Unlocking Kindergarten Readiness with a Mother’s Determination

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Nova is a proud and loving mom who used the Every Child Succeeds (ECS) and SPARK (Supporting Partnerships to Assure Ready Kids) programs to help her young daughter, Ayla, now 5, with early childhood development skills. When Ayla graduated from … Continued

Santa Maria Community Services Enhances Early Literacy with $25,000 Grant from Scripps Howard Fund

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Santa Maria Community Services, Inc. is pleased to announce the generous support of a $25,000 grant from the Scripps Howard Fund for its Promoting Our Preschoolers (POP) program. The grant will play a pivotal role in expanding and enriching the … Continued

Meet Charity Dowers

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Thirty-nine-year-old Charity Dowers was born and raised in Cincinnati and is the mother of three children, Aubrey-18, Adam-17 and Autumn-5. Charity first sought Santa Maria Community Services’ assistance with early childhood development for Autumn. Since then, the two have participated … Continued

Let’s Talk group provides parents and children with language-building skills

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Each year, Santa Maria’s SPARK (Supporting Partnerships to Assure Ready Kids) program holds a six-week group titled “Let’s Talk.” Let’s Talk is a language-building small group for parents and their children. This year, 22 adults and 31 children attended. The … Continued

POP, SPARK programs celebrate preschool graduation

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69 preschool students graduated from Santa Maria Community Services’ POP (Promoting Our Preschoolers) and SPARK (Supporting Partnerships to Assure Ready Kids) programs this summer. The graduations were held at Roberts Academy Thursday August 4 (English graduation) and Friday August 5 … Continued