LTC 336-2023 City of Miami Beach Information Sessions for Prekindergarten Scholarship Program Interested Providers 2024-2025DocuSign Envelope ID: 2BED91DE-6AFE-4E54-A70O-C51888C7BA03
MIAMI BEACH
OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
NO. LTC # 336-2023 LETTER TO COMMISSION
To:
From:
Date:
Honorable Mayor Dan Gelber and Members of the City Commission
Alina T. Hudak, City Mana�
July 25, 2023
Subject: City of Miami Beach Information Sessions for Prekindergarten Scholarship Program
Interested Providers 2024-2025
The purpose of this Letter to Commission is to update you on the status of the City of Miami Beach's
Prekindergarten (PreK) Scholarship Program for Miami Beach residents. The Prekindergarten
Scholarship Program expands hourly access to high-quality PreK providers for 158 families with a
scholarship of up to $3,000.
Staff from the Office of Education and Performance Initiatives have successfully developed and
automated the application and invoicing process for this scholarship program as it enters its third year
of implementation in the 2023-2024 school year. There are 158 PreK families receiving the scholarship
at a total funding of $475,000 and 22 PreK providers participating (Attachment A). Currently, four families
are on the waitlist should any of the awarded recipients become ineligible.
As the application for eligible and interested families for the 2024-2025 school year will open in
September of 2023, provider informational sessions will be held via Zoom on the following dates and
times (Attachment B):
Tuesday, August 8, 2023 at 11 AM
Wednesday, August 9, 2023 at 1 PM
Thursday, August 10, 2023 at 6 PM
Zoom Webinar link: https://tinyurl.com/5xazj5vw
Meeting ID: 574 796 9101 Passcode: 2oyB5P
Or by telephone (929) 205-6099 Passcode: 401682
Interested PreK providers may apply beginning August 1, 2023 at www.miamibeachfl.gov/prekprovider ,
which provides an overview of the program and eligibility criteria. Information about these sessions has
been posted to the city's website and shared with the Early Learning Coalition of Miami-Dade, the Office
of Early Learning/Florida Department of Education, and Florida Department of Children and Families.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Dr. Leslie Rosenfeld, Chief Education Officer.
Attachments:
Number of City of Miami Beach Families by Prekindergarten Provider 2023-2024 (Attachment A)
Miami Beach Prekindergarten Scholarship Program Information Sessions for Providers Flyer (Attachment B)
D o cu S ig n E n velo pe ID : 2B E D 9 1D E -6 A F E -4 E 54 -A 70 D -C 5 18 88 C 7 B A 0 3
Attachment A
Number of City of Miami Beach Families by Prekindergarten Provider 2023-2024
Casa Dei Bambini 4
Greater Miami Hebrew Academy 11
Kinderland 4 Kidz (1 student pending waitlist) 1
KLA School of North Bay Village 2
Lehrman Community Day School 10
Little Havana Activities & Nutrition Centers of Dade County: Rainbow 9 Intergenerational Learning Center
Lubavitch Educational Center, Inc.: Landow Yeshiva School 1
M-DCPS !preparatory Academy (1 student pending waitlist) 2
M-DCPS Miami Beach South Pointe Elementary School (2 students pending 21 waitlist)
M-DCPS North Beach Elementary School (8 students pending waitlist) 19
Miami Beach Methodist Child Care Center: Montessori Academy at St. John's (1 6 student pending waitlist)
Miami Children's Museum Early Childhood Institute 2
Miami Hebrew Activity Center: Gan Katan 2
Miami Springs Montessori School 1
Muss Family Montessori at Temple Emanu-el (1 student pending waitlist) 9
Sephardic Congregation of Florida: Temple Moses 4
Shalom Montessori School 14
Super Y Academy 4
Temple Beth Sholom Innovative School 15
Taras Emes Academy of Miami: Yeshiva Taras Chaim Taras Emes 1
Vivi's Child Care 1
Yeshiva Elementary (1 student pending waitlist) 19
Total Students Participating 158
D o cu S ig n E nvelo pe ID : 2B E D 9 1D E -6 A FE -4 E 54 -A 70 D -C 5 18 8 8 C 7 B A 03
Attachment B
Miami Beach Prekindergarten Scholarship
Program Information Sessions for Providers
The City of Miami Beach Prekindergarten [Pre-K} Scholarshi p Program for the
2024.2025 chod year will provi de eligible Miami Beach families with a
reK stipend of up to $3,000.
" Eligible Pre K providers are in vite d to partake in one ol the information
sessions bei ng ollered on how your organization con register to participate in
this program
Tuesday, August 8, 2023 at 11 AM
Wednesday, August 9, 2023 at1 PM
Thursday, August 10, 2023 at 6 PM
loom Webinor link
https.//tinyurl.com /5xazjSvw
Met ing ID: 574 796 9101 Pass«ode: 20/5P
Or by telephone 929.205. 6099 Passcode. 401682
Provider applicaton. www .miamibea chfl.gov/prekprovider
DCF licensed [dentiticaton number) Pre K Providers Only
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