Losing Ground: Parts 7 and 8
Day seven of the Arizona Daily Star's series on poverty in the Tucson area explores the importance of childcare and early childhood education.
Losing Ground: Childcare and early childhood education
Jasmine Bryant looks over at her daughter, Jada, as she draws on a pad. Bryant lives in transitional housing through Our Family Services. The housing complex falls under the Common Unity Program within Our Family Services. The program helps women who were formally homeless and aids in housing, finding employment and parenting skills.
Losing Ground: Childcare and early childhood education
Jasmine Bryant helps her daughter, Jada, with writing numbers on a pad. Bryant lives in transitional housing through Our Family Services. The housing complex falls under the Common Unity Program within Our Family Services. The program helps women who were formally homeless and aids in housing, finding employment and parenting skills.
Losing Ground: Childcare and early childhood education
Jada Bryant, 4, readies to do battle in a watergun fight to beat the heat outside of her apartment. Jada lives with her mother, Jasmine Bryant. Jasmine and Jada live in transitional housing through Our Family Services.
Losing Ground: Childcare and early childhood education
Ivette Hernandez kisses her daughter Camila, 5, goodbye as she drops Camila off at Manzo Elementary School as part of a Jump Start program. Ivette tried to get Camila into preschools that serve low-income families this last school year but was denied time after time for various reasons including not living within a school's attendance zone, the program being full and also because she does not receive government child care assistance. Ivette ended up participating in HIPPY, Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters, in which Ivette received school work to do with Camila at home since January.
Losing Ground: Childcare and early childhood education
Camila Hernandez, 5, watches television as her mother, Ivette Hernandez, makes her breakfast before going to Manzo Elementary School as part of a Jump Start program. Ivette tried to get Camila into preschools that serve low-income families this last school year but was denied time after time for various reasons including not living within a school's attendance zone, the program being full and also because she does not receive government child care assistance. Through HIPPY, Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters, Ivette is given school work to do with Camila at home since January.
Losing Ground: Childcare and early childhood education
Mary Ann Hartmann comforts her grand-daughter, Adonia Hartmann, 3, during a church service at The Door Christian Fellowship Church located at 2950 E. Irvington Road. Hartmann has been attending church services for 30 years at The Door.
Losing Ground: Childcare and early childhood education
Mary Ann Hartmann wakes up her grand-daughter, Adonia Hartmann, 3, and get her ready for daytime childcare. Hartmann is taking care of her Adonia because Hartmann's daughter is unable to provide full-time care.
Losing Ground: Childcare and early childhood education
Santino Radler, 2, works on putting on his shoe by himself at the Outer Limits School located at 3472 East Fort Lowell Road (. Quality First is a program created by First Things First to improve early learning centers. Outer Limits School is participating in the program in an effort to improve early childhood education.
Losing Ground: Childcare and early childhood education
Damien Soto, 2, left and Aiden Vasquez, 3, play at the sensory table at the Outer Limits School located at 3472 East Fort Lowell Road. Quality First is a program created by First Things First to improve early learning centers. Outer Limits School is participating in the program in an effort to improve early childhood education.
Ivette Hernandez wanted to make sure her 5-year-old was ready for kindergarten. But enrolling her daughter in a quality preschool proved to be…
Jasmine Bryant is about to start training to be a nursing assistant and is looking for a part-time job. But both plans will be scrapped if the…