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Each year, we support 12,000 of our region’s most vulnerable children, families, and older adults. We bring early learning to the zip codes that need it most, help families build a bridge over the safety net, and ensure older adults are thriving. Join us in strengthening our community by securing opportunity, financial stability, and wellness for all.

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How We Help

Early Learning

We open doors to learning, health, and stability for children. We change lives by providing high-quality, innovative early learning, and helping parents nurture their children’s development during the critical first five years.

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Financial Empowerment

We open doors to financial education, services, and tools. We change lives by empowering individuals to take control of their financial futures.

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Older Adult Services

We open doors to independence, wellness, and compassionate support for older adults. We change lives by providing opportunities for older individuals in our community to connect and thrive.

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Working Together, We Will Be the Difference!

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Last year, more than 800 individuals, foundations, and corporations invested more than $2 million in our shared mission of creating a strong community. The passions and backgrounds of our donors are as unique as the ways in which they lend their support.

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Volunteer

We welcome individual volunteers and corporate groups to invest their time, sweat, and passion. The result is breathtaking new outdoor murals, cleaner classrooms, thriving gardens, happier children, more connected older adults, and a stronger community for everyone to call home.

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In early learning has a $7 return to society through reduced costs of remedial education, criminal justice, and welfare payments.

EVERY $1 INVESTED
Of the annual income of a single parent in our program is spent on preschool, compared to a staggering 45% for a market-rate preschool.

LESS THAN 10%
Access life-changing early education through our programs each year.

500 CHILDREN
Occurs before a child enters kindergarten, making preschool years the single most important developmental period in a child’s life.

80% of BRAIN DEVELOPMENT
Accessed our financial tools and services in 2014.

1,411 ADULTS
Have met their savings goals or are actively making monthly deposits in their savings accounts.

91% of START2SAVE PARTICIPANTS
Found paid internships through our Second Careers Program in 2014.

NEARLY 200 OLDER ADULTS
Nearly half of vehicle loan program participants increase their income.

50% INCREASE IN INCOME
Our Transition of Care programs have been shown to reduce hospital readmissions by more than 30%, helping older adults stay safe and healthy at home.

30% REDUCTION
Over age 65 live below the poverty line, the highest rate in the country.

20% OF CALIFORNIA ADULTS
Our Senior Peer Counseling program is offered in four languages, including Tagalog, Spanish, Mandarin, and English.

FOUR LANGUAGES
Take a fitness class, share a meal, and catch up with friends at our Fair Oaks Adult Activity Center each day.

100 OLDER ADULTS
Don't let a zip code determine a child's future.

You can bring early learning to the neighborhoods that need it most and give youngsters the education and opportunities they need to succeed.

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Opening Doors, Changing Lives

We open doors to high-quality Early Learning education.

We open doors to financial education, services, and tools.

We open doors to independence and wellness.

How We Help

Early Learning

Financial Empowerment

Older Adult Services

Working Together, We Will Be the Difference!

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Volunteer

Don't let a zip code determine a child's future.

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