Organizations Filed Purposes:
CLOSE GAPS BY 5 IS ON A MISSION TO ENSURE THAT MINNESOTA'S SYSTEM OF EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION STRATEGIES AND INVESTMENTS FULLY PREPARES ALL YOUNG CHILDREN - PARTICULARLY THOSE LIVING IN POVERTY - TO ENTER KINDERGARTEN WITH THE COGNITIVE, SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL, PHYSICAL AND LANGUAGE SKILLS THEY NEED FOR SUCCESS IN SCHOOL, LIFE AND CAREER.
CLOSE GAPS BY 5 IS A MINNESOTA-BASED NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO USING HIGH QUALITY EARLY EDUCATION PROGRAMS TO CLOSE AND PREVENT ACHIEVEMENT GAPS, AND TO MAKING MINNESOTA'S EARLY EDUCATION SYSTEM MORE EQUITABLE.
CLOSE GAPS BY 5 WORKS TO STRENGTHEN AND EXPAND PARENT AWARE AS MINNESOTA'S QUALITY FRAMEWORK FOR EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS BYGROWING THE NUMBER OF AVAILABLE PARENT AWARE RATED EARLY CARE ANDEDUCATION PROGRAMS STATEWIDE AND WORKING TO KEEP THE RATING STANDARDSSTRONG AND TIED TO WHAT RESEARCH SAYS CHILDREN NEED. THIS APPROACH ISSYSTEMATICALLY IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN MINNESOTA. THE NUMBER OF ELIGIBLE PROGRAMS THAT HAVE EARNEDRATINGS HAS GROWN SIGNIFICANTLY SINCE THE INCEPTION OF PARENT AWARE,FROM JUST OVER 500 PROGRAMS AT THE END OF 2012 TO NEARLY 2,870 AS OFDECEMBER 31, 2019. OF THE 320,000 MINNESOTA CHILDREN AGES BIRTH-FIVEYEARS WHO SPEND TIME IN CHILD CARE, NEARLY 100,000 WERE IN PARENTAWARE-RATED PROGRAMS IN 2019.
CLOSE GAPS BY 5 RECOGNIZES THAT BUILDING HIGH-QUALITY PROGRAMS IS NOTENOUGH IF FAMILIES DO NOT HAVE THE MEANS TO ACCESS THEM. THE SECONDFOCUS OF CLOSE GAP'S PROGRAM WORK IS ON EDUCATING POLICYMAKERS AND THEPUBLIC ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF INCREASING INVESTMENTS TO ENABLE ACCESSTO HIGH-QUALITY EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS BY EXPANDING ACCESSTO EARLY LEARNING SCHOLARSHIPS FOR CHILDREN IN LOW-INCOME FAMILIES. THESTATE ADOPTED THE EARLY LEARNING SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM IN 2011. WE HAVEBEEN LEADING PARTNERS IN PROMOTING THE PROGRAM TO POLICYMAKERS AND THEPUBLIC SINCE THAT TIME AND HAVE REACHED A LEVEL WHERE AN ESTIMATED16,000 MINNESOTA CHILDREN BENEFIT FROM EARLY LEARNING SCHOLARSHIPSANNUALLY.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Ericca Maas | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 20 | $67,500 |
| Michelle Corbin | OPERATIONS DIRECTOR | 30 | $52,101 |
| Margie Soran | BOARD MEMBER | 0.3 | $0 |
| Fred Senn | BOARD MEMBER | 0.3 | $0 |
| Arthur J Rolnick | BOARD MEMBER | 0.3 | $0 |
| Lisa L Saul Md | BOARD MEMBER | 0.3 | $0 |
| Robbin Johnson | BOARD MEMBER | 0.3 | $0 |
| Lucinda Jesson | BOARD MEMBER | 0.3 | $0 |
| Kathy Cooney | BOARD MEMBER | 0.3 | $0 |
| Brett Edelson | BOARD MEMBER | 0.3 | $0 |
| Terri Barreiro | BOARD MEMBER | 0.3 | $0 |
| Tim Penny | SECRETARY | 0.3 | $0 |
| Jan Kruchoski | TREASURER | 0.3 | $0 |
| Ken Powell | VICE CHAIR | 0.3 | $0 |
| Michael V Ciresi | CHAIR | 0.3 | $0 |
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