Fannie Battle Day Home for Children, Inc
Programs
Budget
$1,500,000.00
Description
This is the primary focus of our organization and has been for more than 130 years. A significant focus is placed on children from economically disadvantaged households. As Nashville has grown and developed, the need for high-quality early education has outpaced availability, as most families, no matter their income, struggle to find care. Our tuition rates are supplemented for families earning up to 275% of the federal poverty guidelines on a sliding scale fee basis. Support for those receiving assistance comes from community support from individuals, corporations, and foundations.
Beneficiaries
Children
Families
Economically disadvantaged people
Long-term Success
Fannie Battle Day Home has consistently received the highest ratings measured by TN DHS.
Short-term Success
Fannie Battle continues to have ratings atop the highest given by TN DHS.
Program Success Monitored By
TN Department of Human Services
United Way of Greater Nashville
Program Areas Served
Davidson County and surrounding areas
$1,500,000.00
Description
This is the primary focus of our organization and has been for more than 130 years. A significant focus is placed on children from economically disadvantaged households. As Nashville has grown and developed, the need for high-quality early education has outpaced availability, as most families, no matter their income, struggle to find care. Our tuition rates are supplemented for families earning up to 275% of the federal poverty guidelines on a sliding scale fee basis. Support for those receiving assistance comes from community support from individuals, corporations, and foundations.
Beneficiaries
Children
Families
Economically disadvantaged people
Long-term Success
Fannie Battle Day Home has consistently received the highest ratings measured by TN DHS.
Short-term Success
Fannie Battle continues to have ratings atop the highest given by TN DHS.
Program Success Monitored By
TN Department of Human Services
United Way of Greater Nashville
Program Areas Served
Davidson County and surrounding areas
Description
The Infant, Toddlers and Twos classrooms offer high-quality early childhood education to 34 children. The infant and toddler programs serve 24 children ages 6 weeks to 24 months and the two's program serves 10 children ages 24 months to three years. The programs utilize a curriculum, administer assessments, and create individual goals for children in all developmental domains. The programs also emphasize the cognitive, physical, social and emotional development of each child. The family and teachers build quality relationships in order to create a nurturing learning community.
Program Areas Served
None
The Infant, Toddlers and Twos classrooms offer high-quality early childhood education to 34 children. The infant and toddler programs serve 24 children ages 6 weeks to 24 months and the two's program serves 10 children ages 24 months to three years. The programs utilize a curriculum, administer assessments, and create individual goals for children in all developmental domains. The programs also emphasize the cognitive, physical, social and emotional development of each child. The family and teachers build quality relationships in order to create a nurturing learning community.
Program Areas Served
None
Description
The Preschool classrooms offer high-quality early childhood education to children ages 31 months to 5 years. The programs serve a total of 32 children with a 1 to 10 ratio in the rooms. The goal of the program is to ensure that every child enters kindergarten with the tools necessary for success. The program offer full-time, year-round education with professional teachers, evidence-based curriculum, individual child assessments and goals based on all developmental domains, as well as enrichment outings and activities.Our center is also fortunate to receive funds from United Way's Read to Succeed program for these classrooms. Funding from Read to Succeed supports our program by providing books, classroom materials, curricula and training for teachers and parent workshops. Both classrooms are enhanced with the addition of listening centers, writing centers, improved reading centers and support for the center library.
Program Areas Served
None
The Preschool classrooms offer high-quality early childhood education to children ages 31 months to 5 years. The programs serve a total of 32 children with a 1 to 10 ratio in the rooms. The goal of the program is to ensure that every child enters kindergarten with the tools necessary for success. The program offer full-time, year-round education with professional teachers, evidence-based curriculum, individual child assessments and goals based on all developmental domains, as well as enrichment outings and activities.Our center is also fortunate to receive funds from United Way's Read to Succeed program for these classrooms. Funding from Read to Succeed supports our program by providing books, classroom materials, curricula and training for teachers and parent workshops. Both classrooms are enhanced with the addition of listening centers, writing centers, improved reading centers and support for the center library.
Program Areas Served
None
Description
Both the Preschool classrooms benefit through a partnership with United Way's Read to Succeed Program. The Read to Succeed program supports children who are living at-risk by providing books, classroom materials, curricula, training for teachers and parent workshops. This funding also provides an on-site instructional coordinator for the children and teachers. These additions play a critical role in preparing children for academic success. The programs utilize the Frog Street Press curriculum. Both classrooms are enhanced with the addition of listening centers, writing centers, improved reading centers and support for the center library. Additional assessments include the PALS and Get Ready to Read. Results from these assessments show that children enrolled in these programs are achieving and exceeding kindergarten readiness benchmarks.
Program Areas Served
None
Both the Preschool classrooms benefit through a partnership with United Way's Read to Succeed Program. The Read to Succeed program supports children who are living at-risk by providing books, classroom materials, curricula, training for teachers and parent workshops. This funding also provides an on-site instructional coordinator for the children and teachers. These additions play a critical role in preparing children for academic success. The programs utilize the Frog Street Press curriculum. Both classrooms are enhanced with the addition of listening centers, writing centers, improved reading centers and support for the center library. Additional assessments include the PALS and Get Ready to Read. Results from these assessments show that children enrolled in these programs are achieving and exceeding kindergarten readiness benchmarks.
Program Areas Served
None
Description
The School Age Program offers quality care for up to 49 children ages 5 to 12 before and after school and during school breaks (including summer). The program features a tutor for daily tutoring and homework assistance; daily lesson plans; arts programming; physical fitness and health education programming; and enrichment activities and outings. The program provides healthy meals and snacks and the Fannie Battle bus transports children to and from their partnering public school setting. Programming during summer break offers a full, well-rounded schedule of academic and enrichment activities and outings that include art camp, physical fitness classes, outdoor nature camp, swim lessons, and field trips.
Program Areas Served
None
The School Age Program offers quality care for up to 49 children ages 5 to 12 before and after school and during school breaks (including summer). The program features a tutor for daily tutoring and homework assistance; daily lesson plans; arts programming; physical fitness and health education programming; and enrichment activities and outings. The program provides healthy meals and snacks and the Fannie Battle bus transports children to and from their partnering public school setting. Programming during summer break offers a full, well-rounded schedule of academic and enrichment activities and outings that include art camp, physical fitness classes, outdoor nature camp, swim lessons, and field trips.
Program Areas Served
None
CEO/Executive Director/Board Comments
| Fannie Battle Programs are designed to meet our mission of providing high-quality child care that supports the intellectual, physical, emotional, and social development of each child in a safe and happy environment. The needs of our population are significant as services for young children are often expensive and may not provide the high quality programming that young children need in order to be academically successful. Research shows that low-income and minority children begin kindergarten behind their peers and are at a higher risk for early school failure than their peers from high-income homes. These children often fall below in test scores, graduation rates and other academic indicators. At-risk children who do not have access to quality early childhood education are 25 percent more likely to drop out of school, 60 percent more likely to never attend college, and 70 percent more likely to be arrested for a violent crime. Programming is designed to bridge gap between opportunities and experiences that exists for peers who are not living at-risk and the children that we serve. In order to provide this level of programming at an affordable rate for families (based on a sliding-scale), our organization fundraises nearly 65% of our annual operating budget. We rely on the support of individuals, corporations and businesses, grants, and foundations in order to meet this goal. We make it a priority to identify and partner with diverse sources of funding who might offer financial support as well as services for our children and families at discounted rates or no cost. |
