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Center-Based Child Care: Parent-Child Development Center (PCDC) provides state-subsidized full-day, full year childcare services to eligible families in center-based preschool classrooms and in licensed family child care homes in both Franklin and Hampshire Counties. Fees are based on a state-regulated sliding scale.
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Child Care Outlook is a Child Care Resource and Referral program that helps parents choose child care that works best for their needs, finds appropriate childcare providers, provides workshops for parents on a variety of early childhood topics, and assists parents in finding subsidies that help pay for childcare. This program also provides professional development for childcare providers.
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Early Head Start is a program of Parent-Child Development Center (PCDC) that offers weekly home visiting in Franklin County for pregnant women and families with children birth through age three. PCDC also offers Early Head Start classrooms in Greenfield and Amherst.
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Family Child Care: Home-based child care programming throughout Franklin and Hampshire Counties. Parent-Child Development Center provides training, support, and oversight to licensed providers. These childcare professionals provide year-round services for children from 6 weeks through school age.
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Family Learning Center provides literacy services for families with children.
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Financial Education Classes are offered periodically throughout the year, and cover a range of topics including managing a budget, financial planning, and credit repair.
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Head Start is a program of Parent-Child Development Center (PCDC) that provides comprehensive services for children ages three - five in Franklin and Hampshire Counties. Services include full and school-year classroom settings, home visiting, and education and care in licensed family child care homes. Additional services include support to families in areas of nutrition, advocacy, parent involvement, health, disabilities, and mental health.
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Parent-Child Development Center (PCDC) offers a menu of comprehensive Head Start and childcare services for children birth through five years of age and their families in Franklin and Hampshire Counties. Programs include full-year and school-year classrooms, home visiting, and early education and care in monitored family child care homes. PCDC staff provide support to families in areas of education, nutrition, advocacy, parent involvement, health, disabilities, and mental health.
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Parent-Child Home Program encourages reading and educational play through home visiting for families with children 2-4 years old in Greenfield, Turners Falls, and Orange.
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SCORE Peer Mediation is a school-based mediation program for youth in which youth are trained in conflict resolution and nonviolent communication so that they can facilitate mediation among their peers.
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