Partners and Supporters
If you are interested in becoming a partner organization, contact
Kelly Swanson at (717) 213-2074 or via email at
kelswa@berksiu.org.
Pennsylvania Build Initiative
The Build Initiative is a multi-state partnership. We support efforts to
make sure that children from birth through age five are safe, healthy,
eager to learn and ready to succeed in school. Build serves as a
catalyst for change and a national resource on early learning. As a
partner in Build, Pennsylvania receives grant money and technical
assistance to support early childhood system building.
Pennsylvania Early Learning Keys to Quality
The Pennsylvania Early Learning Keys to Quality is
coordinated by the Berks County Intermediate Unit to
provide support services to child care, Head Start, and school district
pre-kindergarten programs through initiatives such as the Pennsylvania
Keys to Quality professional development system, quality assessment of
child care programs, Head Start State Collaboration project, the
Infant/Toddler Mental Health Initiative, and Pre K Counts
Public-Private Partnership for Educational Success.
Pennsylvania Office of Child
Development and Early Learning (OCDEL)
Created in January 2007, the Office of Child Development and Early
Learning (OCDEL) brings together all aspects of early learning and
development for children ages birth through five years old in the
departments of Education and Public Welfare. This new office
incorporates the Department of Education’s early childhood programs,
Head Start, school pre-kindergarten, full-day kindergarten and preschool
Early Intervention program, as well as the child care, early
intervention and family support programs currently associated with the
Office of Child Development in the Department of Public Welfare.
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