MANDEL SCHOOL
NEWS AND EVENTS
April 15, 2011
$1.3M in Grant Donations Expands Pre-K Program
The PNC Foundation and the George Gund Foundation have donated a combined total of $1.3 million for Cuyahoga County's Universal Pre-Kindergarten (UPK) program. The program was created by Invest in Children (IIC). The Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development conducted an evaluation of the pilot program, showing the positive impact on children.
Read the full WKYC Channel 3 article here on the announcement.
PNC is donating a $300,000 grant for Starting Point, a lead UPK agency, and Gund is giving a $1 million award to IIC for the UPK program. Gund has provided prior support as well, helping to launch the pilot UPK program in 2008.
The Poverty Center, working with IIC, has evaluated the pilot program since its inception and demonstrated that the program is having a positive impact, helping the children it servers to be better prepared for success in school. Read the Center's preliminary findings on Cuyahoga County's Universal Pre-Kindergarten pilot.
Also see the Poverty Center's Cuyahoga County Early Childhood Municipal Profiles developed for Invest in Children.