Earlier this week, the Community Foundation of the Ozarks awarded $50,000 in grants as part of its Metro Springfield Early Childhood grant program.
They were awarded to programs that address the ?red flags? related to early childhood issues identified by the Community Focus Report for Springfield-Greene County, according to a news release.
They included:
?Friends of Operation US: $9,200 for materials to support the Hatching Project, to provide strategies to reduce abuse and neglect of young children.
?Ozarks Literacy Council: $4,000 for materials to improve Kindergarten readiness though pre-literacy training and tutoring.
?University Child Care Center: $2,000 for teacher training and materials to support the Project Construct learning model.
?Ozarks Area Community Action Corporation Head Start: $13,750 to improve early childhood education and Kindergarten readiness through the use of DIAL-4 diagnostic kits.
?Community Partnership of the Ozarks: $8,000 for the Strengthening Families Program to help families internalize protective factors that lessen child abuse.
?Lighthouse Child and Family Development: $6,000 for materials and training to provide case management, family education and quality child care at low cost for high-need families.
?Springfield-Greene County Library District: $7,050 to help establish the district?s ?Destination for Literacy? Program, increasing Kindergarten readiness.
For more information about CFO?s grantmaking programs, visit www.cfozarks.org/grants.
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