From the Executive Director

In 1991, the Mailman Segal Institute Tampa (formerly the Family Center of Tampa Bay) was founded through a grant from the Children's Board of Hillsborough County to enhance the quality of child care programs. That project, entitled Project PITCH, was one of the first in the nation to enhance child care quality by helping child care centers work toward national accreditation.

Since then, the work of the institute has expanded through various projects funded by grants, contracts and private foundations.

MSI Tampa parallels the work of MSI in the areas of the development of strategies to improve the quality of child care, understanding the roots of literacy, the development of a range of innovative training opportunities that respond to the needs and challenges of agencies, professionals and practitioners working with young children and their families.

Our staff provides on-site training and technical assistance to child care providers; customized training for professionals, paraprofessionals, parents and policy makers on a variety of topics; and workplace seminars that focus on balancing work and family life.

We welcome the opportunity to work towards and advocate for quality care for the children of our community.

If you'd like more information on the work of the Mailman Segal Institute of Tampa Bay, please feel free to contact us at 813-393-4440. We look forward to working with you!

Judy Zimmerman

Executive Director