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The Early Learning Coalition of Hillsborough County (ELCHC) specializes in the funding and delivery of quality early childhood care and education and after-school programs and services to the children and families of Hillsborough County.
We believe that ALL children should have a quality early learning experience that is essential in building a successful future! We appreciate your support and hope that you will visit us often for all of your early childhood care and education information needs.
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Child Care Resource and Referral
If we invest in programs that promote learning beginning at birth, the statistics will change, the stories will change, the future will change.
The Early Learning Coalition
of Hillsborough County
1002 East Palm Avenue, Suite 100
Tampa, FL 33605
Main Telephone: (813) 202-1000
Fax: (813) 204-1711
Hours of Operation
9:00 am - 4:30 pm
Monday - Friday
Summer is technically over, but this is FLORIDA
and your car can still heat up to deadly temperatures.
Remember, NEVER LEAVE A CHILD IN A VEHICLE ALONE!
Look Before You Lock!
Pre-K funding is delivered another blow
LA Times
States are spending less onpre-kindergarten program than they did a decade ago according to a report released Monday.
Florida's pre-K program earns low marks in national report - again
Orlando Sentinel
But, as in years past, Florida's Voluntary Prekindergarten program meets only three of the 10 'quality benchmarks" the folks at the National Insitutue for Early Education Research (NIEER) think are important.
Arne Duncan Makes Pitch to Expand Early-Childhood Education
Education Week News (blog)
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan says he thinks the time has come for a sweeping expansion of early-childhood education programs, ...
