Literacy
Cuyahoga County Early Literacy Consortium
(CCELC) is an umbrella organization for early
literacy.
Mission:
Six Key Messages:
Every Child Should:
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Cuyahoga County Early Learning Consortium Members:
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Advocacy, Research & Community Building
Invest in Children is committed to mobilizing the community on behalf of our youngest
children to advocate for policy and practices at the local, state and federal levels that
benefit our youngest children.
Invest in Children is partners with the following organizations:
Voices for Ohio's Children
Voices for Ohio's Children is a non-partisan group of public, not-for-profit
and private sector organizations and individuals who share a mutual
concern about improving the well-being of our community’s children and
their families. Through a collaborative effort and a collective voice, Voices
promotes improvements in the well being of our community's children and
their families.
3634 Euclid Avenue, Suite 101
Cleveland, OH 44115
216-881-7860
fax: 216-881-7863
www.vfc-oh.org
Build Ohio
A non-profit alliance of organizations working to ensure that policies,
programs, and services are responsive to the needs of Ohio families.
The Build Initiative is a multi-state partnership. They support efforts to
make sure that children from birth through age five are safe, healthy, eager
to learn and ready to succeed in school.
Current programs, policies and services for young children and their families
often operate in isolation, at cross purposes, or without enough resources to
meet critical needs. Build invests private funds to stimulate public investments
in early learning.
Their mission is to help each state build a coordinated system of programs,
policies and services that:
5313 Pamela Circle
Cross Lanes, WV 25313
304-776-2940 (phone)
304-776-8535 (fax)
www.buildinitiative.org
Ohio Child Care Resource & Referral Association
The Ohio Child Care Resource & Referral Association (OCCRRA)
promotes the positive development of all children, especially those in
out-of-home learning environments. OCCRRA's membership consists of
resource and referral agencies providing services to families, early childhood
professionals, and communities throughout Ohio. Each member agency
maintains a regional database of child care providers, provides families with
information on how to select care, increases the quality effectiveness of
providers by offering professional development opportunities, and provides
information to policy and decision makers.
Ohio Child Care Resource & Referral Association
6660 Doubletree Ave.
Columbus, OH 43229
Phone: 614-396-5959
www.occrra.org
Groundwork Ohio a Vision and an Action Plan
There is no doubt Ohio needs to make effective academic and social
readiness programs available to all, so every family has the choices and
resources they need and every child has a fair chance to succeed in school.
This is the vision of Groundwork, launched this summer. A statewide effort
to provide families with all the support and choices they need to get their
children to school ready to learn, including accessible behavioral and primary
health care, high quality early experiences available to every child, and full
day kindergarten in every district. For how to get involved in this effort and
to get more information, visit the website at www.groundworkohio.org.
Ohio Department of Health - Help Me Grow
Help Me Grow is Ohio’s birth to 3 system that provides state and federal
funds to county Family and Children First Councils to be used in conjunction
with state, local and other federal fund to implement and maintain a
coordinated, community-based infrastructure that promotes trans-disciplinary,
family-centered services for expectant parents, newborns, infants and toddlers
and their families. The Ohio Department of Health, Bureau of Early Intervention
Services is the lead agency administering the Help Me Grow program in Ohio.
The Bureau ensures that:
Help Me Grow is administered through 88 county level offices throughout the state.
Through the 88 counties, children and families in every county in Ohio can access
early intervention services. Anyone can refer a child to Help Me Grow. In order to
refer a child to HMG for an evaluation, contact the central site office which serves
the county in which the child and family reside.
Ohio Department of Health - Help Me Grow
246 N. High St.
Columbus, OH 43215
Phone: 614-644-8389
Fax: 614-728-9163
www.ohiohelpmegrow.org
The Center on Urban Poverty and Social Change
Seeks to address the problems of persistent and concentrated urban
poverty and is dedicated to understanding how social and economic
changes affect low-income communities, and how living in these communities
affects the well-being of their residents.
The Children's Museum of Cleveland
The Children’s Museum is the only institution in Cleveland completely dedicated
to the overall development of young children, ages birth to eight years, through
family learning. In its twenty-first year of operation, the Museum continues in its
mission to provide exhibits and programs that enhance child development - a
place where thousands of young children annually Discover the World and Learn
through Play!
10730 Euclid Ave.
Cleveland, Oh 44106
(In University Circle)
216-791-7114
216-791-KIDS
216-791-8838 (fax)
www.clevelandchildrensmuseum.org
The Healthy Fathering Collaborative
A Network of Social Services Agencies Serving Fathers and Families in
Northeast Ohio
Established by the Community Endeavors Foundation in August 2001 as a
working group of service providers and funders providing services to low-
income fathers in Greater Cleveland. The group meets bi-monthly, rotating
the meeting among agency sites, allowing the members of the collaborative
to become more familiar with each other's programs. The collaborative is
guided by three goals:
Administrative staffing of the Healthy Fathering Collaborative is provided by
the Community Endeavors Foundation.
The collaborative includes all community-based and faith-based organizations
serving fathers in Greater Cleveland, a few agencies in nearby Sandusky, Ohio
and representatives of a number of City of Cleveland and Cuyahoga County
departments. The collaborative has been a success in a number of key ways.
These include:
Healthy Fathering Collaborative
1667 East 40th Street, unit 3A
Cleveland, OH 44103
216.214.1556
www.neofathering.net
The Cuyahoga County Fatherhood Initiative
The Cuyahoga County Fatherhood Initiative (CCFI) seeks to strengthen families in
our community by encouraging fathers to play a more active role in nurturing and
raising their children. The Initiative responds to escalating social concerns regarding
"father absence" by providing fathers with access to services designed to prepare
them to better meet the emotional, psychological, and financial needs of their children.
The CCFI also seeks to increase public awareness of the importance of father
involvement.
www.fatherhoodinitiative.cuyahogacounty.us
Strong Start Program
Strong Start for Cuyahoga's Families is a voluntary program that is designed to
offer a “one-stop” shop experience of family support, education and resources
for couples who are either expecting a baby or have a new baby that is 3 months
old or younger at the time they enroll. Couples who participate in the program will
be provided with the tools needed to enhance the life of their child.
