enrolls and/or identifies children with disabilities and ensures, with the parents’ approval, that assessment, evaluation and treatment is provided.
Early Childhood Development
YMCA of Greater MiamiChildren engage in developmentally appropriate activities including music movement, audio/visual arts, and exposure to concepts related to math, science and reading. The program follows the High/Scope curriculum, focusing on the "whole child" - mind, body and spirit. The program focuses on utilizing books, audio/visual, and collage art materials to foster the development of children's literacy readiness, fine motor skills, language fluency, and social skills. A healthy body is developed through a physical activity component, designed to meet each developmental stage.
Early Childhood Development
YWCA of Greater MiamiThe YWCA provides quality early care and education through its sites in Miami-Dade County to children, birth to 5 years, from different racial, ethnic and economic backgrounds. The culturally diverse, strong anti-bias curriculum is structured around a framework, which focuses on active learning practices within a predictably safe, healthy and nurturing environment.