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Nutrition Services Contractor - We are seeking services of an independent contractor to provide nutrition services, resources, and referrals to children and families as well as review menus and provide training to Cooks.

For more information see our vacancy announcement, scope of work, and Consultant Bid Information Sheet.

 


CCS Early Learning – Palmer Head Start Facility Project

  • Project has been thoroughly vetted and planned through Foraker Pre-D Program – funded by Rasmuson and Mat-Su Health Foundations.  USKH assisted in projecting future space needs, calculating current and future facility costs, and development options.  Resolutions of support from City of Palmer and Mat-Su Borough
  • Estimated total project cost $6.4 million.  State request of $4 million
  • Mat-Su Health Foundation has indicated support up to $1 million. Rasmuson has given us permission for to apply for $750k – only after we have 75% of project funding, $100k of which must be local
  • Project will combine two currently leased facilities in Palmer under 1 roof.  Will result in an estimated annual facility savings of $100,000
  • Our current Palmer Head Start Center has been in 4 different locations in the past 20 years and must vacate their current location after the 13-14 school year.  Legislative funding is requested now to allow the facility to be in operation for the 14-15 school year.

Help us by sending a supportive note to your Senator or Representative in Juneau.

A district map with links is available here.


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Michelle Greco

President 

Danielle Howard
Vice President

Pat Purcell
Secretary 

Debbie Schnebel
Treasurer

Susan Schroeder
Director       

Karl Lund     
Director        

 

Redona Grazio
Director  

Tamika Ledbetter
Director   

Gretchen Geist
Director

Jon Dewrell
Director

Justin Davidson
Director


CCS Board of Directors

From left top: Mark Lackey, Karl Lund, Debbie Schnebel, Middle row: Redona Grazio
Seated: Dannielle Howard, Pat Purcell, Susan Schroeder

                     

                    

 

POLICY COUNCIL ROSTER, 2011/2012

Jo Hansen, Meadow Lakes Head Start, President
Amanda Miyahira, Palmer Head Start, Vice President
Justin Davidson, Wasilla Early Head Start; Secretary and Board Representative

Laurie Faubert, Wasilla Head Start
Melissa Mowbray, Wasilla Head Start
Theresa Walton, Palmer Community Representative
Amanda Hardy, Wasilla Head Start
Heather Waters, Wasilla Early Head Start, Home Based
Carmen Covey, Meadow Lakes
Brandy Stone, Palmer Head Start

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mark LackeyOn behalf of the staff, the Board of Directors, and the Policy Council of CCS Early Learning I would like to welcome you to our website. We strive to make this a resource that is helpful for current and potential families, for those seeking employment, and for those in the community that want to learn more about our agency. We want you to find the specific information you are looking for. If you do not, please take a moment to visit the "contact us" tab for information you can use to give us a call or send us an e-mail.

CCS Early Learning (formerly known as Chugiak Children's Services) is a private 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that provides early childhood services in the Mat-Su Borough and in Chugiak and Eagle River. We have been providing services for over 40 years and are very proud of the strong roots and community connections we have developed during this time. We currently employ over 80 individuals, many of which at one time, were enrolled as children or parents themselves. Our employees are the key to our continued success. They work individually with each child and with each parent they encounter to help nurture growth and to remove obstacles that will hinder success. Working with young children and partnering with families is joyful and rewarding work and we feel very fortunate to have been a part of the many thousands of lives that CCS has touched.

As you browse these pages please know that our continued focus is on making a difference in the lives and families of young children within our communities. Our work is about growing strong, successful children and families. It is about developing the next generation of leaders and equipping them with the tools that they will need. But when you examine the work we do closely, it always comes down to helping one child or one parent at time, encouraging and assisting them in reaching their next goal. Making a difference - that is the CCS way.

Thank you for visiting our website!

CCS Early Learning Programs Team

Leadership Team

Mark Lackey, Executive Director
Donna Johnson, Programs Director
Cathy Gruver, Human Resource Director
Susan Hale, Finance Director

Administrative phone:

403 S. Alaska Street
Palmer, Alaska 99645
(907) 745-4040 (phone) ~ (907) 745-4060 (fax)

Chugiak Head Start

Bonnie Monson, Center Coordinator
Michelle Schilling, Family Partnership Coordinator

(907) 688-2660 (phone) ~ (907) 688-1309 (fax)

Physical Address: 18530 Old Glenn Highway, Chugiak AK
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 670233, Chugiak, AK  99567

Meadow Lakes Head Start

Janene Lovelace, Center Coordinator
Kristine Bayne, Family Partnership Coordinator

(907) 373-7165 (phone) ~ (907) 373-7300 (fax)

7362 West Parks Highway #752
Wasilla, Alaska 99623-9300

Palmer Head Start

Nancy Tremaine, Center Coordinator
Leann Mason, Family Partnership Coordinator

(907) 746-4483 (phone) ~ (907) 746-5183 (fax)

Physical Address: 2238 S. Inner Springer Loop, Palmer, AK 99645
Mailing Address: 403 S. Alaska Street, Palmer, AK 99645

Wasilla Head Start

Marvella Webster, Center Coordinator
Joyce Wright, Family Partnership Coordinator

(907) 373-7795 (phone) ~ (907) 373-0752 (fax)

2100 E. Foundry Way
Wasilla, AK 99654

Early Head Start - Center Based

Patrick Cockrell, Program Coordinator
Carol Huizar, Family Partnership Coordinator


Early Head Start - Home Based

Services available at each of our four centers - Chugiak - Meadow Lakes - Palmer - Wasilla

(907) 373-7736 (phone) ~ (907) 373-7756 (fax)

2100 E. Foundry Way
Wasilla, AK 99654

 

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Pick, Click and Give - A New Way to Give!

CCS Early Learning is pleased to announce that we are once again part of the PFD Charitable Contributions Program for 2012. We are excited about the ongoing opportunity that this provides for all Alaskans to support the work that is done in their communities in a safe, secure, and easy way. 

By giving through this program, you join other Alaskans to become an important force in bettering our communities and our state. For those of you who already support CCS Early Learning we appreciate your gifts and hope you will use this option to make an additional donation to help us in our work.  CCS Early Learning receives the vast majority of our funding from grants – many of which are very tightly restricted in their use.  We also must provide a non-federal match of over $670,000 as a requirement to continue receiving our federal grants. Your gift helps us to make quality improvements we feel are necessary in our program and services – and it helps us insure we have the local investment required.

If you would like to participate in 2012 just follow these 4 easy steps: 

  1. Near the end of your dividend application, choose an option called “The Gift of Giving.”
  2. Search for our name “CCS Early Learning.”
  3. Click and follow the instructions to make a donation from your personal dividend.
  4. Finally after you have completed your donation, please make sure you take the extra step to provide your contact information to us. We want to acknowledge and recognize your generous support, and this is the only way that we will know you are the one making the gift. 

We will not receive your gift or information about your gift until dividends are released in the fall of 2012.

You can expect to hear more about this in the media as the PFD application window (January 1 – March 31) approaches, but we wanted to make sure that you heard it from us first.  Please help in spreading the word about this avenue to support the important work of non-profit agencies in Alaska to your family, friends, and co-workers.
 
You can find more information about the program, including frequently asked questions at
www.PickClickGive.org. Or you may call us at 745-4040.

 

 

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