| Avance, Inc., Parent education and family support to ready children birth to three years old for school | A two-generation approach that capitalizes on parents’ inner strength and innate love for their children to help them become the best teachers and stewards of their children’s growth and success www.avance.org |
| Every Child Ready to Read @ your library, 2nd Edition. Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) and the Public Library Association (PLA), Divisions of the American Library Association | A mechanism to build relationships with parents to support early literacy and make the process of getting ready for school less mysterious .http://www.everychildreadytoread.org |
| Kaymbu | iPad-based documentation and communication platform to keep parents, teachers and schools better connected with the children they care for and love www.kaymbu.com |
| Little eLit.com, Early Literacy in the digital age | Refocuses the role of the children’s librarian as the media mentor in communities across the continent. www.LittleeLit.com |
| Namaste Charter School & Founder Allison Slade, Changes the trajectory of underserved students’ lives | A groundbreaking education model that combines health and wellness with academic rigor in a peaceful environment. www.namastecharterschool.og |
| PRIMO | A playful physical programming interface that teaches children the basics of programming logic without the need for literacy www.primo.io |
| The Chicago Medical-Legal Partnership for Children | A medical-legal partnership model that coordinates care across complex intersections of early intervention, developmental therapies, health care, educational mandates and public benefits for young children with disabilities and special health needs. http://www.hdadvocates.org |
| The Early Math Collaborative, Erikson Institute, and its Principle Investigator, Jie-Qi Chen | Narrows the achievement gap and improves the practice of early mathematics education for inner city children during the critical first years of schooling. www.earlymath.erikson.edu |
| University of Wisconsin-River Falls Nature Playground and Molly Gerrish | A multidiciplinary redesign process of a playground to reconnect children and teachers to nature and promote the development of sustainability practices. www.uwrf.edu |
| Granite School District | Funds expansion of early childhood program through social-impact bond. This is the first investment of this kind. Social-impact bonds are loans that seek to achieve positive outcomes and reduce future costs by investing in prevention and intervention programs in the public sector. It is intended to save taxpayers money and provide a financial return for investors. www.graniteschools.org |