Hope Street Family Center- School Readiness Program

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Description

The Hope Street Family Center (HSFC) is a community benefit program of California Hospital Medical Center. HSFC’s School Readiness program is comprised of two centers in central Los Angeles: the Early Childhood Center (ECC) and Child Development Center. The program’s goals are to: (1) improve family stability and parental care giving capacity, (2) improve child development, (3) improve family health, and (4) support the transition process for children entering kindergarten. The program primarily targets low-income, two-parent Latino families who are recent immigrants and have children ages 0-5.

The program is offered year-round, five days a week, from 6:30am to 6:00pm. It includes: center-based early care and education activities, the use of a specialized Creative Curriculum to meet the needs of high risk-children, ongoing child literacy and developmental assessments, and access to other Hope Street Family Center services such as parent education classes, intensive case management, counseling, and comprehensive family health care.

This program is funded by First 5 LA.

Goal / Mission

The program’s overall goal is to prepare children and their families for successful entrance into kindergarten through full-day, center-based early childhood education and family support services.

Results / Accomplishments

In 2007-2008 grant year, the School Readiness Program served 138 children ages 0-5 and 188 parents. One hundred percent of children received developmental assessments. Significant delays were identified in 28 children and appropriate additional services were provided. Eighty-six percent of children almost or fully mastered the skills necessary to be “personally and socially competent” as measured by the Desired Results Developmental Profiles and the Are You Ready for Kindergarten checklist.

About this Promising Practice

Organization(s)
California Hospital Medical Center
Primary Contact
Vickie Kropenske, Director
Hope Street Family Center
California Hospital Medical Center

1401 South Grand Ave.

Los Angeles, CA 90015
(213) 742-6385
kropensk@chw.edu
http://www.hopestreetfamilycenter.org/Programs_And...
Topics
Education / Childcare & Early Childhood Education
Community / Social Environment
Organization(s)
California Hospital Medical Center
Date of publication
2009
Geographic Type
Urban
Location
Los Angeles
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Target Audience
Children, Families, Racial/Ethnic Minorities