Resources
Resources
Summer Camp Information
Spring Break and Summer are right around the corner. The ELC encourages parents to start planning early. To help parents, the ELC hosts The Summer Camp Splash which is a free communtiy event. This event helps parents "shop" for a variety of camps for their children.
Annually the Tallahassee Democrat publishes a camp annul guide which is put out the week of thie Summer Camp Splash event. To see a full listing of all available camps and search for specific ones, click here.
Parenting Resources
FamilyFirst- The mission of Family First is to strengthen the family by establishing family as a top priority in people's lives and by promoting principles for building marriages and raising children.
Literacy Programs
Family Learning Center
2817 Adams Street
Tallahassee, FL 32301
850.606.2960
www.literacyvolunteersleon.org
Services offered: GED, Computer Classes, Homework Help and Afterschool Tutoring Sept. - May
Play Groups
Little Ones Music Play- TMH
Fridays 9:30am - 10:00am (18-23 months)
Fridays 10:15am - 10:45am (12-17 months)
Friday 11:00am -11:30am (6-11 months)
$5 per family per week.
Scholarships available
850.431.7468
Child Birthing/ Newborn and Nursing Classes
Women's Pregnancy Center
919 W. Pensacola Street
Tallahassee, FL 32304
850.297.1174
ABC's of Babies - TMH
This class teaches basic child care and home safety to expecting parents.
850.413.4915
Brestfeeding Support Groups
A Women's Place
Every Tuesday/Thursday 10:30-12:00pm (Do not have to stay entire time)
No registration required; No Fees
431-4928
La Leche League
552.3948
Whole Child
Whole Child is not another program, but a philosophy that uses strategic planning, web-based technology, performance measurement and broad-based community engagement to build communities where everyone works together to make sure children thrive.
Whole Child Tri-County (Jefferson, Madison and Taylor Counties)
Tax Information
VITA
Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) offers free tax preparation by IRS-certified volunteers at sites throughout the Big Bend from January to April each year. This fast, free and confidential service helps Big Bend residents avoid predatory income tax preparers and costly refund anticipation loans.
Want to have your taxes prepared at a VITA site? There are locations in Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Madison, Taylor and Wakulla counties. Click here for the full list of VITA site locations.
The sites are open during tax season, mid-January through April 15. However, back-taxes preparation service is available year-round through our partner, Legal Services of North Florida.
School Choice
Step Up For Students
Step Up For Students was created to help alleviate the enormous educational challenges faced by children in Florida who live in or near poverty. The program provides Tax Credit Scholarships to students in K-12 who come from low-income families. These scholarships allow the students to consider a private school or an out-of-district public school that may better suit their individual needs, an option which already is available to families of greater financial means. This choice is not based on whether the public school is judged as succeeding or failing. Rather, it recognizes that different children learn in different ways and that our collective struggle is to help the students who often are at the greatest disadvantage in modern education.
