Our goal: All children enter kindergarten with the skills needed to unlock their potential.
The early years of a child’s life are a critical time for learning. Yet many parents and caregivers lack the resources to maximize children’s cognitive, social, and emotional development.
Our Early Impact portfolio empowers families, caregivers, and communities to use evidence-based positive parenting practices that provide children a strong foundation for early learning and development.
Our Learnings
Early childhood matters.
Families are looking for support, but there is no system that provides it.
Language development and parent language quality are key early predictors of K-readiness.
Trusted messengers are key to building demand in communities and positively related to the likelihood of program adoption.
Tech-enabled parent coaching can be effective in changing parent behavior and related child outcomes.
Grantee Spotlight
Learn more about some of the work funded by the Early Impact portfolio.
Centering Healthcare Institute
Improving children’s outcomes through group-based prenatal and pediatric healthcare.
Our Questions
What types of interventions and support best help parents and caregivers prepare their children for success?
What are the core parent practices and capacities that lead to positive child outcomes?
What supports, resources, and information do parents most want and need, and how do those wants and needs vary across individuals and groups?
What are the most reliable ways to measure changes in parenting and child development at scale?
Can technological innovations be as effective as in-person support?
Page Data Source:
Rouse, C. E., Brooks-Gunn, J., & McLanahan, S. (Eds.). (2005). School readiness: Closing racial and ethnic gaps. [Special Issue] The Future of Children, 15(1).