2025-2026 REGISTRATION DATES: March 10 -18, 2025
Foster Care Information
Families Helping Families- Supporting all Disabilities
Child Find
Reaching out to families that have children with special needs
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free, high-quality books to children from birth to age five, no matter their family’s income.
After launching in 1995, the program grew quickly. First books were only distributed to children living in Sevier County, Tennessee where Dolly grew up. It became such a success that in 2000 a national replication effort was underway. By 2003, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library had mailed one million books. It would prove to be the first of many millions of books sent to children around the world.
Dolly’s home state of Tennessee pledged to pursue statewide coverage in 2004 and global expansion was on the horizon. After the United States, the program launched in Canada in 2006 followed by the United Kingdom in 2007, Australia in 2013 and the Republic of Ireland in 2019.
Available to all children birth to 5 years old in Evangeline Parish. (One book delivered to your home each month.)
Milestones matter! Track your child’s milestones from age 2 months to 5 years with CDC’s easy-to-use illustrated checklists; get tips from CDC for encouraging your child’s development; and find out what to do if you are ever concerned about how your child is developing.
From birth to age 5, your child should reach milestones in how he or she plays, learns, speaks, acts, and moves. Photos and videos in this app illustrate each milestone and make tracking them for your child easy and fun!
Early Steps Coordinator Contact: Angela Manuel (Evangeline Parish School Board) (337)-363-6592
Child Find/Child Search Contact: Kelli Lafleur (Evangeline Parish School Board) (337)-363-6301
Tulane Early Childhood Mental Health Consultants 504-264-1287 (TIKES@tulane.edu)