FOCUS ON WHOLE CHILD DEVELOPMENT

We believe the best chances for well-being and a successful life come from investments in all three of the components of whole child development - education, family support and health - during the earliest years. 

INVEST FOR IMPACT

We establish and support sustainable intersections between early childhood education and health to create collaborative partnerships in efforts to build capacity within and between systems to serve more children and families.

PROMOTE A STRONG STATEWIDE VOICE

We leverage our relationship with other foundations and nonprofits across the state to promote and strengthen a strong statewide voice for whole child investment.

POSITION EQUITY AT THE FOREFRONT

We are committed to analyzing our work and ideas through an equity-focused lens that requires a continual process of learning, disaggregating data and questioning historical policies that create barriers for underserved populations to move forward.