ECEAP
The Role of Parents in ECEAP ECEAP (pronounced e-cap) stands for Early Childhood Education Assistant Program. YWCA Spokane’s ECEAP teaches important life skills and wraps the entire family in holistic care. We know that supporting parents, caregivers, and the entire family helps create an environment that sets children up for…
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About ECEAP ECEAP (pronounced e-cap) stands for Early Childhood Education Assistant Program. At its core, ECEAP is free preschool for qualifying families, focusing on kindergarten readiness. YWCA Spokane’s ECEAP does more than prepare kids for school; it teaches important life skills and wraps the entire family in holistic care. “We’re…
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이달 초 Spokane Symphony, Spokane Public Library 및 YWCA Spokane은 협력하여 Lullaby 프로젝트를 Spokane에 도입했습니다. Spokane Symphony는 카네기홀 자장가 프로젝트의 국내 파트너로 활동하고 있습니다. 이 프로젝트는 "새로운 부모와 보호자를 전문 예술가와 짝을 이루어 개인 자장가를 작곡하고 노래합니다.
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One of the main goals of YWCA Spokane’s ECEAP (Early Childhood Education & Assistance Program) is kindergarten readiness. A big part of becoming ready for kindergarten is developing social-emotional skills. To support this growth, we use a social-emotional curriculum called Conscious Discipline. Conscious Discipline (or CD) is a trauma-informed and…
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Spokane ECEAP Parent Wins Unsung Hero Award This award honors outstanding caregivers doing important work on behalf of children. Each February, the Seattle’s Child magazine partners with the Washington Department of Children, Youth and Families to award 28 Washington caregivers with the Unsung Hero Award. This year, a local Spokane…
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Parent Advocacy Is An Important Part of ECEAP Today we would like to highlight McKyndree Rogers. McKyndree is a parent whose child was enrolled in our Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program (ECEAP). Through her family’s engagement in our program, McKyndree began to learn skills about parent advocacy including how…
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Thank you to the Airway Heights Lions Club for your grant to benefit YWCA Spokane’s Early Childhood Education and Assitance Program! Because of their amazing support, YWCA Spokane’s Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program (ECEAP) will continue to provide excellent education and health services to kiddos in Spokane. Their gift…
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Thank you to the Johnston-Hanson Foundation for your grant to benefit YWCA Spokane’s Drop-In Childcare! Of the moms who utilize our Drop-In Childcare services, approximately 90% make less than 30% of Spokane’s median family income. Approximately three-quarters are unemployed and about half are homeless. In addition, approximately 80% of children have been…
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Thank you to the Johnston-Fix Foundation for your grant to benefit YWCA Spokane’s Early Childhood Education and Assitance Program! Because of their amazing support, YWCA Spokane’s Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program (ECEAP) will continue to provide excellent education and health services to kiddos in Spokane. Their gift makes a major…
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Good health during early childhood is necessary for children to grow into well-developed adults. Health habits set during childhood are often indicators of the lifestyle these children will grow into. During these key years of development, if children do not receive the correct nutrition, immunization, or physical care, they can…
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ECEAP Parents Turned Advocates Parents of kiddos in our Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program (ECEAP) are advocating for their child’s right to quality education in Olympia on February 7th, this year’s Advocacy Day for the State Legislature. Our ECEAP sites have a history of advocacy in Washington state; for…
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Our champion for children! Congratulations to YWCA Spokane’s ECEAP (Early Childhood Education & Assistance Program) Teacher, Ryan Simmons, who was recently awarded the “Spokane Champion for Children Award” by Washington State Save the Children Action Network. A very deserving acknowledgement of your incredible dedication to 3 and 4 year old children…
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On Tuesday, August 1, we had some special guests light up YWCA Spokane with big, beautiful smiles! Delta Dental teamed up the Tooth Fairy and visited our free, on-site drop-in Child Care, a service offered to women using YWCA Spokane’s facilities. The Tooth Fairy visited our awesome kiddos and helped them…
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YWCA Spokane은 2017년 2월 8일 수요일 ECEAP 옹호의 날 워싱턴 주 협회(WSA)에 참여하여 아이들이 양질의 교육을 받을 수 있도록 돕기 위해 지난 주 올림피아를 방문하신 유아 교육 및 지원 프로그램(ECEAP) 직원과 학부모님들을 자랑스럽게 생각합니다. 그들은 조기 교육을 받을 자격이 있습니다. 매년 후원자들은…
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Retired Military Leader Brian Newberry Visits YWCA’s Pre-K Program To Highlight the Importance of High-Quality Early Education And To Celebrate Veterans Day Retired U.S. Air Force Colonel Brian Newberry, former Wing Commander at Fairchild Air Force Base, and the state directors of the nonprofit Mission: Readiness came to visit the Downtown YWCA’s preschool program to…
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This year the YWCA Spokane’s Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program (ECEAP) staff gathered together for a team meeting as the summer came to a close to prepare for a new year of pre-school education for the 3 and 4 year old children that we serve from Spokane and the surrounding communities. The…
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The YWCA Spokane’s ECEAP (Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program) is not only transforming lives! We’ve also transformed a new classroom space! The YWCA Spokane’s downtown ECEAP has extended to include a second ECEAP classroom! An interior room previously used mostly for storage has been transformed into our new beautiful Extended…
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