NORTH FULTON CHILD DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION INC
89 GROVE WAY, ROSWELL, GA 30075 www.cdakids.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: MISSION: AFFORDING ALL CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY HIGH QUALITY EARLY EDUCATION. VISION: BEST START. BRIGHTEST FUTURE. EVERY CHILD.

CHILDREN'S CENTER: IN 2019-2020, THE CDA SERVED OVER 250 CHILDREN, PROVIDING FULL-DAY EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION IN THE CDA COMMUNITY CENTER. THIS FACILITY HAS TEN VIBRANT CLASSROOMS-SEVEN FOR TODDLERS AND PRESCHOOLERS, THREE FOR PREKINDERGARTEN CHILDREN-WITH WELL-QUALIFIED TEACHERS NURTURING AND EDUCATING 156 YOUNGSTERS EACH DAY AGES ONE TO FIVE YEARS. THESE CHILDREN RECEIVED: -COMPREHENSIVE CURRICULUM PROMOTING COGNITIVE, PHYSICAL, LANGUAGE AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT. -WHOLESOME NUTRITION, INCLUDING BREAKFAST, LUNCH AND A SNACK EACH DAY. -IMMUNIZATION, HEALTH AND DENTAL SCREENINGS. -DEVELOPMENTAL SCREENINGS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO MONITOR EACH CHILD'S PROGRESS. -PARENT-CHILD CONFERENCES TWICE A YEAR TO INFORM PARENTS ABOUT THEIR CHILD'S PROGRESS AND TO ENGAGE THEM IN THEIR SON OR DAUGHTER'S EDUCATION. -ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES SUCH AS FIELD TRIPS, CULTURAL PERFORMANCES AND NATURE EXPLORATIONS. CDA'S HARDWORKING PARENTS EARNED MEDIAN INCOMES OF ONLY 22,243 IN 2019- 2020, SO MARKET-RATE TUITION OF 250-300 PER WEEK WOULD BE BEYOND THEIR REACH. WITH SCHOLARSHIPS, PARENTS' MEDIAN TUITION PAYMENT WAS ONLY 62 PER WEEK, WHICH STILL REPRESENTS 15% OF THEIR HOUSEHOLD INCOME. CDA FAMILIES MAKE TANGIBLE SACRIFICES FOR THEIR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION. SCHOLARSHIPS MADE POSSIBLE BY GENEROUS PARTNERS ARE PROVIDING ENORMOUS OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THESE: -WE HAVE HAD A FAMILY IN OUR PROGRAM WHO LIVES AT ANOTHER EMERGENCY HOUSING FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN WHO WAS VERY UNHAPPY WITH HER PREVIOUS DAYCARE EXPERIENCE. SHE RECEIVED A CAPS CERTIFICATE WHICH STATED SHE WOULD PAY US 49 A WEEK. SHE WAS STILL STRUGGLING FINANCIALLY, BUT WANTED TO REMAIN IN THE CDA PROGRAM ENOUGH TO REFER OTHER FAMILIES TO US. THE CDA WAS ABLE TO GIVE HER AN ADDITIONAL SCHOLARSHIP TO REDUCE HER TUITION. SHE CONTINUES TO PROMOTE CDA IN THE COMMUNITY AND PARTICIPATES IN ALL OF THE ACTIVITIES/EVENTS WE OFFER. -ANOTHER FAMILY WHO CAME FROM AN EMERGENCY SERVICE, AND WAS REFERRED TO US BY THE FAMILY DESCRIBED ABOVE, HAD TWO CHILDREN, ONE OF WHOM IS AGE- ELIGIBLE FOR OUR PROGRAM. EVEN THOUGH MOM WORKS, SHE WAS UNABLE TO PAY HER TUITION EACH WEEK. BECAUSE OF OUR 3-STAR PROGRAM, AND THE QUALITY RATED GRANT, SHE WAS ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE GRANT WHICH ALLOWED HER DAUGHTER TO ATTEND OUR PROGRAM FOR FREE. SHE IS ETERNALLY GRATEFUL TO US AND OUR PROGRAM WHICH WILL CHANGE THE TRAJECTORY OF HER CHILD'S LIFE. -JOSEPH (NAME CHANGED) WAS ENROLLED IN THE CDA PROGRAM SINCE BEING 3 YEARS OLD. THROUGHOUT THAT YEAR STAFF SPOKE WITH HIS PARENTS ABOUT SOME DEVELOPMENTAL CONCERNS. IT WASN'T UNTIL THE ASQ RESULTS IN PRE-K THAT THE PARENTS AGREED TO REFER HIM TO FULTON COUNTY SCHOOLS. THAT FALL, HE WAS EVALUATED AND THE RECOMMENDATION WAS FOR HIM TO ATTEND A SPECIAL NEEDS PRE-K PROGRAM THEREBY LEAVING THE CDA PROGRAM. IT WAS A TOUGH DECISION BUT WITH THE HELP OF OUR FAMILY ADVOCATE WHO HAD BEEN WORKING WITH THE FAMILY FOR OVER A YEAR, THEY DECIDED TO ENROLL HIM IN THE SPECIAL NEEDS PROGRAM NEAR THEIR HOME. EARLY LITERACY: OUR EARLY LITERACY PROGRAM, NOW IN ITS NINTH YEAR, IS DEMONSTRATING TREMENDOUS IMPACT ON OUR KIDS FOR WHOM EARLY LITERACY SKILLS AND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION ARE ESSENTIAL. RESEARCH SHOWS THAT ACHIEVEMENT DISPARITIES EXIST BETWEEN POOR CHILDREN AND THEIR AFFLUENT PEERS EVEN BEFORE THE AGE OF FIVE, SO EARLY INTERVENTION IS CRITICAL TO CLOSE THE GAP. OUR EL COACH WORKS WITH BOTH TEACHERS AND PARENTS TO STIMULATE EARLY LITERACY ACTIVITIES IN THE CLASSROOM AND AT HOME. NAEYC ACCREDITATION: THE CDA CONTINUES TO MEET OR EXCEED THE NATIONAL STANDARDS FOR EARLY CARE AND LEARNING PROGRAMS. WE RECEIVED NAEYC REACCREDITATION IN APRIL 2014 AND MAY 2019. FEWER THAN 6% OF GEORGIA'S CHILDCARE CENTERS ARE NAEYC-ACCREDITED, SO OUR ACCREDITATION CLEARLY SETS THE CDA APART AS A CENTER OF HIGH QUALITY. QUALITY PROGRAMMING: THE CDA WAS ONE OF THE FIRST CENTERS IN THE STATE TO EARN RENEWAL OF THEIR THREE-STAR QUALITY RATING (QR) FROM GEORGIA'S BRIGHT FROM THE START IN JULY 2015 AND AGAIN IN JULY 2018 AND OUR NEXT RENEWAL IS JULY 2022. THIS IS THE HIGHEST RATING POSSIBLE AND REPRESENTS INCREDIBLE HARD WORK BY OUR STAFF AND A COMMITMENT TO PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY EARLY EDUCATION TO THE CHILDREN IN OUR PROGRAM. QUALITY RATED: SINCE 2015 TEACHERS TRAIN ON THE QR INFANT, TODDLER AND PRESCHOOL EVALUATION TOOLS. THE LITERACY COACH AND CENTER DIRECTOR SET A PLAN TO INVOLVE EVERY STAFF MEMBER TO ENSURE THAT WE MET THE CRITERIA FOR RENEWAL. BOARD MEMBERS OBSERVED CLASSROOMS FOR TEACHERS TO FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE BEING EVALUATED. THE CDA RECEIVED 98 OUT OF 104 IN 2018 FOR PROGRAM PORTFOLIO AND AN AVERAGE OF A 5.7 OUT OF 7 FOR CLASSROOM OBSERVATIONS MAINTAINING THE HIGHEST RATING- A 3 STAR. SUBSIDY GRANT: AS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE 3-STAR PROGRAM AND ABILITY TO ADHERE TO ITS STRICT GUIDELINES, THE CDA RECEIVED AN INCREASE IN NUMBER OF QUALITY RATED SUBSIDY GRANT SPOTS FROM 10-15 SLOTS EFFECTIVE JANUARY 2018 TO 30 SLOTS EFFECTIVE JULY 2019. THESE GRANT SPOTS ENABLE 25 CHILDREN OF WORKING PARENTS TO ATTEND THE CDA PROGRAM FOR FREE AND REIMBURSED THE CDA 204 A WEEK FOR THOSE CHILDREN. THE FAMILY ADVOCATE AND CENTER DIRECTOR WORK TOGETHER TO RECEIVE ALL REQUIRED PAPERWORK FROM PARENTS, DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY, AND FOLLOW THE BILLING GUIDELINES FOR PAYMENT. OTHER NOTEWORTHY EVENTS 2019-2020 SECURITY: SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS WERE MADE TO INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL SECURITY INCLUDING NEW LOCKS CAMERAS AND LIGHTING WHICH PROVIDES ADDED SECURITY FOR ALL THOSE WHO USE THE CDA. APPROVAL TO OVERHAUL THE HVAC SYSTEM AFTER EXTENSIVE RESEARCH AND STUDY BY THE BUILDING COMMITTEE, THE CDA BOARD HAS APPROVED THE REPLACEMENT OF THE HVAC SYSTEM. THE CONTRACT TO UNDERTAKE THIS PROJECT WAS SIGNED IN OCTOBER OF 2018 AND WAS COMPLETED BY NOVEMBER 2019 WITH OVER 400,000 OF RESTRICTED FUNDS RAISED FOR THIS PROJECT. COVID-19 THE CDA WAS CLOSED FOR 3 MONTHS FROM MARCH 16TH-JUNE 14TH, 2020. VARIOUS MEASURES HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED TO SAFEGUARD OUR CHILDREN AND STAFF, WHICH INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO EXTENSIVE PPE SUPPLIES, A NEW CARPOOL DROP- OFF/PICK-UP PROTOCOL, VIRTUAL TOUR ON THE CDA'S WEBSITE SINCE ONLY STAFF AND CHILDREN ARE PERMITTED TO ACCESS THE PREMISES, DESIGNATED PLAY TIMES BY CLASS FOR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, MASKING OF CHILDREN AND STAFF. PREK RENOVATION DURING THE 3 MONTH COVID CLOSURE, ALL THREE PREK CLASSROOMS AND BATHROOMS WERE COMPLETELY RENOVATED WITH FUNDS THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE CITY OF ROSWELL.

GEORGIA PREK: SINCE AUGUST 2010, THE CDA HAS HAD THREE GA PREK CLASSROOMS AND HAS RETAINED ALL ITS PREK CLASSROOMS, DESPITE EXTENSIVE BUDGET CUTS ACROSS THE STATE, WHICH IS A TESTAMENT TO THE QUALITY OF OUR PROGRAM AND ITS VALUE TO OUR FAMILIES SERVED. THE STATE RAISED CLASS SIZE TO 22, SO WE ARE ABLE TO SERVE 66 PREK CHILDREN. OUR PREK PROGRAM HAS AN EXCELLENT REPUTATION: AN INDEPENDENT, NATIONAL STUDY OF PREK CLASSROOMS RANKED THE CDA ABOVE THE NATIONAL AND GEORGIA AVERAGES ON 9 OUT OF 10 CRITERIA IN 2012. IN 2012, THE CDA WAS CHOSEN FOR A SIX-WEEK PILOT PROGRAM, THE PREK SUMMER TRANSITION PROGRAM, WHICH SERVED 32 CHILDREN DEEMED TO BE AT RISK OF SCHOOL FAILURE WITHOUT ADDITIONAL SUPPORT MAKING THE TRANSITION TO KINDERGARTEN. AND, IN THE SUMMER OF 2013, WE WERE ASKED BY BRIGHT FROM THE START TO HELP LAUNCH ANOTHER PILOT PROGRAM-THIS ONE PROVIDING A SIX-WEEK SUMMER PREPARATORY CURRICULUM FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS ENTERING PREK IN THE FALL. THIS RISING PREK SUMMER TRANSITION PROGRAM WAS RENEWED IN 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 AND 2020 WITH TWO CLASSROOMS SERVING A TOTAL OF 28 CHILDREN. IN 2012, THE CDA WAS ALSO CHOSEN FOR A SIX-WEEK PILOT PROGRAM, THE RISING KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM, WHICH SERVED 16 CHILDREN DEEMED TO BE AT RISK OF SCHOOL FAILURE WITHOUT ADDITIONAL SUPPORT MAKING THE TRANSITION TO KINDERGARTEN. THE RISING KINDERGARTEN SUMMER TRANSITION PROGRAM WAS RENEWED IN 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019 AND 2020 WITH ONE CLASSROOM SERVING 16 CHILDREN.

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