Grants

Category Early Childhood Development

2020 $120,000

Advocates for Children of New Jersey

Amount
$75,000
Category
Early Childhood Development

Operating support

ironbound Community Corporation

Amount
$45,000
Category
Early Childhood Development

ICC Remote Learning Child Care Program (Special Request) for children aged 0-8

2019 $150,000

Advocates for Children of New Jersey

Amount
$15,000
Category
Early Childhood Development

Support for ACNJ’s census 2020 Campaign work in counting young children

Advocates for Children of New Jersey

Amount
$75,000
Category
Early Childhood Development

Operating support

Newark School for the Arts

Amount
$10,000
Category
Early Childhood Development

To identify, develop, and train Newark based early childhood providers, in Newark School for the Arts’ Music and Movement Program

Program for Parents

Amount
$30,000
Category
Early Childhood Development

Continuing support for establishment of a Montclair Community Council for Young Children and support to sustain the Essex Council for Young Children

The Montclair Foundation

Amount
$10,000
Category
Early Childhood Development

Nature Connections Field Trips for Ann’s School and Montclair Child Development Center

Unified Vailsburg Services Organization

Amount
$10,000
Category
Early Childhood Development

Support to leverage funding for infant/toddler,preschool and afterschool programs for children aged 0-8

2018 $156,000

Advocates for Children of New Jersey

Amount
$75,000
Category
Early Childhood Development

Operating Sup[port

Montclair Fund for Educational Excellence

Amount
$10,000
Category
Early Childhood Development

A parent conference on empowering parents & caregivers of Montclair

MSU Center for Autism & Early Childhood & Mental Health

Amount
$16,000
Category
Early Childhood Development

To collect and anayze data on the incidence of preschool expulsion suspesion

Programs for Parents

Amount
$35,000
Category
Early Childhood Development

Continuing support for rstablisment of a Council for Youth

Reach Out and Read New Jersey

Amount
$15,000
Category
Early Childhood Development

Support Reach Out and Read Programs in Essex County

The Montclair Foundation

Amount
$5,000
Category
Early Childhood Development

Nature Connections Field Trip Program at Vn Vleck House & Gsrdens

2017 $137,375

Advocates for Children of New Jersey

Contact Name
Cecilia Zalkind, Executive Director
Amount
$80,000
Category
Early Childhood Development
Location
Newark, NJ

Advocates for Children of New Jersey (ACNJ) is a non-partisan advocate for New Jersey’s children, especially the one out of every four children living in poverty. This agency carries out advocacy campaigns in areas child welfare reform, juvenile justice school policy and child health. The Schuman Fund provides operating support for early childhood advocacy.

Montclair Child Development Corporation

Contact Name
Tanya Poteat, Executive Director
Amount
$7,375
Category
Early Childhood Development
Location
Montclair, NJ

Montclair Child Development Corporation provides Head Start services in several suburban Essex County municipalities. The Schumann grant enables the agency to gather data to explore the need for expansion of services to other towns in the area.

Programs for Parents

Contact Name
Beverly Lynn, CEO
Amount
$35,000
Category
Early Childhood Development
Location
Newark, NJ

Programs for Parents is Essex County’s child care resource and referral agency. Our grant provides continuing support for the establishment of the Montclair Community Council for Young Children and sustainability of the Essex County Council for Young Children to strengthen collaboration among parents, families, and community stakeholders to improve the health, education, and well-being of children from pregnancy/birth to age 8.

Unified Vailsburg Services Organization

Contact Name
Robert M. Farley, Executive Director
Amount
$15,000
Category
Early Childhood Development
Location
Newark, NJ

This multi-service organization is a hub of family, child, and neighborhood services in a diverse, largely working-class neighborhood in Newark’s West Ward. The Schumann Fund provides support for preschool and Head Start services.

2016 $165,000

Advocates for Children of New Jersey

Contact Name
Cecilia Zalkind, Executive Director
Amount
$80,000
Category
Early Childhood Development
Year
2016
Location
Newark, NJ

Advocates for Children of New Jersey (ACNJ) is a non-partisan advocate for New Jersey’s children, especially the one out of every four children living in poverty. The Schumann Fund supports ACNJ’s current advocacy agenda and a planned “Listening Tour” to get input from families across New Jersey on the needs of children and families.

Child Care Connection

Contact Name
Nancy Thomson, Executive Director
Amount
$25,000
Category
Early Childhood Development
Year
2016
Location
Trenton, NJ

Child Care Connection works closely with family child care providers. The Schumann Fund supports a final assessment of an original cohort of family child care providers using the Family Child Care Environmental Rating Scale evaluation – the Grow NJ QRIS instrument.

Programs for Parents, Inc.

Contact Name
Beverly Lynn, CEO
Amount
$20,000
Category
Early Childhood Development
Year
2016
Location
Newark, NJ

Programs for Parents will facilitate the establishment of a Montclair Community Council for Young Children to enable the Montclair, NJ community to improve services and provide greater supports for families with young children.

Third Sector New England
BUILD Initiative for Early Learning

Contact Name
Susan Hibbard, Executive Director, BUILD
Amount
$40,000
Category
Early Childhood Development
Year
2016
Location
Boston, MA

The BUILD Initiative for Early Learning is a project of the Early Childhood Funders Collaborative. It is designed to enable New Jersey and nine other states build a coordinated system of programs, policies and services that meet the needs of families with children from Birth to Five. The Schumann Fund provides operating support.

2015 $200,000

Advocates for Children of New Jersey

Contact Name
Cecilia Zalkind, Executive Director
Amount
$100,000
Category
Early Childhood Development
Year
2015
Location
Newark, NJ

Advocates for Children of New Jersey (ACNJ) is a non-partisan advocate for New Jersey’s children, especially the one out of every four children living in poverty. The Schumann Fund grant supports ACNJ’s Right From the Start early childhood agenda which calls for public policies to ensure that children “start off strong,” “thrive by five” and are “great at eight.”

National Institute for Early Education Research

Contact Name
Steven Barnett, Director
Amount
$20,000
Category
Early Childhood Development
Year
2015
Location
New Brunswick, NJ

The National Institute for Early Education Research conducts research on the impact of high quality, effective early childhood education on young children, offering advice and technical assistance to policy makers, journalists, researchers, and educators. The Schumann grant supports NIEER’s efforts to evaluate the impact of full-day kindergarten on children’s cognitive and social/emotional development.

Third Sector New England
BUILD Initiative for Early Learning

Contact Name
Susan Hibbard, Director
Amount
$50,000
Category
Early Childhood Development
Year
2015
Location
Boston, MA

The BUILD Initiative for Early Learning is a project of the Early Childhood Funders Collaborative. It is designed to enable New Jersey and nine other states create high quality early learning programs, policies and services to meet the needs of children aged Birth to 5. The Schumann Fund provides operating support.

2014 $164,975

Building Responsible Intelligent Creative Kids (BRICK)

Contact Name
Dominique Lee, Executive Director
Amount
$40,000
Category
Early Childhood Development
Year
2014
Location
Newark, NJ

BRICK Newark’s founders have taken on the challenge of transforming two of Newark’s worst performing schools into safe, nurturing academically challenging environments for students. Our grant supports the development of high quality early childhood programs at the schools.

Montclair Early Childhood Corporation, Montclair Community Pre-K

Contact Name
Stephanie Fitzgerald, Executive Director
Amount
$24,975
Category
Early Childhood Development
Year
2014
Location
Montclair, NJ

Schumann support enables the Montclair Community Pre-K to contract with the National Institute for Early Education Research to comparing student outcomes for those who attended the Pre-K with those who did not.

Programs for Parents

Amount
$100,000
Category
Early Childhood Development
Year
2014
Location
Newark, NJ

As part of a collective impact place-based strategy, the Schumann Fund joined four other foundations to improve early childhood services for children aged birth to 3 in Newark. Our grant to Programs for Parents, Essex County’s resource and referral agency, will enable the agency to provide training and certification for Early Head Start teachers, encouraging them to earn New Jersey’s Infant/Toddler Credential.

2013 $423,800

Advocates for Children of New Jersey

Contact Name
Cecilia Zalkind, Executive Director
Amount
$100,000
Category
Early Childhood Development
Year
2013
Location
Newark, NJ

The Schumann Fund grant to Advocates for Children of New Jersey supports their work to protect current investments in early care and education and make the case for increased investments for low income children across the state. ACNJ’s “Right From the Start” initiative calls for parents, the public and private sectors to work together to ensure that children’s needs are met so they can “start off strong,” “thrive by five,” and be “great at eight.”

Building Responsible Intelligent Creative Kids (BRICK)

Contact Name
Dominique D. Lee, Executive Director
Amount
$30,000
Category
Early Childhood Development
Year
2013

B.R.I.C.K.. Newark, Inc. was founded by a group of Teach for America corps members with a long-term commitment to teaching and leading in the Newark Public Schools. They have taken on the challenge of transforming two of the city’s worst performing schools into safe, nurturing academically challenging environments for students. Our grant supports the development of high quality early childhood programs at the schools.

Child Care Connection

Contact Name
Nancy Thomson, Executive Director
Amount
$28,800
Category
Early Childhood Development
Year
2013
Location
Trenton, NJ

The Schumann Fund’s grant to Child Care Connection, a childcare resource and referral agency, will enable the organization to assess the quality of Family Child Care Providers in three New Jersey counties, as part of a state-wide quality improvement effort.

Newark Preschool Council

Contact Name
Karen Highsmith, Executive Director
Amount
$25,000
Category
Early Childhood Development
Year
2013
Location
Newark, NJ

The Newark Preschool Council Head Start Program provides Head Start and Early Head Start services to Newark families in 39 stand-alone centers and in Newark Public School classrooms. Our grant supports a Newark-wide needs assessment and strategic plan for the Council.

Partnership for Maternal and Child Health of Northern New Jersey – Irvington Family Development Center

Contact Name
Marielle Natera, Director, IFDC
Amount
$25,000
Category
Early Childhood Development
Year
2013
Location
Irvington, NJ

Our grant to the Partnership for Maternal and Child Health of Northern New Jersey helps them coordinate the work of Irvington Children Achieving and Reaching Educational Success(ICARES), a coalition of Irvington community leaders, child care providers, and parents dedicated to improving the quality of early care and education in that city.

Programs for Parents

Contact Name
Beverly Lynn, Executive Director
Amount
$100,000
Category
Early Childhood Development
Year
2013
Location
Newark, NJ

Programs for Parents is the childcare resource and referral agency for Essex County NJ. The Schumann Fund grant, in partnership with other foundations, enables the agency to implement a Quality Rating and Improvement System for 20 early childhood programs that serve 2,500 infants and toddlers in Newark’s South Ward.

over two years

Third Sector New England Build Initiative for Early Learning

Contact Name
Susan Hibbard, Interim Executive Director (BUILD)
Amount
$100,000
Category
Early Childhood Development
Year
2013
Location
Boston, MA

High quality early education can eliminate the cognitive and language gaps between poor kindergarten-age children and their wealthier peers. The Build Initiative for Early Learning (a project of the national Early Childhood Funders Collaborative) will help New Jersey participate with nine other states to create coordinated systems of high-quality early learning programs, policies, and services to meet the needs of families with children from birth to five. The Schumann grant supports that effort.

over two years

Third Sector New England Early Childhood Funders Collaborative

Contact Name
Sara Slaughter, Chair
Amount
$15,000
Category
Early Childhood Development
Year
2013
Location
Boston, MA

Our grant to the Early Childhood Funders Collaborative enables the collaborative to provide information and technical assistance to prospective early childhood funders and funding for New Jersey’s participation the national Early Childhood Philanthropic Fund.

2012 $255,000

Advocates for Children of New Jersey

Contact Name
Cecilia Zalkind, Executive Director
Amount
$100,000
Category
Early Childhood Development
Year
2012
Location
Newark, NJ

The Association for Children of New Jersey’s advocacy and action have helped make New Jersey a national leader in early care and education. Since 1998 ACNJ has led the effort to bring high-quality, well-planned preschool to children in New Jersey’s poorest cities and rural areas. The Schumann Fund supported ACNJ’s Early Learning agenda.

Early Childhood Funders Collaborative

Contact Name
Ronnie Bloom, Chair
Amount
$5,000
Category
Early Childhood Development
Year
2012

The Early Childhood Funder’s Collaborative (ECFC) is an affiliation of foundations and corporate giving programs with interest in early childhood care and education that provides opportunities for networking, information sharing and strategic grantmaking. Our grant provided operating support.

Ironbound Community Corporation

Contact Name
Joseph Della Fave, Executive Director
Amount
$50,000
Category
Early Childhood Development
Year
2012
Location
Newark, NJ

Ironbound Community Corporation is a multi-service community based organization that works with neighborhood residents to develop programs and services to meet the needs of the community. The Schumann Fund supported the development of an Early Head Start program that will demonstrate the impact of high quality infant toddler care on later student well-being and academic performance.

National Institute for Early Education Research

Contact Name
W. Steven Barnett, Director
Amount
$50,000
Category
Early Childhood Development
Year
2012
Location
New Brunswick, NJ

The National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) conducts and communicates research to support high quality, effective early childhood education for young children and offers research-based advice and technical assistance to policy makers, researchers and educators. Schumann supports a NIEER assessment of the quality of early care and education services provided to infants and toddlers in Essex County, NJ.

The North Ward Center

Contact Name
Adrianne Davis, Executive Director
Amount
$50,000
Category
Early Childhood Development
Year
2012
Location
Newark, NJ

The North Ward Center is one of New Jersey’s largest preschool providers, offering early childhood educational services to more than 600 children each year. The Schumann Fund provided support for a Parenting Education Program for parents of North Ward Center preschool children.

2011 $255,000

Advocates for Children of New Jersey

Contact Name
Cecilia Zalkind, Executive Director
Amount
$100,000
Category
Early Childhood Development
Year
2011
Location
Newark, NJ

The Association for Children of New Jersey’s advocacy and action have helped make New Jersey a national leader in early care and education. Since 1998 ACNJ has led the effort to bring high-quality, well-planned preschool to children in New Jersey’s poorest cities and rural areas. The Schumann Fund supported ACNJ’s Early Learning agenda.

Early Childhood Funders Collaborative

Contact Name
Ronnie Bloom, Chair
Amount
$5,000
Category
Early Childhood Development
Year
2011

The Early Childhood Funder’s Collaborative (ECFC) is an affiliation of foundations and corporate giving programs with interest in early childhood care and education that provides opportunities for networking, information sharing and strategic grantmaking. Our grant provided operating support.

Ironbound Community Corporation

Contact Name
Joseph Della Fave, Executive Director
Amount
$50,000
Category
Early Childhood Development
Year
2011
Location
Newark, NJ

Ironbound Community Corporation is a multi-service community based organization that works with neighborhood residents to develop programs and services to meet the needs of the community. The Schumann Fund supported the development of an Early Head Start program that will demonstrate the impact of high quality infant toddler care on later student well-being and academic performance.

National Institute for Early Education Research

Contact Name
W. Steven Barnett, Director
Amount
$50,000
Category
Early Childhood Development
Year
2011
Location
New Brunswick, NJ

The National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) conducts and communicates research to support high quality, effective early childhood education for young children and offers research-based advice and technical assistance to policy makers, researchers and educators. Schumann supports a NIEER assessment of the quality of early care and education services provided to infants and toddlers in Essex County, NJ.

The North Ward Center

Contact Name
Adrianne Davis, Executive Director
Amount
$50,000
Category
Early Childhood Development
Year
2011
Location
Newark, NJ

The North Ward Center is one of New Jersey’s largest preschool providers, offering early childhood educational services to more than 600 children each year. The Schumann Fund provided support for a Parenting Education Program for parents of North Ward Center preschool children.

2010 $125,000

Association for Children of New Jersey

Contact Name
Cecilia Zalkind, Executive Director
Amount
$50,000
Category
Early Childhood Development
Year
2010
Location
Newark, NJ

Reading at grade level by grade 3 is a clear marker for later academic success. Children who participate in high quality preschool programs are more likely to read at grade level by grade 3 when there is alignment between the pedagogy, curriculum and parent engagement practices in preschool and the early elementary years. Our grant supports ACNJ’s work with three New Jersey school districts to align these key components

Center for Children and Childhood Studies – Rutgers University

Contact Name
Angela Connor, Program Coordinator
Amount
$70,000
Category
Early Childhood Development
Year
2010
Location
Camden, NJ

The Center for Children and Childhood Studies at Rutgers University’s Camden Campus works to connect the academic resources of the university to the real-life needs of the city’s children and parents. Our grant supports the Center’s professional development programs for early childhood teachers.

Grantmakers for Children, Youth, and Families for the Early Childhood Funders Collaborative

Contact Name
Stephanie McGencey, Executive Director
Amount
$5,000
Category
Early Childhood Development
Year
2010
Location
Washington, DC

The Early Childhood Funders Collaborative is an affiliation of foundations and corporate giving programs that have substantial grantmaking interest in early childhood care and education. The organization provides opportunities for information sharing, networking and strategic grantmaking. Our grant provides operating support.

2009 $155,000

Association for Children of New Jersey

Contact Name
Cecilia Zalkind, Executive Director
Amount
$100,000
Category
Early Childhood Development
Year
2009
Location
Newark, NJ

The Association for Children of New Jersey’s advocacy and action have helped make New Jersey a national leader in early care and education. Since 1998 ACNJ has led the effort to bring high-quality, well-planned preschool to children in New Jersey’s poorest cities and rural areas. The Schumann Fund supported ACNJ’s advocacy, outreach and coordination of the Early Childhood Coalition and of the BUILD initiative.

John S. Watson Institute for Public Policy – Thomas Edison State College

Contact Name
Ana Berdecia, Director, Center for the Positive Development of Urban Children
Amount
$15,000
Category
Early Childhood Development
Year
2009
Location
Trenton, NJ

In 2008 the Schumann Fund supported the piloting of a professional development and mentoring program to improve the ability of early childhood teachers to work with children and families from diverse backgrounds and cultures. The 2009 grant supported the expansion of the mentoring component of this training.

Pre-K Now – Pew Charitable Trusts

Contact Name
Libby Doggett, Executive Director
Amount
$25,000
Category
Early Childhood Development
Year
2009
Location
Washington, DC

Pre-K Now is a 10-year national campaign for universal prekindergarten launched by Pew Charitable Trusts in 2002. Our investment supports the technical assistance they provide to the Association for Children of New Jersey’s campaign to expand high quality preschool in New Jersey.

Teaching for Change

Contact Name
Deborah Menkart, Director
Amount
$15,000
Category
Early Childhood Development
Year
2009
Location
Washington, DC

The Schumann Fund supported Teaching for Change’s efforts to introduce cultural competence into the professional development protocols for early childhood teachers in New Jersey.

2008 $389,900

Association for Children of New Jersey

Contact Name
Cecilia Zalkind, Executive Director
Amount
$100,000
Category
Early Childhood Development
Year
2008
Location
Newark, NJ

Since 1998, ACNJ has led the effort to effectively implement the Abbott preschool mandate for high quality, well planned preschool and to advocate for expansion of preschool to all of New Jersey’s at-risk children. The Schumann Fund grant supported ACNJ’s Early Learning Agenda.

BUILD Initiative for Early Learning

Fiscal Agent
Civil Society Institute
Contact Name
Gerrit Westervelt, Project Director
Amount
$100,000
Category
Early Childhood Development
Year
2008
Location
Newton, MA

The Schumann Fund grant supported New Jersey’s efforts to build a coordinated system of programs, policies and services that meet the needs of families with children from birth to five.

over two years

Center for Children and Childhood Studies – Rutgers University

Contact Name
Angela Connor Morris
Amount
$100,000
Category
Early Childhood Development
Year
2008
Location
Camden, NJ

The Schumann Fund supported the Centers professional development programs for teachers and teacher aides in preschool and other early childhood settings.

over two years

Fight Crime: Invest in Kids

Contact Name
David Kass, Executive Director
Amount
$15,000
Category
Early Childhood Development
Year
2008
Location
Washington, DC

The Schumann Fund supported Fight Crimes efforts to mobilize law enforcement personnel, business leaders and other unexpected messengers to advocate for increased investment in high quality early childhood education.

John S. Watson Institute for Public Policy – Thomas Edison State College

Contact Name
Ana Berdecia, Director, Center for the Positive Development of Urban Children
Amount
$24,900
Category
Early Childhood Development
Year
2008
Location
Trenton, NJ

The Schumann Fund supported the piloting of a professional development and mentoring program to improve the ability of early childhood teachers to work with children and families from diverse backgrounds and cultures.

Pre-K Now – Institute for Educational Leadership

Contact Name
Libby Doggett, Executive Director
Amount
$25,000
Category
Early Childhood Development
Year
2008
Location
Washington, DC

The Schumann Fund supported the Pre-K Nows work with the Association for Children of New Jersey on efforts to expand public investment in and access to high quality early childhood education.

Teaching for Change

Contact Name
Deborah Menkart, Executive Director
Amount
$25,000
Category
Early Childhood Development
Year
2008
Location
Washington, DC

New Jersey City University is developing a cohort of early childhood teachers with expertise in working with English Language Learners and their families. The Schumann Fund supported this effort.

2007 $265,000

Association for Children of New Jersey

Contact Name
Cecilia Zalkind, Executive Director
Amount
$100,000
Category
Early Childhood Development
Year
2007
Location
Newark, NJ

Since 1998, the Association for Children of New Jersey has worked to expand access to high quality early childhood education, and to ensure that three and four-year-olds in the states 31 poorest district have access to the high quality preschool to which they are entitled. The Schumann Fund supported ACNJs advocacy for early learning.

Community Agencies Corporation

Contact Name
Dorothy Knauer, Executive Director
Amount
$30,000
Category
Early Childhood Development
Year
2007
Location
Newark, NJ

The Schumann Fund provided operating support to the agencys programs for young children.

Fight Crime: Invest in Kids

Contact Name
David Kass, Executive Director
Amount
$25,000
Category
Early Childhood Development
Year
2007
Location
Washington, DC

Research shows that Americans and their elected officials are most likely to push for policy change when they are persuaded that the changes are both morally right and in their proponents self interest. The Schumann Funds grant, supplemented with national funding from the Pew Charitable Trusts and others, supported Fight Crimes efforts to mobilize law enforcement officers and business leaders, both of which have unique credibility when making the case for increasing investments in young children.

Hispanic Directors Association of New Jersey

Contact Name
Daniel Santo Pietro, Executive Director
Amount
$25,000
Category
Early Childhood Development
Year
2007
Location
New Brunswick, NJ

The 33 member agencies of the Hispanic Directors Association provide affordable housing, legal help on immigration, health screening, job training and child care to about 250,000 New Jersey residents, many of them recent immigrants. The Schumann Funds grant enhanced the Associations capacity to work on early childhood policy in New Jersey, in coalition with other state-based organizations.

John S. Watson Institute for Public Policy – Thomas Edison State College

Contact Name
Joseph Youngblood, Executive Director
Amount
$25,000
Category
Early Childhood Development
Year
2007
Location
Trenton, NJ

Children whose home language is Spanish are the fastest growing segment of the preschool population in New Jersey. The Schumann Funds grant supported the Watson Institutes piloting of a training program to improve the ability of early childhood teachers to work with English language learners and their families.

New Jersey Association of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies

Amount
$35,000
Category
Early Childhood Development
Year
2007
Location
Trenton, NJ

The Schumann Funds grant supported a study of the qualifications of staff in the licensed, community-based child care programs in the states poorest school districts, in anticipation of expansion of preschool into these districts.

Pre-K Now – Institute for Educational Leadership

Contact Name
Libby Doggett, Executive Director
Amount
$25,000
Category
Early Childhood Development
Year
2007
Location
Washington, DC

Pre-K Now provided technical assistance and support to the Association for Children of New Jersey’s efforts to expand public investment in and access to high quality early childhood education. The Schumann Funds grant provided support for this work.

2006 $350,000

BUILD Initiative for Early Learning

Fiscal Agent
Civil Society Institute
Contact Name
Pam Solo, President; Gerrit Westervelt, Project Director
Amount
$100,000
Category
Early Childhood Development
Year
2006
Location
Newton, MA

BUILD is a multi-state effort to improve early childhood education, parenting support and health services for children from birth to five. New Jersey is one of six states selected to participate. The Schumann Fund grant supported the work in New Jersey.

over two years

Center for Strategic Urban Community Leadership, Rutgers University

Contact Name
Gloria Bonilla-Santiago, Director
Amount
$100,000
Category
Early Childhood Development
Year
2006
Location
Camden, NJ

Camden is the poorest city of its size in the United States. Thirty-two percent of Camdens population is children, and more than half of them are poor. The Schumann Fund grant supported the launch of a Parents Academy, part of a new Early Learning Research Center at Rutgers Camden.

over two years

Center for the Study of Child Care Employment

Contact Name
Marcy Whitebook, Director
Amount
$50,000
Category
Early Childhood Development
Year
2006
Location
Berkeley, CA

Pre-school teachers in both neighborhood and public school preschool programs in Abbott districts are now required to have a bachelors degree and course work in child development, and must be paid on par with other public school teachers. Children are showing marked academic gains as a result of these higher standards. The Center is surveying directors of Abbott preschools to identify implementation challenges and best practices. The Schumann Fund, in partnership with the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, is funding the research.

Center for Women and Work, Rutgers University

Contact Name
Eileen Appelbaum, Director
Amount
$50,000
Category
Early Childhood Development
Year
2006
Location
New Brunswick, NJ

The Center for Women and Work is conducting a study of work practices in early childhood programs. The study will lead to recommendations for improvements in management and work practices. The Schumann Fund grant supported a portion of the study.

DART Center at Kean University

Contact Name
Arlene Martin, Director
Amount
$50,000
Category
Early Childhood Development
Year
2006
Location
Union, NJ

About 25% of babies and toddlers in New Jersey are in child care while their parents work or go to school. The experiences that these children get in out-of-home care contribute to their emotional social and cognitive development. The Schumann Fund grant supported the piloting of an Infant/Toddler credential to prepare teachers for this important work.

over 20 months

Total: $3,312,050