LETS GROW KIDS INC
C/O VCF 3 COURT STREET, MIDDLEBURY, VT 05753 www.letsgrowkids.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: TO ENSURE AFFORDABLE ACCESS TO HIGH-QUALITY CHILD CARE FOR ALL VERMONT FAMILIES BY 2025.

ENSURE EVERY VERMONT FAMILY HAS AFFORDABLE ACCESS TO HIGH-QUALITY CHILD CARE BY 2025.

LET'S GROW KIDS MISSION IS TO SECURE AFFORDABLE ACCESS TO HIGH-QUALITY CHILD CARE FOR ALL VERMONT FAMILIES BY 2025. LET'S GROW KIDS DELIVERS ITS MISSION BY 1.) IMPROVING OUTCOMES FOR CHILDREN IMMEDIATELY BY INCREASING ACCESS TO HIGH-QUALITY CHILD CARE IN COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT VERMONT; AND, 2.) IMPROVING OUTCOMES FOR CHILDREN FOREVER BY MOBILIZING VERMONTERS FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE TO ADVOCATE FOR POLICY CHANGE AND INCREASED PUBLIC INVESTMENT IN THE STATE'S CHILD CARE SERVICE DELIVERY SYSTEM. KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN 2019 THAT CORRESPOND TO THESE TWO PRIMARY PROGRAM AREAS INCLUDE: 1.) CREATED 803 NEW AND IMPROVED QUALITY CHILD CARE SPACES; PROVIDED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO 245 CHILD CARE PROGRAMS; GRANTED $401,849 DIRECTLY TO CHILD CARE PROGRAMS TO EXPAND CAPACITY AND IMPROVE QUALITY; SUPPORTED 136 EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATORS TO PURSUE TEACHER LICENSURE; HELPED CHILD CARE PROGRAMS CREATE 98 NEW JOBS STATEWIDE; AND, 2.) MADE 607 CONTACTS TO STATE LEGISLATORS; SHARED 236 STORIES AND OPINION PIECES; SUCCESSFULLY ADVOCATED FOR AN HISTORIC, 30% INCREASE OF $8.8M INVESTMENT IN VERMONT'S CHILD CARE SYSTEM.

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