Thank you for visiting the Community Partnership for Children page. Below you will find more information about this groundbreaking effort.
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“The early childhood years lay the foundation for later economic productivity, responsible citizenship and a lifetime of sound physical and mental health.”
- Dr. Jack Shonkoff, Director, Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University
Our community’s future is directly tied to the success of all of our children. Decades of research prove that the opportunities we provide to children today, starting at birth, will absolutely shape who they become tomorrow. The Community Partnership for Children is grounded in this knowledge.
The Community Partnership for Children is a "community change initiative" coordinated through Brown County United Way. Founded in 2005, it has brought together the largest childhood-based coalition in Brown County's history.
The initiative’s goal is to ensure that all children in Brown County are safe, healthy and enter school prepared to learn. This is being accomplished through identifying families’ needs at the hospital, agencies working better together, and ultimately creating a prevention-based, coordinated System of Care for children of all ages.
As a part of this effort, an independent Executive Committee of local leaders created the Community Partnership for Children (CPC) Fund for the express purpose of building service capacity for the "gateway" System of Care elements (targeting children age birth to five), which include:
- Welcome Baby visits, parenting newsletters and resource guides for every new parent at all Brown County hospitals
- Follow-up assistance and referrals for families who need extra help
- Ramping up the availability of voluntary in-home visits and parenting support classes within three existing local agencies
The United Way is the fiscal agent for the CPC Fund. It also provides staff support to the Executive Committee and the Community Partnership for Children initiative as a whole.
Through the Community Partnership for Children, more than 100 people representing business, government, nonprofits, education and philanthropy are working cooperatively to improve how all Brown County children and their families receive the help and information they need – right from the start.
The end results will be stronger families, thriving children, and, over the long term, an improved future workforce and economy.
For more information, contact Sarah Inman, Community Impact Manager: sarah@browncountyunitedway.org.
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