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First Readers' mission is to “strengthen communities by providing quality books and literacy resources for children and their families to use at home during the earliest stages of development."

The mission of Bright Beginnings is to 1) provide children with a safe, nurturing educational environment, 2) prepare children to enter kindergarten ready to learn and 3) support homeless parents to stabilize their home lives and become self-sufficient.

We are a cooperative preschool where children can learn and develop through play at an individual pace while parents can learn and grow in their abilities to be child educators at home, school and in their communities. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national or ethnic origin.

The COVID-19 Student Resource Education Fund directs funds to First Book to help provide necessary supplies as schools close & students lose access to books & learning materials. First Book EIN: 52-1779606 First Book's coronavirus response is focused on making sure students are equipped with books & hygiene supplies to support learning at home. Along with books, First Book is also providing: basic hygiene supplies, such as hand sanitizer, tissues, and antibacterial wipes, fee e-books, and other free resources and activities educators can send home to help parents guide learning -- available in English and Spanish.

The mission of the Clemson Child Development Center is to provide affordable, quality child care and preschool education. The Clemson Child Development Center fosters learning and development in an environment that appreciates diversity. Emphasis is also given to programs that strengthen the home environment, enabling families to provide the optimal development of their preschool children

Denise Louie Education Center promotes school and life readiness by providing multi-cultural early learning services to children and families, especially those who need our services the most. We will respect and preserve each child and family's individuality, cultural heritage and home language. We will promote personal and social responsibility with integrity and love in an environment defined by social justice and peace.

Raising A Reader MA partners with regional organizations to help parents with young children to develop, practice and maintain shared reading habits, which foster vocabulary and language skills essential to reading readiness. Raising A Reader MA is an evidence-based early literacy program that helps families of young children (birth through age six) develop, practice, and maintain habits of reading together at home. Our core program model, which both increases access to books and offers support for strengthening the culture of reading at home, is driven by more than 25 years of research that show the most significant factor impacting a child’s academic success is being regularly read to by a parent or other primary adult caregiver before starting kindergarten. Our vision is to equip all parents and caregivers to become agents of change, as their child’s first teachers, to eliminate the opportunity gap that impacts success in school and beyond.

Mission Statement: The mission of North Oaks Preschool is to supplement early home experiences in a warm, loving, healthy and safe environment as well as todevelop a strong, positive self-concept through interaction with peers and supportive adults. We teach and model positive self-image, individuality, independence and respect of others. Children are offered the opportunity to grow and develop socially, emotionally, cognitively and physically. We value the parent cooperative approach of the school.

The Bethania Foundation, also known as Bethania Kids, is a Christian Mission that is bringing wholeness and hope to orphaned, abandoned, disabled and desperately poor children in India. Bethania Kids provides these children shelter, food, clothing, education, medical services and spiritual care through four residence homes, nine care centers and two rehabilitation centers. The message is simple: Jesus loves children and cares deeply for them regardless of the circumstances of their birth. Through His love, they will change their world.

Founded in 1952, Broadway Children's School of Oakland provides education programs for preschool age children and their parents. The school's play-based programs are designed to develop all aspects of a child's growth (social, emotional, physical, creative and intellectual) and to prepare children for kindergarten. BCSO is a Family-First school. We combine child-centered learning through creative play with parent enrichment that extends developmentally appropriate learning deep into the home. We then cultivate a committed community that offers families a bedrock of support, knowledge-sharing, and friendship.