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leaders for the evening. Not just in the classrooms but also in the general meeting. We want the community to take the lead role. • In addition, we would have the teachers of the classes call the parents so they can continue to develop a relationship. Currently parents receive a call but it is not necessarily from someone they know. • We feel it would be beneficial to have optional playgroups, text messages about j activities or some method of contact with families between class sessions. • The attendance varied. We want to keep parents engaged.throughout the year. We foresee offering playgroups to these parents led by someone from the community. These playgroups would revisit the milestones learned in Smart Baby/READY! classes with the goal of changing parent behavior when interacting with their child. Redlands Christian Migrant Association, Inc. (RCMA) Children's Services Advisory Committee • Grant: $20,000 • Funds Used as of 9/30/15: $20,000 • Total Children Served This Quarter: 76 children were served at RMCA Whispering Pines Child Development Center as of 9/30/15. Cost Per Child: $263.16 Taxonomy Number: NTEE Code P33 Child Day Care Focus Areas Addressed: Child Care/Child Health & Education Program Description: (3-5 Lines) This program is designed to positively impact the lives of farmworker and rural poor families by providing high quality child care, kindergarten readiness activities and family support services that empower parents to become leaders in their children's education. Collaboration: • Early Learning Coalition of Indian River, Martin & Okeechobee and RCMA collaborate to provide services to young children who qualify for various eligibility groups within subsidized child care system. • Easter Seals Florida/Treasure Coast Early Steps and RCMA collaborate to provide services for infants and toddlers, birth to thirty-six months, who are suspected of, or are diagnosed as having developmental disabilities or developmental delays. - 33 - 151