R'Club Child Care, Inc.
9550 16th Street North
St. Petersburg, FL 33716
727.578.5437
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R'Club parents know that when before and after-school programs are available to their children they have access to safe environments, enriching learning activities, positive social experiences and academic support. R'Club parents value before and afterschool programs for the vital services and safe places they provide to their children while they are at work.
However, currently more than 50,000 of Florida's families are waiting for tuition assistance for early care and education and before and after-school programs. This includes 3,500 in Pinellas County alone. Proposed language in the Governor's Early Learning bill threatens funding for before and after school programs because it does not clearly reference, make eligible, dedicate, or protect funding for school age children. As a result, school age children are being disenrolled from before and after school programs around the state right now! As good an idea as Universal Pre K for all four year olds is, we need to make sure that it is not funded by cutting services for school age children.
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You as parents are your child's strongest advocate. Working together, parents can be an even stronger voice for all of Florida's children. State legislators who vote on how your tax dollars are spent will listen to you! Please call them, write them, e-mail them, fax them, and urge them to include before and after school programs in the bills that fund the services your children need and deserve.
Your voice counts! Contact your Legislators!
www.iamforkids.org/info/ppac/legislator_connection
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