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Dear Friends:
First and foremost, thank you to all who have donated funds to UNICEF through the link on the Early Learning Coalition's website or through other organizations. Please remember that the people of Haiti will need our help for a long time to come. Aid organizations are committed to remain on the ground providing basic needs, medical care and other assistance, but to continue their good work our support must be ongoing.

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Help children affected by the earthquake in Haiti: Click here to donate through UNICEF
  • March 8, 2010: Become a certified Parent Peer Group™ (PPG) MASTER Trainer for Informed Families - spaces still available for the training on March 26, 2010, read more.
  • March 4, 2010: Governor Crist Promotes Florida’s Talent Supply Chain, From Pre-Kindergarten Through Higher Education, read more.
  • March 4, 2010: ELC celebrates Read Across America by reading Dr. Suess books to young children, read more.
  • February 25, 2010: In the Wake of Recent State Budget Cuts, Coalition Reports Unprecedented Numbers of Children Benefiting from School Readiness Programs, Yet Thousands More Still In Need, read more.
  • February 24, 2010: Administration Increases Funds for Child Care in Federal Budget Proposal read more from the Early Care and Education Consortium.
  • February 24, 2010: Final 08-09 VPK Readiness Rates will be published and available for the general public on Friday, February 26, 2010, read more.
  • February 24, 2010: In a Salute to Dr. Seuss, Students at Shores School Center in Miami, Which Serves an 85% Haitian Population and Whose Families Have Been Impacted by Haiti’s Earthquake, to Participate in a Special Breakfast of “Green Eggs & Ham”, read more.
  • February 23, 2010: Help us celebrate Children's Week by creating hand artwork with your children! read more.
  • February 22, 2010: Technology companies, health professionals, and federal, state, and local agencies combine forces to provide free health information via text messages, read more.
  • February 22, 2010: US Census 2010 – Why every person counts!
    Participating is easy, important and safe! Ten minutes to answer 10 questions can directly impact your quality of life, read more.
  • February 18, 2010: Do you want a bigger voice in Congress? Do you want more money for schools & hospitals?
    -Participate in the 2010 Census
    -Sea parte del Censo 2010
    -Patisipe nan Census 2010
  • February 11, 2010: ELC News Alert Issue 2 has been released, read more.
  • February 10, 2010: In the Wake of Recent State Budget Cuts, Coalition Reports Unprecedented Numbers of Children Benefiting from School Readiness Programs, Yet Thousands More Still In Need, read more.
  • February 8, 2010:Help for Haiti: Volunteer with the Red Cross! The Red Cross needs child care providers to assist with Haitian children as they arrive to the United States., read more.
  • February 8, 2010: Detroit Free Press reports state preschool programs over the past 25 years are saving the state $1 billion this year in crime and education costs, read more.
  • February 4, 2010: Read the latest H1N1 update for the Florida Department of Health.
  • February 2, 2010: Governor Crist announces 2010-2011 budget recommendations, read more.
  • February 1, 2010: VPK News Flash for February has ben released, read more.
  • February 1, 2010: There will be a Parent Peer Group Training on February 5, 2010, read more.

To read previous news and updates, click here.

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The Early Learning Coalition of Miami-Dade/Monroe is a nonprofit organization dedicated to ensuring early care and education for children in Miami-Dade and Monroe counties. Through a variety of affordable and innovative early education and voluntary pre-kindergarten programs, the Coalition serves more than 50,000 children ages birth to 12 years old and their families.

Founded in 2000, the Coalition is among 31 similar organizations in the State of Florida established following the enactment of the School Readiness Act, which consolidated Florida’s early learning services into one integrated program.