In Coming Together, we report on our work at our Early Works site in Yoncalla, Oregon. The report details how the community and school district in Yoncalla, along with the Ford Family Foundation and the Children’s Institute, have come together to build a new pathway for the community’s children — from birth through kindergarten and beyond.
The Ready for School Leaders’ Panel and the Children’s Institute are poised to make a significant impact for Oregon’s youngest and most vulnerable children in the 2015 Legislative Session. Advancing Birth-to-Third-Grade Success, our 2015 policy brief, makes the case for the critical investments and policy changes in 2015 that are strongly supported by research and support on-track health and development, kindergarten readiness, and third-grade success.
Through the Early Works initiative, the Children’s Institute has partnered with two Oregon elementary schools – Earl Boyles in Southeast Portland and Yoncalla in Southern Oregon. Family engagement is a core Early Works strategy. This video details the experiences of two families who have been impacted, and was revealed at the Children’s Institute’s 7th annual Make It Your Business luncheon.
Dr. Karen Mapp, family engagement expert from Harvard University, delivered a keynote address at the Children’s Institute’s 7th annual Make It Your Business luncheon.
At its annual event, the Children’s Institute and award sponsor Pacific Continental Bank presented the 3rd Annual Alexander Award to Sue Miller, co-founder of the Family Building Blocks Relief Nursery.
