Columbus Kids is a new partnership involving more than 30 community organizations that was created to champion the need for kindergarten readiness and school success. Many kindergarteners start school lacking the skills they need to learn. And many children never catch up to their classmates.
The first of its kind in the nation, Columbus Kids is designed to increase the early detection of developmental delays and speech, hearing or vision problems among preschoolers within the Columbus City Schools district and to help them get the intervention services they need to be ready to learn.
Led by United Way of Central Ohio, it is funded by Columbus City Schools, Columbus City Schools Education Foundation, the Franklin County Board of Commissioners, JP Morgan Chase Foundation, The Limited Foundation and individual donors.
Beginning in 2010, Columbus Kids will reach out to parents and families through early learning professionals, health and human services organizations, government, neighborhood associations, area businesses and faith-based groups to offer Learning Checkups to children. |
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- Columbus City Schools Education Foundation
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- Action for Children
- Champion of Children
- Child Development Council of Franklin County Head Start
- Children’s Hunger Alliance
- City of Columbus, Mayor’s Office
- Clintonville/Beechwold Community Resource Center
- Columbus Early Learning Centers
- Columbus Metropolitan Library
- Columbus Public Health
- Columbus Urban League
- Community Properties of Ohio Management Services
- Franklin County Board of Developmental Disabilities
- Franklin County Children Services
- Franklin County Department of Job & Family Services
- Franklin County Family & Children First Council
- Nationwide Children’s Hospital
- Partnerships Make a Difference
- St. Vincent Family Centers
- Start Smart
- The Ohio Business Roundtable
- The Ohio State University, Office of Outreach & Engagement
- Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs at Ohio University
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