Agency for Workforce Innovation

EARLY LEARNING SERVICES - Fact Book

Florida School Readiness Program (SR)

Program Highlights

  • Prepares children for entering kindergarten ready to learn, building a foundation for success in life
  • Helps families become financially self-sufficient
  • Offers child care assistance to income-eligible families
  • Involves parents as their child's first teachers
  • Provides parents with information on child development and other topics of interest

School Readiness Families

Participation in the School Readiness program is provided to children who meet one or more of the following eligibility criteria:

  • Children of working families whose family income does not exceed 150 percent of the federal poverty level
  • Children of families who receive temporary cash assistance and meet federal work requirements
  • Children at risk of welfare dependency
  • Children of participants in the welfare transition program
  • Children younger than kindergarten age who are at risk of abuse, neglect, or exploitation, and/or at risk of future school failure
  • Children of migrant farm workers
  • Children of teen parents
  • Children with disabilities and special health care needs

For more information about the Florida School Readiness (SR) Program, please call the Agency for Workforce Innovation at 1-866-357-3239, or visit www.flready.com.

An equal opportunity employer/program.  Auxiliary aids and services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities.  All voice telephone numbers on this website may be reached by persons using TTY/TDD equipment via the Florida Relay Service at 711.

Programa/Empresa que ofrece igualdad de oportunidades. Los asistentes y servicios auxiliares están disponibles a pedido de personas con incapacidades. Aquellas personas que usen equipos TTY/TTD a través del Servicio de Retransmisión de Florida llamando al 711 pueden acceder a todos los números telefónicos de voz en este sitio Web.