Specifications include, but are not limited to: The State of Delaware is committed to providing comprehensive early childhood services to children who live in poverty, including services in support of their families. Seats will be available to children who reside in the City of Wilmington for free, quality full-day services. This funding opportunity will allow for a per-child reimbursement rate of $1,350 per child per month. It is intended to increase favorable outcomes for children facing barriers of race and poverty by providing full-day services to children, ensuring competitive staff salaries and benefits and proper certification requirements for educators supporting this program, and allowing for appropriate staff-child ratios. Budgeted funds can be for professional development, technical assistance, expansion planning, curriculum, supplies, non-capital equipment, staff recruitment and retention incentives, family/parent engagement, family services staffing, student follow-up, and tracking of outcomes.
