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Children First Receives Grant From Junior League

Coconut Telegraph

SRQ DAILY

SATURDAY JAN 20, 2018 |

The Junior League of Sarasota issued a grant of $4,500 to Children First, the exclusive provider of Head Start programming for Sarasota County. The funds will provide necessary support for Children First’s Career Readiness for Women class offered at no cost to low-income families through Children First’s Families First Institute. As strong supporters of this organization from the begining, the Junior League of Sarasota founded the Sarasota Day Nursery, which would eventually become Children First, Inc., in 1961. Children First is one of the nation’s top 10 Head Start Programs and the exclusive Head Start and Early Head Start provider for Sarasota County. 

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