Family Services is grateful for the support and generous investment from our community!
Thank you all for another successful year of our Raising Every Child Benefit Luncheon!
DELIVERING ON A PROMISE
JUNE 2014
A group of local early childhood professionals comes together to form the Universal Pre-K Steering
Committee to explore how to improve the quality and expand the capacity for four-year-olds.
MARCH 2015
Universal Pre-K Initiative Steering Committee convenes a forum for professionals involved in early childhood education work to discuss the factors that need to be considered in creating a quality Universal Pre-K system.
MAY 2015
Harvard University study finds that Forsyth County is among the worst counties in the U.S. for helping poor children escape poverty.
OCTOBER 2016
Robert Putnam presents his groundbreaking research on the “opportunity gap” and begins a
community conversation.
The Universal Pre-K Initiative position paper is published and shared with community.
MARCH 2017
Billionaire philanthropist George Kaiser speaks to local leaders about how Oklahoma introduced
Universal Pre-K.
JULY 2017
Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust grants funds to Family Services to hire a coordinator to aid the work of the Universal Pre-K Steering committee.
Workgroups form and make a plan.
OCTOBER 2017
Geoffrey Canada of the Harlem Children’s Zone in Harlem, NY, teaches us that “what happens by age 5 lasts a lifetime.”
JUNE 2018
Community listening sessions are held at various locations to better understand the perception of Pre-K.
OCTOBER 2018
The Universal Pre-K Steering Committee names its effort The Pre-K Priority and launches the PreKPriority.org landing page.
NOVEMBER 2018
Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust grants funds to Family Services for community-wide advocacy awareness campaign to launch in fall 2019.
APRIL 2019
Pre-K Priority reports its findings and recommendations in “Building the Foundation for the
Future of Forsyth County.”
MAY 2019
Third annual Raising Every Child benefit luncheon and community conversation with Dr. Ken Dodge.
SEPTEMBER 2019
Public awareness and advocacy campaign will launch on the community-wide,
long term benefits for child, family and community.
2022
Will the promise be fulfilled?