The Early Learning Coalition of Alachua County provides financial assistance for child care and school readiness, the ELC of Alachua is statutorily required to build a coalition of partners and advocates to coordinate local services for children from birth through kindergarten. This includes, but is not limited to:

• Providing Child Care Resource & Referral services
• Providing Inclusion Warm-Line services
• Determining child care financial assistance eligibility procedures
• Implementing child performance standards
• Providing child developmental health and/or academic development screening and assessment
• Determining use of developmentally appropriate curricula
• Ensuring health and safety requirements
• Coordinating with statewide data system requirements
• Participating in state initiatives to build and implement an optional quality rating and improvement system