Children’s Enrichment Program (CEP)

The Children’s Enrichment Program sends Music and Storytelling Arts Specialists into Head Start and Pre-K schools, to serve the needs of 1,400 children, in nine counties and three states. These talented artists currently provide approximately 150 hours a month sharing stories, music and dance to promote literacy, verbal development, wellness and self-esteem.

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Snack In A Backpack

All the books in the world have little effect on an empty stomach. Two out of three students in the counties we serve receive free or fee reduced meals while attending school. The Snack in a Backpack program was started to address the child’s nutritional needs over the weekend and on vacations.

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Rainbows

This grief program fosters emotional healing among children grieving a loss from a life-altering crisis. The seven-week program gives children and teens the guidance to grieve and grow after loss.

 

The Story Express

Being read to as a child and having books in the home are two of the most important indicators of academic success. However, children living in poverty often have lower reading scores. This has been linked to poor performance in school, lack of self-esteem and delinquency. The Craddock Center attempts to address these problems with The Story Express: a bookmobile that makes regular visits throughout our nine counties. The Story Express offers the children their choice of new books to keep, read and enjoy. These books may be the very first “new” thing the child has ever owned. New books build self-esteem, prepare children to read and encourage imagination!

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