Programs

  • Early Childhood Community Engagement

    Community Engagement:1) Early Relational Health educates early childhood and clinical professionals on how to assess and support the relational health between parents and young children. In 2021, we trained over 40 medical professionals and provided over 48 hours of training to EC professionals.2) Our Houston area projects include Babies in Baytown, Houston Infant Toddler Coalition, Bright By Text and Family Leadership Groups. These initiatives empowered hundreds of parents, caregivers, early childhood professionals, local officials and stakeholders to collectively develop and implement strategies and systems that increase positive early experiences for infants and toddlers in Greater Houston.3) Baby Day invites families to participate in a day/week of activities and resources that promote bonding, delight and family engagement. Over 7,100 parents, infants and toddlers from 132 Texas communities participated in 119 virtual activity sessions over the course of one week in February 2021.
    Geographies
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2021 – Dec 31, 2021
    Source
    990
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    $748.7K

  • Safe Babies Initiative

    SAFE BABIES-A collaborative approach to transform the experience of infants and toddlers in the child welfare system from traumatic to healing. In 2021, we worked with 48 families, 60 children 0-36 months, and 29 siblings in 3 urban Texas counties. We also trained 65 foster and birth parents and 240 child welfare professionals on key EC topics.
    Geographies
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2021 – Dec 31, 2021
    Source
    990
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    $478.4K

  • Professional Development in Early Childhood

    PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT-First3Years empowers caregivers and stakeholder systems through training in current research and best practices in early childhood development. We trained more than 2,025 EC professionals and offered 190 hours of caregiver training in 2021.
    Geographies
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2021 – Dec 31, 2021
    Source
    990
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    No populations provided
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    $269.7K