Marylands Judy Centers

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Marylands Judy Centers

• Increasing School Readiness While Supporting
  Young Families

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What Is a Judy Center?

• Judy Centers provide children birth through age
  five and their families with access to an array
  of comprehensive, integrated, full-day, and
  full-year early care and education services.
• Through collaborative partnerships among local
  agencies and community organizations including
  a strong relationship with Head Start, and
  neighborhood center based and family child care
  providers Judy Centers promote school
  readiness by enhancing language and early
  literacy, as well as cognitive, social and
  emotional, and physical development.

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What do we do?

• Judy Centers involve partnerships with Family
  Support Centers, local Health Departments, Adult
  Education Services, and many other family
  oriented programs to provide family support,
  physical and mental health services, and family
  and community engagement. Judy Centers are
  located in or linked programmatically with Title
  I schools.

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Required Components of a Judy Center Partnership

• IV.Integration of Early Care and Education
  Services
• V.Family Support and Involvement
• VI.Early Identification and Intervention Services

• I.Full day/year round services
• II.Provision for breakfast and lunch
• III.Coordinated Services

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Component Standards Continued

• VIII.Health Related Services
• IX.Maryland Model for School Readiness
  (Professional Development)

• X.Adult Education and Family Literacy
• XI.All Early Care and Education Programs State or
  Nationally Accredited

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Judy Centers Creating the Conditions for Learning

• Condition 1 A core instructional program with
  qualified teachers, challenging curriculum, high
  standards and expectations for students.
• Condition 2 Students are motivated and engaged
  in learning both in school and in community
  settings, before, during and after school

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• Condition 3The basic physical, mental and
  emotional health needs of young children and
  their families are recognized and addressed.
• Condition 4There is mutual respect and
  effective collaboration among families, center
  and school staff, and community agencies.
• Condition 5 Community engagement, along with
  school system efforts, promotes a climate of
  respect that connects children and families to
  the broader community.