A high-quality education is one of the most powerful supports a child can receive. Foundational skills learned early on can shape the trajectory of their life, academically, socially and emotionally.  

Research shows that high-quality early childhood programs deliver a 13% return on investment every year, driven by improved school, career outcomes, and reduced social costs. Other research estimates that every $1 invested in early childhood returns $4 to $12 in savings by helping prevent grade repetition, early parenthood, and incarceration.  

Access to quality early childhood education also supports parents, giving them the trusted care they need to enter the workforce or complete training to improve their family’s economic future.  

Through our partnership with Raising a Reader and Boys & Girls Club, we’re working to help close the gap in our local community. Raising a Reader helps build daily reading habits in the earliest years, giving families the tools and routines necessary to make literacy an integral part of childhood. Boys & Girls Club extends support and mentorship beyond the school day, offering safe, enriching spaces for kids to keep building academic, social, and emotional skills.  

These partnerships help ensure the benefits of early investment aren’t limited to a classroom room or a single academic year, they follow a child at home, at school, and everywhere in-between.