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Donate to the Coalition

Thank you for your contribution to the Kansas Coalition for School Readiness!

By making a contribution you're helping us to increase the number of children who have access to voluntary, high-quality early learning programs.

The long term benefits of your donation for Kansas will be significant. Expanding access to voluntary, high-quality early learning programs is the number one way to improve the K-12 system. It also saves the state money. For every dollar the state invests in early childhood education, it saves seven.

In short, your contribution to the Kansas Coalition for School Readiness is a contribution towards making Kansas the best state in the country in which to raise a child.

Our coalition partner, Kansas Action for Children, is collecting donations on our behalf. When they receive your contribution it will immediately be earmarked for the Kansas Coalition for School Readiness.

What's more, any contribution you make is completely tax deductible.

Thank you again in advance!



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We also accept donation checks through regular mail.

Please make your check payable to "Kansas Action for Children" and mail to:

Kansas Action for Children
720 SW Jackson, Suite 202B
Topeka, KS 66603
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Notable Wisdom

When science can be brought to bear on critical issues involving child development, it can give us the unbiased information we need to develop the best policies for our state.

- Kansas House Speaker Melvin Neufeld, August 7, 2007

News
Join us for 2010 Early Learning Day

Early learning works! And, we need your help to take that message to Topeka. Join us on Thursday, February 4 in Topeka for our annual Early Learning Day! The day will include opportunities to talk with your local legislators about the importance of early learning, and training on how you can be an effective advocate for early learning programs. Click here to see the schedule of activities for the day. Click here to register for Early Learning Day online or call us at 785.232.0550.

 
Coalition launches campaign to improve safety of Kansas child care facilities
The Coalition, in partnership with Kansas Action for Children and other child advocacy organizations, has launched a campaign to educate Kansans about the lack of oversight in some Kansas child care facilities. The campaign - titled "Inspect the Rest" - seeks to make sure all child care providers receive an annual inspection. Right now, 1 in 3 providers in Kansas are never inspected until it's too late - after a complaint has been filed or a child has died in their care. Visit www.InspectTheRest.com for more information about how you can get involved.
 
Statistics

Statewide, there are only enough spots in Early Head Start programs to serve 6 percent of children that are eligible.

For more information, please visit Ready or Not, a project of Kansas Action for Children.