Goal #1 - Children enter kindergarten school ready.

Ellen Balthazar, Any Baby Can - Co-Captain

Brenda Strama, Beatty, Bangle, Strama
Carmel Borders, Tapestry Foundation
Earl Maxwell, St. David's Community Health Foundation
Ellen Balthazar, Any Baby Can
Jessica D'Arcy, Webber Family Foundation
Kate McLagan, Texas Association of Workforce Boards
Martha Smiley, Enoch Kever PLLC
Michelle Hamilton, Texas State University
Patty Shafer, San Marcos ISD
Leah Newkirk Meunier, Ph.D., Success by Six


Some Key Organizations Working in this Area:

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.
Region XIII School Ready Collaborative
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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