Too often, children from poor families arrive at kindergarten already behind. What’s worse, too many stay behind – and never catch up. Educare is a new way of doing business when it comes to preparing very young children who are growing up in low-income families for success in school and life. It is:
a Partnership between the private and public sectors to create a high-quality, birth-to-five program that achieves higher levels of quality.
a Place that nurtures early learning, is a beacon of hope for the community, and sends a firm message that we must invest in early childhood -- because children are born learning.
a Program to prepare young, at-risk children for school by implementing the approaches and practices that science tells us are necessary to help young children grow up safe, healthy, and eager to learn.
a Platform for Change with each Educare school serving as a “showroom for quality” and a catalyst to drive broader policy and systems change in a state and nationally.