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About EDUCATION

Helping Children and Youth Achieve their Potential

Kids win when families, schools, and the community work together to nurture their development.

At United Way of Northern New Jersey, we are working to ensure children have the lifelong skills and strong foundation needed to thrive in our increasingly complex world.

To prepare children and youth for lifelong success, we are involved from their youngest years through high school.  Our early childhood education work is focused on ensuring children achieve appropriate developmental milestones to make them ready to enter kindergarten and be successful in elementary school.  We strive to make quality, affordable early learning accessible to all children no matter their social or financial situation.  We also support early literacy and provide resources and workshops for both educators and parents.  Our efforts continue into the middle and high school years where we work with schools to improve school culture, strengthen school and community support networks, and provide youth with mentors.

Our focus on EDUCATION is improving young lives throughout our communities.  With initiatives that span from early childhood through the school-age years, United Way ensures that children’s basic needs are being met, their experience at child care centers and schools is positive and instructive, and parents are actively involved in their development.

Support for Early Childhood

Keep Kids Safe                               
United Way Success By 6

Support for School-Age Youth

Keep Kids Safe
United Way Youth Empowerment Alliance