the doctors nurses and pharmacists will be providing information for substance abuse according to information for underage drinking and drug abuse mental health hope and well their dental health checkup and cleaning and also domestic abuse prevention if there is a finding during the screening you will be provided treatment but if you would like to have a mammogram or start local cancer screening please call at two zero six three two  three zero four to register these services are provided free of charge and do not require any insurance and additionally you do not need to have any legal status in the united states to use these services for example you do not need to have a green card or any type of citizenship verification there also be free food music dancing and singing but so we invite you to come on it will twentieth two thousand and thirteen from ten am to four pm and join us for the health screening thank we want to tell you about a program that the city of seattle operates off the child care assistance program this is very important program in which we are able to provide high quality subsidized child care for children ages one month to twit through twelve years old this is through this program based on your income you can receive subsidies from between twenty five percent and seventy percent of the regular price for high quality child care in order to be eligible for this program you need to be either working family members need to be working or in education or training and they need to return between for a family of two between point about twenty five hundred dollars to about thirty eight hundred dollars for a family of four between almost four thousand dollars and about almost six thousand dollars but if you're near these income ranges you should call and check out if you are eligible actually if you earn less than that you are going to be eligible for the state working connections child care program and if you call the number we're going to give you you're able to they will connect you with that program too so we want to help everybody who may be eligible for child care to be see that we have we had to support that we're going to serve more than eight hundred children through this program this year again ages five months through the age of twelve and that we have to s five hundred seventy five more children this year so we have over five hundred openings so many people will be able to get subsidized slots for their for their children one of the main reasons we have all of these openings is that mayor began in the in making the twenty thirteen city and seattle budget increase the funding for the program by five hundred thousand dollars so we're able to serve more  children so please do not hesitate to contact us if you have a child from one mile through twelve years and you think you may be eligible for the child care program and get high quality child care for your child the number which will say a number of times code two zero six three eight six one zero five zero that's two zero six three eight six one zero five zero and i'd like to ask sandra tell us a little bit about the kinds of childcare that that children can can get through our program well enough right now care it is for families to make we have a sinner base programs on the usually provide care for children that from birth to age twelve or they can have specific ages that they are that they have a service and we also have family child care homes which is those providers who operate childcare in their homes and usually from birth to age twelve we also have what's called out before and after school care and that is just what it says it provides care for children five to twelve zero that are in and those particular programs are often if located inside of elementary schools and so again calling quality indicators for what is the high quality programs that talk a little bit about what do you look for when you look for a high quality program for your children and then all the time briefly about what are the benefits of being your child being in a high quality program first and foremost you want to make sure that the staff who are providing care and early morning for your children are skill and educated in child development it's very important that you understand exactly what is the the role and the developmental milestones of an infant so they can support that for toddler for preschool and for school age so you definitely want to have someone who is skilled and who is knowledgeable about child development and what we call develop me appropriate practice that they know how to create teaching practices in activities for the aged child that's in their care the next you want to make sure that the environment is one that allows children to explore and learn so when you walk in and you wan say you want to clean you want to a colorful environment that stimulates children's we learning opportunities explore and children learn better through play so you definitely want to see a program that provides opportunity for play you want to see a routine that has a balance between child initiated play activities and teacher directed activities for instance a teacher directed activity may be children starting in exactly the circle for story time where the teacher in lea the story and ask open ended questions about the story to encourage children's language development and and also thinking skills so and then a challenge is shared it actively is where children actually have different interests areas like a block area and make a play area arts area where they can actually go in choose those areas to play and explore and learn from you also want to make sure that the program haslop low staff turnover you want small group size so for an infant program you want to see a ratio of one to three you want to see that infants have one caregiver that responding to their needs and of course you want to make sure that there is a balance of indoor and outdoor activity and that children are receiving good nutritious meals so those are the elements that you want to look for in a high quality program and why do you want to see that the because as children transition into school those developmental times when children are for a birth infants toddlers and preschoolers you want to make sure that those children get when they meet so  want to make work though you want to make sure that the teachers understand how to support their check their child skill development because in a high quality program children learn about the developer and language skills they develop their literacy skills they develop good social emotional skills in other words how to get along with other children how to play together how to go she eight you also want to have children who have don't develop really good conduit to scale with the words the ability to think and problem solve are very very critical and in a child's development and of course you want a child to develop to create a scales and also their physical skills so if you're in a high quality program those particular skills will be nurtured and will be helped to be developed in a person or a caregiver who understands what children need then when that child moves on to go to kindergarten into elementary school your child to be far better equipped to do well in school and create the kind of success i think that the good news about this this program all of the attributes that gloria talked about or a high quality child care center or child care home we make sure subsidized health care program through the city of seattle child care assistance program they are going to experience that high quality child care there are really two primary purposes for this program in terms of by a big city fines and operates at first is that we want to help working families and families who are in education or or right training that's why it set out to do was to provide before school and after school care because school hours do not always correspond with the working hours that their parents must must work and then secondly the reason why the city offers this program is we know the difference it makes for a young child to ha already preschool and quality experiences after school and before school it can make a difference in their learning and their success in school i also want to just reiterate the the income guidelines basically if you're  family up to one parent and one child if you are less than four thousand dollars you may qualify and you should call in and and check this out if you  qualified for the study program or if you're lower income you would qualify for this day program but will help you get connected to that as well if you're a family of four if you earn under six thousand you should call because you may be eligible if you're a family of six if you earn under eight thousand dollars you because you may be eligible for the program and again the number you should call to find out whether or not you qualify for the program so your child can get high quality subsidized child care through the city of seattle is two zero six three eight sets one zero five zero that's two zero six three eight six one zero five zero this program you have to live within the city of seattle to be eligible and you may have and the parents need to be either employed or or in training and again all children children who need the income from families who need income contract with the city of seattle comprehensive child care program have to go through a rigorous assessment to be added as added on as one of our on my list for parents to choose from so first of all they have to be in good standing with the department early community that's where they get their childcare license then there's a state that's through the state and then with programs that are in good standing with the state they can call to see if they could get added on to the city of stat seattle again it's a rigorous process there is an assessment process that we go through for a family child care home it takes about four hours and for us that are base program takes a full day and for a large center based program that has over forty five children it would take about two days and or close to work it really is about thank you i think that t v for spreading the word we really appreciate i do that t v helping to get the word out on this important city this important city program the child care assistance program