Turn Someone's Hardship to HOPE
With the newest data available to us, we know that 1 in 4 people – or 331,000 people in our 7-county region – are living in poverty or are facing hardship. They struggle to afford just the basics needed: food, housing, transportation, child care, and education.
Help us lift our neighbors from hardship to hope by raising $75 million by 2030 to ensure all kids and families have what they need!
FOR FAMILIES
Will your child be going to kindergarten soon? Do you worry about the transition to kindergarten? Does your family have questions about signing up or getting ready for kindergarten? These resources will help you! It has information about registering your child for school and suggestions for ways to help your child learn through playing and activities at home. Use this countdown to kindergarten calendar as a guide to help you and your child transition to kindergarten during this exciting time.
FOR PRACTICIONERS
Every meeting with a family is an opportunity to provide resources and support that could help that family. The transition to kindergarten can be overwhelming. You and your organization can help! These countdown to kindergarten resources offer talking points and activities you can use when you meet families preparing for kindergarten that will help you help families and streamline the process of sharing information throughout the community.
This professional development series is designed for anyone who works with or serves families of young children and was focused on sharing resources and tools that will help you support families preparing for kindergarten.