Contact Info
Program provides language and speech screenings, evaluations, and therapy for children aged 30 months through 5 years old. This program helps families with children that are identified with a speech or language disorder, who are unable to access other means of speech therapy and receive therapy through the program at their childcare center at no cost.
Services include screenings on-site, in childcare centers or at family homes, otherwise they are screened at the Step Up Suncoast office. Location: Varies
Service Output:
Hours Available: Monday thru Friday 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. and other as deemed necessary
Eligibility:
Manatee County resident
Ages 30 months - 5 years
Attend a licensed child care facility in Manatee County
Service Operators
Step Up Suncoast
Step Up Suncoast, formerly known as Manatee Community Action Agency, Inc. and Manatee Opportunity Council, Inc., was incorporated in 1968 as a nonprofit corporation pursuant to Florida law and was designated by the Governor as the community action agency for its service area.Step Up Suncoast received its first grant of $90,000 in 1965 and was administered by Suncoast Progress of St. Petersburg, Florida. This relationship was maintained until the incorporation of the Agency in 1968.Since its beginning in 1968, Step Up Suncoast has grown from a summer project of serving 510 children with 34 staff members and a $90,000 budget to over 11,000 services annually, 250 staff members and an annual budget of $18,000,000.