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Milford Kids Count |
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Milford Kids Count is a community collaborative. Its Board of
Directors represents diverse elements of the Milford community
including educators, business people, social service agencies,
service organizations, consumers, taxpayers, and government
officials.
Mission: The Mission of Kids Count is to develop, enhance, and promote the educational, social, emotional and physical well-being of children from birth to age five so that they enter kindergarten ready to learn. Recognizing the crucial importance of a successful start, Kids Count makes information and programs accessible to Milford families to ensure this mission. John Peterson Memorial Preschool Scholarship Fund: Through the John Peterson Memorial Preschool Scholarship Program and a grant from the United Way of Milford, Kids Count provides scholarships to families to permit preschool children to attend quality preschool programs. Kids Count also facilitates local training for Milford providers of preschool programs. Over the past four years, $49,485 has been dedicated to preschool scholarships. Preschool Showcases: Kids Count hosted two very successful preschool showcases at the Milford Public Library. Eighteen preschools participated by attending the showcase with materials describing the philosophy, enrollment criteria and fees of their preschools. Parents were able to visit with directors and staff of the preschools to help them determine which preschool they would choose to send their child. In addition, Kids Count staff and board disbursed information to parents regarding the importance of preschool, how to choose a preschool, and how to prepare a child for preschool. Harborlight Happening: For the past five years, Kids Count has hosted the Harborlight Happening as its major yearly fundraiser. It has been an opportunity for the board to invite the community as a whole to assist us financially to reach our goals. The event consists of either a brunch, cocktail party, or dinner, accompanied by a silent and live auction. At Harborlight Happening, a journal is distributed which focuses on issues important to Kids Count and the community. This year the focus will be on issues related to child and family safety. Thousands of these journals have been distributed through Milford. William Caspar Graustein Memorial Discovery Grant: Kids Count board and staff participated in writing and supporting the application for funding for the Discovery Grant which will focus on identification of children in family child care homes and centers who have social and emotional needs and provide support to providers and families in dealing with these needs. United Way of Milford: The United Way of Milford is a supporter of the programs of Kids Count. This year an additional program will focus on the outreach to families who live in the Meadowside School district and the provision of the evening playgroups as well as support to Family Child Care Providers in their homes. |
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