Early Childhood Development

Access to quality early childhood development programs is central to any effort in order to break the cycle of poverty. We focus our childhood development efforts on early education and child care. We believe that Head Start gives children a better chance to succeed in school and in life. We also believe in the importance of affordable, quality child care so that parents may work while their children learn.

Education, particularly early education, is crucial to giving our children the opportunity to achieve all of their goals. Education forms the foundation of what we think of as the American dream: the ability for everyone to rise as far as their abilities and ambition can take them. Programs that seek to help those born into poverty or help pay for child care are absolutely vital in ensuring that every American child receives the education he or she deserves.