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Child Advocacy and Community Outreach
The Mailman Segal Center is committed to providing
community outreach services and plays an integral
role in shaping policies that support the health and
well-being of children and their families. Activities
within Broward County’s underserved communities are
dedicated to extending the center’s programs, including
child care center development, literacy, early childhood
training, and parent education. The Mailman Segal
Center works intensively with child care centers,
providing accreditation support, individualized training,
and parent education.
Mailman Segal Center Tampa Bay
In 1991, in response to a request for proposals from the
Children’s Board of Hillsborough County, the Mailman
Segal Center for Human Development opened a
satellite site in Tampa Bay, Florida. The Mailman
Segal Center Tampa Bay works to improve the quality
of child care in the country through programs and
services including Project PITCH, which focuses on
center accreditation; Child Development Associate
training; Child Care Administrator’s credential; child
care resource and referral services; workplace seminars
designed to help employees balance work and family;
child care assessment services; and infant/toddler
training programs.