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							We have a Family Resource Team made up of specialists interested in helping you and your family to create a healthier, happier home.
		QUALITY CONNECTIONS Quality Connections provides on-site coaching by ERC Resource & Referral agency to child care center teachers and family child care homes over a six-month period.  The program focuses on environments in which infants and toddlers are enrolled.  Programs achieving their 6-month goals receive a $300 mini-grant to purchase quality improvement materials. If you are interested in participating in Quality Connections, call ERCs Douglas County Office at 785-865-0669.  CARING CONNECTIONS SUBSTITUTE DEVELOPMENT Caring Connections is a partnership between ERC Resource & Referral and Key Staffing.  ERC recruits individuals to work in child care centers and provides basic training, which meets the requirements by Kansas Department of Health & Environment (KDHE).  A child care center director needing a substitute can call Key Staffing and request a substitute. If you are interested in becoming a substitute teacher in early learning centers click here.   EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION CONSULTANT This specialist provides technical assistance to center based classrooms and family childcare homes who desire to provide early learning opportunities to children with special needs.  Intensive technical assistance involves 2-3 hours per day for 2-3 days per week and is based on specific children’s special needs and leads to overall program and learning environment improvements that support inclusion. If you are interested in receiving Early Childhood Special Education Consulting Services, call Kristina at tiny-k - 842-8719.