Early Childhood School Readiness Programs have been serving children for over 30 years in private child care centers, family child care homes and public school sites. Utilizing Federal, State and local match funding, the department within Hillsborough County
Public Schools provides child care subsidies to families meeting specific eligibility guidelines The department of Early Childhood School Readiness Programs is comprised of the following individual Early Childhood Programs: • School Readiness • Voluntary Prekindergarten • Head Start • Prekindergarten Exceptional Education The Hillsborough County Public Schools School Readiness Program provides education and care services for over 12,000 children, birth to age 10 and special needs teens, through a contract with the Early Learning Coalition of Hillsborough County The goal of School Readiness is to provide safe, healthy, and readiness enriched environments that support children and their families so they will enter kindergarten ready to learn.