We are focusing on education because it is the primary building block for a successful life.

Through improving educational outcomes in our community, we will be able to impact generations of lives and build a stable, productive and quality workforce that can meet the needs of our community.

In order to improve educational outcomes, the North Texas Area United Way will be focusing on strategies in the areas of Early Childhood Development and for Youth.

The Importance of the First Five Years

Early education programs do not supplant parents, but support them as their childs first and most important teacher. The sad reality is that many low-income parents grew up in poverty and may not have the tools to support their childs education. Evidence-based programs coach low-income parents on how to best support their childs education at school and at home starting before the child is born. Only by supporting the family can we narrow the achievement gap and break the cycle of poverty. Check out this video and discover how if we change the first five years, we change everything.

 

Click on one of the above to view our strategies in that focus area.