Grantees: Early Childhood Education
Child Care Resource
Specialized Child Care supports children in child care with physical or developmental needs, including children up to age 13 in state custody, and children and families experiencing significant short term stress. Supports include child care financial assistance, transportation coordination and securing placement in an appropriate early care program. In addition, CCR staff provide supports and consultation to early childhood educators to help develop teaching strategies, classroom set-up, program culture, and behavior mitigation to prevent expulsion from care. We embody the data
which supports the value of safe, healthy and quality early care in preparing children to thrive in school and life.
Community Sailing Center
CSC strives to ensure access to Lake Champlain by all community members. Mission based programs eliminate barriers to access based on gender, ability, income, age, and now, with our latest program, race, culture & ethnicity. Now in our 29th year, we continue to find new ways to provide lake access and life lessons for all. This educational program will be piloted to determine format, design, registration methods, and effective outreach methods. Held on Saturday mornings throughout the summer, this program would engage parents/guardians and their preschool-aged children in Early STEM activities, with funds supporting the design and implementation of the program, keeping it affordable for children from low-income families.
ONE Arts
We know that arts education increases the cognitive function of children, and we know high-quality childcare is the difference between a family struggling or thriving. When ONE Arts began, we wanted to offer quality childcare at an affordable rate with an art-centered curriculum. Over the past few decades, political attacks on the arts have caused many communities to lose arts funding. ONE Arts is proud to offer two preschools and an after-school art center to our community. Over a third of our students are from marginalized groups including include low income families, houseless
families, and children of parents who are in recovery. Our schools allow these students and their families to stabilize, grow, and belong in their school home.
Robin's Nest Children's Center
Robin's Nest Children's Center is a high-quality, non-profit, early education program in the Old North End (ONE) of Burlington. Established in 1985, the Center has demonstrated a commitment to equity and diversity by routinely enrolling families from the refugee and new American population. We plan to improve our program's ability to
serve New American families; families who face complex societal and economic challenges with a direct impact on youth. Specifically, we seek to improve social connection, offer interpreters where language barriers exist and support parental resilience. We'd also like to build the cultural competency skills of our staff to promote connection and offer strengths-based guidance.