The Head Start Programs at RCMA are comprehensive child-development programs that serve children from birth to age 5, pregnant women, and their families. They offer voluntary pre-K programs for children in 21 rural communities. operate in 66 child development centers and 2 charter schools, and serve 6,500 children and their families. Longtime Immokalee Area Coordinator Gloria Padilla becomes statewide Community Relations Manager today [March 1]. She talked with WGCU’s Cary Barbor about the organization's past and future work. To listen in, hit the blue "listen" oval, above.

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