The Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten Program (VPK) is a free educational program that prepares children for kindergarten. Children must be 4 years of age and be Florida residents to participate. Children may participate in either a school year program consisting of 540 total instructional hours, or a summer program consisting of 300 total instructional hours. Please visit the website or call the number below for information on enrolling.
4424 NW 13th St, A5
Gainesville, FL 32609
United States
Provider
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
4424 NW 13th St, A5
Gainesville, FL 32609
United States