First launched in 2015, Innovative Partnership Grants support Smart Beginnings partners as they implement and document for potential replication local innovations for improving access to high quality early education for at-risk children, readying children, families, and schools for kindergarten success.Check out the “bright spots” of innovations launched by these grants. FY19 Innovative Partnership Grants: Smart Beginnings Central Virginia: The Early Education System Alignment Project (EESAP)...
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Richmond Area Service AllianceA Shared Services Alliance is a membership organization through which early learning and care providers come together to share the costs of back-office services like accounting and procurement via a “hub” organization. These collective management strategies are valuable because leaders of centers and home-based providers need to be able to focus their time and energy on making sure children are thriving, not...
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Smart Beginnings for Southside Families (SBSF) is a multi-generation family service delivery model in the Southside region of Virginia. Families targeted for participation are low income, primarily African-American, and led by a single, first-time parent who is either pregnant or parenting an infant. The project aims to change the life trajectory of children living in poverty by ensuring school readiness for children and sustained personalized...
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