Education
| EDUCATION Helping Children and Youth Achieve Their Academic Potential Target Issue: Readiness to achieve in school Intended result: Children enter school developmentally on track in terms of literacy and social, emotional and intellectual skills Target Issue: Academic achievement Intended result: Elementary students are prepared to succeed in later grades Intended result: Young people graduate from high school |
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United Way of McLean County is focused on advancing the common good by creating opportunities for a better life for all. Education, income and health are the building blocks for a good life. Education is essential to getting and keeping a job with a livable wage and health benefits. An income adequate to pay for today's necessities and save for the future provides individuals and families some sense of financial stability. Access to quality health care keeps children on track in school and adults productive at work. Remove any one of these building blocks and the other two topple. We are in the process of identifying the critical issues in our community that must be addressed to achieve our goal of helping children and youth achieve their academic potential. Currently, a group of volunteers, including experts in the field of education, are developing a plan to address these issues. They will then invite the entire community to join together to ensure that children and youth in McLean County have the opportunity to achieve their academic potential. We will post updates on our progress as they become available, so please check back often. |