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| Activity: |
Child Care Based Mental Health Intervention |
| Funded Partner: |
Exchange Clubs Family Center |
| Address: |
1200 Broad Street Durham, NC 27705 |
| Phone: |
(919) 286-9106 ext. 233
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| Fax: |
(919) 286-4716
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| Website: |
http://www.exchangefamilycenter.org
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| Contact: |
Aviva Starr
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| Allocation: |
$ 36,866
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The goal of the Child Care Based Mental Health Intervention activity is to increase the capacity for childcare providers to foster social-emotional development and address the mental health issues of children.
The following services are provided through this activity:
- Training for childcare providers in the "Caring for Children with Challenging Behaviors" curriculum
- Eligible participants will receive a grant up to $150 per classroom in classroom materials to enhance the social-emotional development or decrease the challenging behaviors of the children in their classroom.
- Childcare-based therapy services will be provided to high-risk children who are uninsured or under-insured, expanding EChO's existing intervention.
- Support and information for parents
- Connection to community resources for a full developmental evaluation
- Advocacy and follow-up to ensure the child and family receive services
- Challenging behavior is any behavior that interferes with a child's learning, development and success at play; is harmful to the child, other children or adults; or puts a child at high risk for social problems or school failure. Smart Start funds support salaries for a Program Director and Early Childhood Consultants and other program expenses
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