| - The Early Language Learners - Even Start Program operates at four elementary schools and offers parent education and parental participation in the child’s academic success in the child’s classroom.
- JP Morgan Chase Family Literacy Program operates three evenings a week and serves parents of children birth through eight who cannot attend our programming during the day. This program is located in our McGraw building.
- Southwest Early Learning Communities provide free training and resources to parents and caregivers so that they can prepare children to be “ready to learn” when the children enter school.
- Great Parents, Great Start (GPGS) serves families with children newborn to age five. Its goal is to promote the overall health and cognitive development of young children, and to provide parents instruction and access to services to give their children the best start in life.
- Early Care Organizing is committed to turning solutions and ideas into action and advocacy to ensure that every child has access to quality child care. Organizing includes building on existing infrastructure and programs through the Quality Rating Improvement System in collaboration with Great Start Collaborative Wayne. Early Care Community Organizing also supports childcare providers through a network of more than 50 caregivers who share experiences, resources and program enhancement.
- Reading is Fundamental is designed to involve families throughout the community in literacy activities by providing free books to children.
Our Early Childhood & Family Literacy main office is located at 7060 McGraw St., Detroit, MI 48210 (in the former rectory of St. Andrew Church). For more information about any of our programs and how to enroll, please contact us at 313.896.2800 or email us. | |
- Our Family Literacy program is best in the nation in outcomes of parents reading to their children, parents supporting their children’s academic achievement, and parents expecting their children to graduate from high school and then complete college
- 100% of children birth through 3 reach developmental milestones within a year of services
- 96% of adults demonstrate advancement in learning English as a Second Language
- 95% rise in parental involvement with kids’ schooling
- 201 families were enrolled in our Family Literacy programs in 2009
- 2009 study by the National Council for Family Literacy (NCFL) rated our ELLP program "outstanding" and found that children in the program significantly improved their overall academic performance, self-confidence, classroom behavior, social skills, and family support
- Same NCFL study found that parents participating in ELLP significantly increased the time devoted to reading to their children
- Early Learning Communities Hubs and Early Care Community Organizing provided training and support to 650 parents and childcare providers in 2009
- Six ELC sites combined, in 2010, will serve more than 750 parents and caregivers and help more than 3000 children be better prepared to be successful in school
In southwest Detroit, more than 40% of the population is Hispanic. More than half of the Hispanic adults in southwest Detroit do not have a high school diploma, and the current dropout rate among Hispanic teens in southwest Detroit is the highest among all high school students in the city. Without a good education, the generational cycle of poverty and social alienation continues to turn. Our mission is to break this cycle. Our programs serve families at the lowest rungs of literacy and are designed to facilitate social mobility by enabling greater confidence and success in school, work, and the community.
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