Step, Inc. has been awarded a $1.2 million grant to provide Early Head Start for Franklin and Patrick Counties. This grant will allow them to serve 80 infants, toddlers, and their families.
Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 11:31 AM
To: sbfpleadershipcouncil@smartbeginningsfp.org
Subject: RE: Leadership Council Mailing List
Hello everyone,
I’m excited to let you all know that STEP has been awarded a $1.2 million grant to provide Early Head Start for Franklin and Patrick County. This grant will allow us to serve 80 infants, toddlers, and their families. Early Head Start will serve pregnant women and infants ages 6 weeks to 3 years. STEP will hire approximately 35 people as a result of this expansion. This program will serve our children 12 months per year.
STEP will have 28 available slots for Patrick County and 52 available slots for Franklin County. In Patrick County, we will be constructing a new Early Head Start classroom building on our property, behind our current building, at 4559 Wayside Road. That location will have two classrooms that will serve 16 children. We will also have a home base component that will serve 12 infants and toddlers and they will come to our Stuart classroom once per week for socialization.
STEP will begin remodeling 2 classrooms (16 children) at our Dent Street location in Rocky Mount this spring. We will also be looking for available space throughout Franklin County (perhaps in the Ferrum area and the Burnt Chimney or Boones Mill area) to hold additional classroom space. Franklin County will also have a home based component that will serve 12 infants and toddlers and they will come to our Dent Street classrooms for socialization.
We are so excited to expand our pre-school education offerings in Patrick and Franklin Counties. We look forward to our continued relationship with you all as we attempt to get Early Head Start operational by May 2010. Please let me or Gayle Clary, Head Start/Early Head Start Director, know if you have any questions or concerns.
Jon Morris, Executive Director
STEP, Inc.
200 Dent Street
Rocky Mount, VA 24151
(540) 483-5142 ext. 3004
(540) 483-2506 (fax)
www.stepincva.com
