Ready for K AllianceImpact

OUR VISION FOR THE FUTURE:

All children enter kindergarten ready to thrive.

To make this vision a reality, the Ready for K Alliance will focus on four outcome areas:
Healthy Development, Access & Quality, Family and Caregiver Engagement and Systems Alignment.

HEALTHY DEVELOPMENT

Children are born healthy with access to resources to maintain healthy development.

Long-term goals:

Increase the number of children with access to a primary health provider.
Increase access to developmental screening to connect families to community resources.

The Ready for K Alliance focuses on improving health outcomes for children two years old to kindergarten entry. The Alliance partners with Healthy Babies Louisville to improve health outcomes for birthing parents and babies from birth to two years. Learn more about the work ofHealthy Babies Louisville here.

View Louisville’s Lead-Safe Strategic Plan

ACCESS & QUALITY

Families have access to affordable, high-quality early care and education.

Long-term goals:

Families have resources to support their child’s participation in high-quality early care and education.
A variety of public and private high-quality programs are available that meet family and community needs.

View the 2023-2024 Louisville Early Learning Workforce Study

FAMILY & CAREGIVER ENGAGEMENT

Families and caregivers are equipped with knowledge and understanding of their child’s development and involve themselves in helping them thrive.

Long-term goals:

Increase family and caregiver engagement in their child’s learning.
Increase family and caregiver knowledge of developmental milestones.

SYSTEMS ALIGNMENT

Institutions, services, and agencies serving children are comprehensive, collaborative, aligned and coordinated.

Long-term goals:

Health and development programs serving infants, toddlers and their families are coordinated, collaborative and aligned to provide consistent services.
Private childcare, Head Start, Early Head Start and Public Pre-K providers work collaboratively to help families find the best early learning program for their child.
School and community supports for families with young children are aligned and coordinated to leverage resources and meet the diverse needs of families.

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Have Questions? Reach out!

Contact Metro United Way Director of Thriving Kids, Ashley Brandt, at ashley.brandt@metrounitedway.org.