Funding Area: Education
Early Learning Neighborhood Collaborative (ELNC) is an initiative vested in changing the current reality of vulnerable children. In order to create this change, ELNC has designed and is currently implementing an intentional preschool service system aimed at providing, expanding and sustaining the capacity of high quality early care and education programs in the vulnerable neighborhoods of Grand Rapids.
Our involvement: The Marty Tomberg Charitable Fund has financially supported this organization.
Projects We Support
Empowering Parents Impacting Children
The project goal is to increase the number of vulnerable children, living within the ELNC Target Neighborhood, entering kindergarten prepared and ready to learn. Current ELNC funding supports 320 slots of quality preschool. We are seeking additional funding for the purpose of enhancing our current quality Early Childhood Education programs by implementing E.P.I.C., a two generation approach based on the philosophy that parents are essential partners in a child’s development and education process and must be not only a part of the solution but the driving force.
Support Dates: March, 2014 – April, 2017