Tax Credit helps Early Learning Collaborative pre-K programs Tax Credit helps Early Learning Collaborative pre-K programs By Karrie Leggett-Brown | January 6, 2021 at 6:21 PM CST - Updated January 6 at 10:40 PM MOSELLE, Miss. (WDAM) - If you donated to your local Early Learning Collaborative pre-K program, your dollars will help make a big difference to the little minds in our state. “Collaboratives have collected $3.2 million dollars in tax credit,” said Dr. Jill Dent said, director of the Office of Early Childhood at the Mississippi Department of Education. Dent said Mississippi’s Early Learning pre-K programs are not only state-funded but also allow people or businesses to donate to collaboratives.