Important News For Florida’s Young Children….

Key Indicators Show Florida Is No Place For Children – The Lawton Chiles Foundation issues a press release indicating how Florida’s children are faring worse than ever before.  Among the evidence: Florida now ranks 50th in overall child well-being. Florida has the highest rate of uninsured children of any state-more than twice the median rate. Florida has one of the highest juvenile incarceration rates across the country, with more than 70 percent of youth in custody for non-violent offenses, higher than the national average. Read more… For the full report click here. For more information on the Lawton Chiles Foundation go to: www.lawtonchiles.org First Five Years Fund recently published a report showing Increased Early Childhood Education Investments Can Boost the Economy Today… and Produce Long-Term Returns For the Future. Read more… For the full report click here. For more information on The First Five Years Fund go to: www.ffyf.org National Institute For Early Education Research publishes the Federal Early Childhood Policy Guide For The First 100 days. Read more… For the full report click here. For more information on NIEER go to: nieer.org

Letter from Kathryn Shea - President and CEO of the Florida Center for Child and Family Development

 

The Florida Center for Child and Family Development is a nationally accredited community-based agency that provides quality programs and services dedicated to the development of young children, their families, and our communities.

The Florida Center provides early childhood education and developmental services (speech, occupational, and physical therapy), mental health services for young children and families, fetal alcohol diagnosis and intervention services, prevention and parent education services.