Delaware Readiness Teams

🔊Podcast: https://bit.ly/4cDkRCz🔊
Listen to our very own Diane Frentzel, ECE provider Rhondalin Cannon-Tingle of Rhonda's Little Angels ECE Program discuss how The Healthy Kids, Healthy Future Technical Assistance Program (TAP) that started in 2018 and led by Rodel and the Nemours Children’s National Office of Policy & Prevention provides support and resources to early care education providers to make positive changes in their child care centers and family child care homes.

In 2023, 60% of respondents for the Delaware Family Survey, said that they would get a job or work more if they could access child care. Help us urge the First State to tomorrow, May 16, at Early Childhood Advocacy Day in Dover! Register: https://bit.ly/4a0j9sK

Delaware Readiness Teams are excited to be a partner in this year's Early Childhood Advocacy Day! It will highlight the importance of child care in all facets of the state. Help us urge the First State to ! https://bit.ly/4a0j9sK
Delaware Association for the Education of Young Children, Rodel, Delaware Readiness Teams, American Heart Association - Delaware

In 2023, 33% of respondents for the Delaware Family Survey, said that their monthly child care costs were greater than their mortgage. Help us urge the First State to at Early Childhood Advocacy Day in Dover May 16! Register here: https://bit.ly/4a0j9sK

Join Us for Early Childhood Advocacy Day in Dover May 16 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. will be a day for providers, advocates, and lawmakers to come together and discuss key issues, from supporting families and the early learning workforce to the local economy. https://bit.ly/3VzGspw
Delaware Association for the Education of Young Children, Rodel, Delaware Readiness Teams

Join Us for Early Childhood Advocacy Day in Dover May 16 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. will be a day for providers, advocates, and lawmakers to come together and discuss key issues, from supporting families and the early learning workforce to the local economy. https://bit.ly/3VzGspw
Delaware Association for the Education of Young Children, Rodel, Delaware Readiness Teams

Join us for Early Childhood Advocacy Day in Dover on May 16 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., where providers, advocates, and lawmakers will discuss key issues, from supporting families and the early learning workforce to the local economy. .

2024 Early Childhood Advocacy Day IN-PERSON Event Join us, IN PERSON, at the Dover Library and Legislative Hall for Early Childhood Advocacy Day!

Join us on March 19th, 2024 for a showing and Q&A panel of the "Starting At Zero" film at the Wilmington Library 🎥🎬.

The film will be followed by a panel discussion of education experts including our own Diane Frentzel! https://bit.ly/434fati

Join us on March 19th, 2024 for a showing and Q&A panel of the "Starting At Zero" film at the Wilmington Library 🎥🎬.

The film will be followed by a panel discussion of education experts:
Tessa Wallace, Principal Pulaski Early Education Center- Christina School District | Moderator; Delaware State Sen. Elizabeth "Tizzy" Lockman | Panelist; Diane Frenzel, Program Manager, Delaware Readiness Team | Panelist; and Kathy Seeman, Reading Specialist | Panelist.

https://bit.ly/434fati

Looking to enroll your young one in kindergarten next year? Attend our FREE information session on kindergarten registration in Delaware on December 5. Learn how to navigate the kindergarten registration and school choice process, and much more. Register here! https://bit.ly/3t2SN9Z

A family of four must earn less than $55,000, or 185 percent of the Federal Poverty Level, to be eligible for publicly funded child care in DE. Tell state leaders to continue to make child care a priority, especially in Gov. Carney's final year in office. https://bit.ly/3T0e9Q7

Working families struggle to afford care but earn too much to qualify for any state-funded programs according to the results of a new parent survey. Tell Governor John Carney to continue to make child care a priority, in his final year in office. https://bit.ly/3T0e9Q7

"They no longer qualify for child care assistance through the state, but paying for child care out of their salary does not make economic sense." - Karen Hartz

Tell state leaders to continue to make child care a priority, especially in Gov. John Carney's final year in office. Latin American Community CenterDelaware Association for the Education of Young ChildrenYMCA of DelawareDelaware Readiness TeamsSt. Michael's School and Nursery https://bit.ly/3T0e9Q7

Of the respondents who reported their household income range, 65 percent of parents of said they earn more than $55,000 annually — placing them above the threshold to qualify for state programs. Tell state leaders to continue to make child care a priority: https://bit.ly/3T0e9Q7

The number of respondents who report that they cannot afford to pay their other bills due to the high cost of child care increases from a quarter to nearly a third. That's approximately the “basic survival budget” for a family of four in Delaware. https://bit.ly/3FWF33n

Low state investments and low eligibility limits impact families’ ability to access child care. Many earn too much money to qualify for state-funded programs. Tell Gov. John Carney to continue to make child care a priority in his final year in office. https://bit.ly/3T0e9Q7

The burden to afford quality early care and education programs in Delaware is so great that the costs derail plans to start a business, advance their education or have another child. https://bit.ly/3FWF33n

Low state investments and low eligibility limits impact families’ ability to access care. Even for parents who struggle financially, state assistance for child care can be hard to access. https://bit.ly/3FWF33n

A family of four must earn less than $55,000 — or 185 percent of the Federal Poverty Level — to be eligible for publicly funded child care in Delaware. https://bit.ly/477DTOH