This funding will support Center for Creative Education’s C.A.D.R.E program across Palm Beach County
(West Palm Beach, Fla.) – Center for Creative Education (CCE) is honored to have received funding for 2023-2024 from Prime Time Palm Beach County via a grant from the Children’s Services Council of Palm Beach County. The over $500,000 award will allow CCE to continue to provide arts-integrated out-of-school time programming to children across Palm Beach County.
“We are so grateful for our ongoing partnership with Prime Time and Children’s Services Council, as they support the work we are passionate about: serving children and youth in Palm Beach County with exemplary arts and academic programming,” said Jerry Crank, CCE’s Chief Operating Officer.
CCE’s C.A.D.R.E. (Creative Arts Designed to Reinforce Education) program integrates the arts into academic content. These sessions allow students to develop their skills in creativity and the arts while simultaneously supporting growth in relationship skills, self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and responsible decision-making. CCE estimates that this program will impact nearly 3,000 children.
C.A.D.R.E is made possible with support from Prime Time Palm Beach County, Inc., which receives significant funding for its overall operations from the Children’s Services Council of Palm Beach County. Children’s Services Council of Palm Beach County is an independent special district established by Palm Beach County voters in 1986 and reauthorized in 2014. Today, Children’s Services Council of Palm Beach provides leadership, funding, services, and research on behalf of Palm Beach County’s children, so they grow up healthy, safe and strong. Prime Time Palm Beach County’s mission is to help children and youth succeed by strengthening and expanding quality in the out-of-school time field.
The Center for Creative Education has been a fortunate partner with Prime Time since their launch in 2000. As the largest provider of extended learning opportunities (ELOs), CCE has served thousands of children throughout Palm Beach County, providing them with quality arts-integrated afterschool programming in a multitude of unique ELOs, including the Art of Science in partnership with the Cox Science Center and Aquarium and CCE’s Summer Youth Series.
CCE’s mission is to transform teaching and learning through creativity and the arts. In addition to providing extended learning opportunities across Palm Beach County, CCE also operates The Foundations School, a K-5 independent school that focuses on improving literacy and breaking the barriers of traditional education through the arts. The Foundations School gives students from underserved communities an opportunity at a high-quality education and a brighter future by incorporating the arts and creativity into daily learning. The school uses a sliding-fee scale to determine how much the family contributes to their tuition and apply significant scholarships to cover the balance.
Schools that are interested in C.A.D.R.E. programming can contact Prime Time Palm Beach County.