Goal #1 - Children enter kindergarten school ready.

Sam Bryant, Bryant Wealth Investment - Co-Captain
Ellen Balthazar, Any Baby Can - Co-Captain

Patty Shafer, San Marcos ISD
Roderick Emanuel, Bastrop ISD
Sylvia Acevedo, CommuniCard
Martha Smiley, Winstead PC
Michelle Pope, TX State University
Carmel Borders, Tapestry Foundation
Sue Carpenter, Success By 6
Woody Engebretson, Rural Capital Area Workforce Solutions


Community Partners working in this area include:

Any Baby Can- is an Austin-based service provider for more than 5,000 of our community's youngest, sickest, and poorest children and their families.
Born Learning – is a national organization supporting ways to enhance learning as part of the everyday life of a child.
Family Connections – is a local service organization providing resources for early childhood education and positive parenting to Austin families.
Rural Capital Area Workforce Board - provides financial assistance for childcare services to working and training adults.
Success by 6 – is a program of the United Way Capital Area, and is a collaboration of 30 groups working to ensure that at six-years-old every child in Central Texas is prepared to become a healthy, happy, and smart student.
TEEM – Texas Early Education Model is a public/private model of enhanced pre-K programming developed by the State Center for Early Childhood Development and based on defined curriculum, professional development, and assessment tools.
Texas Early Childhood Education Coalition (TECEC) – is a statewide policy body focused on building a system of quality early care.
WorkSource – is a primary provider of financial assistance for childcare services to working and training adults for over 3,000 children a day in Travis County.

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