Bamberg County First Steps. Partnership Board. Bamberg, South Carolina Phone : Fax : Our Vision:. Bamberg County First Steps is accepting applications. South Carolina First Steps was created by the legislature in Nearly one in seven S.
High quality early learning experiences in the home, childcare, and school settings allow children to thrive at a time when the brain is most formative. Bamberg County First Steps is a local non-profit that uses state, federal, and private funds to support programs to measurably improve school readiness outcomes for children.
We achieve this goal by partnering with public and private organizations including churches, schools, neighborhoods, childcare providers, and businesses. Our Parents as Teachers PAT — Blue Ribbon Affiliate model is an evidence-based early childhood home visiting framework for families with children prenatal through kindergarten entry that builds strong communities, thriving families and children who are healthy, safe and ready to learn. Program Components. PAT Outcomes. Our efforts to improve the quality of child care must include providing affordable, high quality training that meets the needs of the local childcare workforce.
Best practices in training include not only the training, but also follow-up with supported practice in the classroom. Our primary focus for our training workshops is for the childcare centers that are being served with monthly technical assistance. Beyond this primary focus, open slots for enrollment to the workshops are offered to previous QE child care providers in Bamberg County, other providers that we have established a working relationship with and then providers in neighboring Counties.
One of the biggest challenges for parents is finding safe and nurturing affordable quality child care. Bamberg County First Steps assist with resources to help families overcome this barrier, reducing the number of those who resort to low cost, often unsafe, options for their children. Our scholarship program provides childcare vouchers to parents who are working or continuing their education, so that they can enroll their child in an environment where they are stimulated.
