by Tricia | Apr 26, 2026 | Families & Parenting
KISSIMMEE, Fla.—Today, Governor DeSantis announced more than 13,000 families are participating in the partnership between Florida’s Voluntary Prekindergarten (VPK) program and the Florida Prepaid College Savings Plans within the first four months of its launch....
by Tricia | Apr 26, 2026 | Families & Parenting
The School Readiness (SR) Plus program helps low-income families transition off full child care subsidies by reducing the impact of the benefits cliff. When a family’s income exceeds the eligibility limits for the full School Readiness subsidy, SR Plus ensures they...
by Tricia | Apr 23, 2026 | Early Learning, Providers
Meet The Masters is our creative program to introduce art to preschool-age children. It features multimedia presentations plus hands-on experiences to teach young children about the lives and techniques of the world’s great artists, such as Claude Monet, Vincent Van...
by Tricia | Apr 20, 2026 | Families & Parenting
April is Autism Awareness Month and April 2 is recognized as World Autism Day, a time to learn more about autism and emphasize support needed in the autism community. About 1 in 36 children in the U.S. are diagnosed with autism, according to the Centers for Disease...
by Tricia | Apr 17, 2026 | Early Learning
If you have a child in Voluntary Prekindergarten (VPK), they will soon take the final VPK progress monitoring, known as PM3, of the Florida Assessment of Student Thinking (FAST) Star Early Literacy. FAST Star Early Literacy is administered three times during the VPK...
