Early Childhood

Child Care Resource & Referral

CHILD CARE RESOURCE & REFERRAL: 

ON TRACK by 5 Alliance (formerly Success by 5 AlIiance) is a Child Care Resource and Referral Agency (CCR&R) for early childhood services. ON TRACK by 5 Alliance is the local CCR&R Agency, contracted by the Louisiana Department of Education. The Agency operates within the Lafayette Parish School System, as a Division of the Early Childhood Department.

For more information, visit: www.ontrackby5.com

Lafayette Parish Ready Start Network

LEAD AGENCY: As directed by Act 3, Lafayette Parish has worked together to create a unified system of high quality, publicly-funded options to families to ensure more children enter school kindergarten ready. This network is comprised of a local early childhood community network that includes every publicly-funded Pre-K, Child Care, and Head Start program within the parish.

READY START NETWORK: Lafayette Ready Start Network is a coalition of individuals committed to creating and implementing a bold local vision for early childhood. Ready Start Lafayette supports quality early childhood. This means that all children, wherever they receive care, are in a safe, caring and nurturing environment with qualified professionals that help children successful engage the world around them, not only for today but also for their future.

For more information, visit: www.lafayettereadystart.org 

Family and Child Development Center

FAMILY AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER: We offer a program at Northside High School that can help high school students remain in school and receive child care for their children 6 weeks through 4 years on the school campus. To participate in this program, a student must enroll at Northside High and register to take the Child Development/Parenting classes.

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