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Childcare Resources of Indian River, Inc. Children in Centers Children's Services Advisory Committee Momentum's Family Initiative and the MIT Workplace Center) states that for every dollar spent now on quality early care, up to $ 13 may be saved in the future by taxpayers in reduced remedial and rehabilitative programs. 4. List staffing needed for your program, including required experience and estimated hours per week in program for each staff member and/or volunteers (this section should conform with the information in the Position Listing on the Budget Narrative Worksheet), Executive Director: (1 ) 28 hrs/wk devoted to the administration and funding of Children in Centers program. Expertise and experience in the day-to-day agency operations, supervision and evaluation of staff, budget, fundraising and grant writing. — Family Resource Coordinator: ( 1 ) 30 hrs/wk spent directly serving the Children in Centers program. Expertise and experience in the areas of family counseling, early childhood education, and resource and referral. The Family Resource Coordinator (FRC) is responsible for intake and enrollment, center staff training, and parent education. Both the FRC and Executive Director monitor centers for compliance of quality. The FRC is expected to effectively collaborate with other agencies. Office Manager: ( 1 ) 30 hours/wk spent directly serving the Children in Centers program. Expertise in computer skills and programs, full charge bookkeeping, oral and written communications. 5. How will the target population be made aware of the program? We created and distributed 2,500 brochures (English and Spanish) for potential clients in the spring of 2005 . They were distributed to: Area pediatricians, area employers, local non-profit organizations including Healthy Start and the TLC Newborn Program, every kindergarten student in the school district, and the Early Learning Coalition. We created another 650 brochures and distributed them through students in after school care at the Gifford Youth Activity Center and the Boys and Girls Club. We contacted businesses by phone and faxed a brochure for display in their employee break rooms. We handed out applications when making workplace giving presentations for the United Way. We participated in area festivals including the Firefighters Chili Cookoff and the Vero Beach Book Festival, distributing information about our agency and programs from a booth. Many referrals come from our contracting centers who are aware of families struggling to pay tuition. Many referrals come from word of mouth current participants tell their friends and relatives. Announcements are run in the Vero Beach Press Journal, the Hometown News, and the Indian River County Chamber of Commerce Newsletter in the spring informing the public of enrollment opportunities. 6. How will the program be accessible to target population (i.e., location, transportation, hours of operation)? Childcare Resources centers are located in all parts of the County, making parent choice convenient to work or home. Centers are open five days a week up to ten hours a day. Parents are responsible for transporting their children to and from the centers. 7