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YOU gave more kids an equal chance to succeed
thank yOU, generous
supporters of the
parent-child home
program!
(As of December 10, 2010)
Your investment in United Way of King County supports programs that identify
developmental challenges as early as possible, and that provide therapeutic
services. Last year, United Way grantees helped 2,653 kids with developmental
delays make progress through intensive early intervention work.
$5 Million
Families received compassion and guidance. Children received physical and
language therapy. And some parents, who thought their kids might never walk,
watched their sons and daughters take their first steps.
You surrounded families with support
In many struggling families, parents lack the basic skills to teach their children. About 75 percent
of the state’s lowest-income children are not ready for kindergarten.
Parents are their first teachers, and all parents need support at some time in raising their children.
Your donation to United Way of King County supports parenting classes with information like
what to do when a baby cries uncontrollably, infant nutrition and a parent’s role in early childhood
development. Specialized training for parents with children who have special needs is also
available, thanks to you.
United Way donors helped expand the reach of the Parent-Child Home Program, which engages
isolated, low-income families in their homes and coaches parents to become adept at teaching
their young children.
how the parent-child home program works
Steve and Connie Ballmer
$1 Million
Microsoft
$250,000- $499,999
The Boeing Company
Safeco Insurance
Brad Smith and
Kathy Surace-Smith
1. Low-income
families with young
children voluntarily
enroll in the
program.
$100,000 -$249,999
Parent
Child
Home
Program
3. While playing with the child, the home
visitor models easy things that the parent can
do to encourage early learning.
Kids gain essential skills that prepare them to
succeed in school, and parents learn how to
be their child’s first and best teacher, and stay
engaged in their child’s education.
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2. Twice a week, a home
visitor goes to the family’s
home and brings gifts of
books and educational toys.
You helped children thrive
Business Partnership for Early Learning
Jon Fine and Paula Selis
Petunia Foundation, Elizabeth Hebert
Bill Henningsgaard and Susan Sullivan
William Poole and Janet Levinger
Blake and Molly Nordstrom
The Seattle Foundation
Rob Short and Emer Dooley
You improved the quality of child Care
When young children receive high quality care, the positive effects last into
early adulthood and beyond, particularly for children from low-income home
environments. United Way donors make quality child care accessible to lowincome families, support child care quality improvement, educate family, friend
and neighbor caregivers, and provide training for child care providers on working
with children with special needs.
United Way donors support accreditation for child care providers in low-income
communities. Accredited providers receive more professional development than
the state’s minimum licensing requirements, and they are trained to continually
assess their programs. When child care providers are accredited, they meet
certain national standards of professional quality child care or education.
So far, 44 King County child care programs serving low-income children have
received accreditation through the National Association for the Education of
Young Children (NAEYC), the gold standard in early education, and other national
accrediting bodies. Currently, United Way supports 22 child care programs
working to meet Child Care Resources “Committed to Quality” goals, a step
towards accreditation.
You kept children safe
Preventing abuse and neglect­—or intervening early if it’s occurred—is the best
way to help a child to healthy development. Therapeutic child care, specialized
therapy and counseling, and parenting programs are all made possible thanks to
your generous support.
A study by United Way of King County grantee, Childhaven, followed children
that had undergone Childhaven’s comprehensive treatment program and
compared results with other, less therapeutically-focused service programs.
Those who received therapeutic child care were better adjusted in school, two
and a half times less likely to abuse drugs, and six times less likely to commit
serious and violent crimes as teenagers.
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volunteer reader program
One of the best—and easiest—ways to help kids succeed in school is to read to them. When kids are read to at
an early age, they are more likely to become readers themselves and do well in school. That’s why United Way
of King County started the Volunteer Reader Program. More than 250 Volunteer Readers have gone out into the
community to read aloud to young children, and over the last year, they reached more than 1,400 kids.
People You helped
DEMANI
An only child cared for during the day by his grandmother, who speaks little English, Demani rarely saw other
children and had trouble focusing. A home visitor named Sovannary worked with Demani in the Parent-Child
Home Program for two years and said at first the little boy would jump up and down and run from room to room.
Over time, Sovannary’s twice weekly visits with Demani settled into a routine. She read with Demani and taught
him colors and shapes, modeling these skills for his grandmother. Demani learned to pay attention and his
grandmother learned how to guide him and enhance his learning. By the time he began preschool, Demani was
engaged and ready to learn.
PATRICK & JOE
When Patrick was diagnosed at age 3 with autism, his parents received little information and no guidance from
doctors. It wasn’t until his dad, Joe, learned about the Father’s Network, a program offered by United Way grantee,
Kindering Center, that Joe got a clear sense of how to help his son. Joe learned how to look for therapists and how
to choose the right education program for his son. At age 11, Patrick still has issues fitting in socially, but he more
than keeps up with his peers academically. These achievements were made possible thanks to the rigorous speech
and language therapy he received starting at an early age and the support his family received.
MICHELLE
Michelle, a child care provider, attended over 90 hours of professional development workshops and trainings
funded by United Way of King County. She also waded through the demanding self-study process to become an
accredited child care provider. Being accredited means Michelle has the tools to offer higher quality child care,
which will create long-term benefits for the kids under her guidance.
early learning
how united way invested your money
5,018
11,461
families
were linked
to quality
child care.
6,577
moms and
dads learned
parenting
skills.
Total grant funding in 2010:
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young children
met their
developmental
milestones and
were prepared
to enter
kindergarten.
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$3,994,000
child care providers
received assistance
with licensing and
accreditation to
improve the quality
of their service.
thank you, volunteer readers!
Carol Abrahamson
Susan Alcala
Laurel Allen
Janette Ambauen
Hilary Anderson
Shelley Anderson
Mara Applebaum
Susan Arnett
James-Olivia Avigail
Ruth Bacharach
Margaret Baker
Ann Ballard
Sraboni Basu
Thomas Bates
Carol Baush
Jack Baush
Elizabeth Bawden
Erin Benard
Jeannie Bennett
Kathy Bennett
Susan Beverly
Melissa Bigler
Margaret Bloor
Harry Bonnette
Naomi Botkin
Hilary Bowker
Kate Bowlus
Kim Boyle
Chris Brockopp
Stephanie Brown
Aria Brunson
Jason Buchanan
Laurie Burnett
Shannon Buss
Danielle Butz
Megan Caldwell
Marcia Callescura
Carrie Campbell
Sharon Carroll
Arthur Carter
Kristine Casey
Regina Chang
Nancy Chase
Debora Chen
Emily Chou
Kaaren Clifford
Sheri Clifford
Jesse Cole
Carolyn Cole
Erica Cooper
Deb Correia
Jessica Cothran
Stacy Cowell-Jackson
Richard Crowley
Kaila Cuddigan
Leah Culler
Ellen Cullom
Tom Cummings
Christopher Curry
Kanchanee Dafoe
Victoria Dang
Joan Davis
Amy Derheim
Dianna Devlin
Kerstin Doell
Dorothy Dubia
Kailee Eeckhoudt
John Esau
May Espejo
Elizabeth Fairchild
Ann Fasano
Susan Fenoglio
Kristin Fersch
Jamie Fiala
Robyn Fields
Jon Fine
Rebecca Fine
Emily Fitz
Malaya Fletcher
Lisa Foster
Theresa Frasch
Phyllis Friedman
Stephen Gacek
Michelle Gallegos
Linda Gammill
Maridee Garvey
Scott Gilgallon
Erik Gillespie
Wayne Glover
Julie Gommi
Mary Graham
Kathleen Graham
Shelly Graham
Patricia Gray
Michelle Gray
Roberta Gurtowski
Mary Harley
Maggie Hartle
Carol Hatlen
Marsha Heaton
Rosemary Hebert
Karen Heim-Reiger
Pat Helgren
Samuel Herrera
Rose Hesselbrock
Jolene Hilderbrand
Karen Hill
Shelly Holdren
Rory Hollins
Janet Holter
Gwyn Howard
Dawn Hubbard
Allison Hughes
Katherine Hunsberger
Dilek Ilgiz
Suzanne Ingrao
Jolene Irons
Laura Irwin
Kathy Isaac
Sureena Izham
Mary Jackson
Bill Jacobus
Michelle Johansen
Elizabeth Johnson
Brian Johnson
Karla Johnson
Monica Jolley
Julie Kalligerakis
Jennifer Kapur
Kristine Kenney
Dean Kilodavis
Sarah King
Teri Korsmo
Joan Kropf
Rebecca Kuenzel
Nina Lacey
Karinn Lane
Belinda Lee
Mandy Lehigh
Marina Luis
Susan Lundgren
Kathleen Mahoney
Rowena Mangohig
Linda Martinez
Susan Massey
Michele Mather
Mark Mcalexander
Alexis McCauley
Dustin McCrory
Thomas McFarland
Devin McKissic
Jessica McNamara
Colleen Melott
Samantha Menathy
Louis Mendoza
Maxwell Meredith
David Metting
Emmeline Michler
Julia Miller
Rachael Mills-McCabe
Marie Morris
Karen Mueller
Marilyn Nicolai
Lucy Nolan
Cynde Norr
Alexandra Oleynikova
Mary O’Malley
Sandi Palmer
Allison Palumbarit
Susan Patterson
Amy Patton
Susan Peiser
Dung Phan
Kathryn Piersall
Dorothy Pinney
Bonnie Pomeroy
Melissa Powell
Carl Pugliese
Kerry Radcliffe
Sabitha Rajagopal
Rachel Raymond
Aimee Recuenco
Gayle Reed
Lori Reichert
Joe Reineke
Laurie Rice
Nedra Rivera Huntington
Peggy Roberts
Jason Robison
Bonnie Rosalind
Kathy Rossol
Robin Rothe
Eileen Rule
Gurleen Sachar
Sandip Sall
Kaylee Schaeper
Christine Schwager
Jana Schwartz
Darlene Secord
Mary Anne Seibert
Belinda Shanle
May Shimbo
Molly Simmons
David Smithburg
Sheila Smyre
Daniel Sommerfeld
Christine Spencer
Vaidehi Sreenivas
Laura Srygley
Heather Stamp
Jackie Stapp
Martha Stave
Kerrie Stoops
Angela Strecker
Sara Stromley
Casey Stryer
Kathryn Suhrbier
Jamie Suit
Soo Sung
Bea Sweeney
Sharyse Tacy
Cynthia Taylor
Karla Thomas
Amy Tooley
Anne Tooley
Rachel Toroni
Karen Trask
Tammie Treibley
Charlotte Trout
Theresa Tuck
Patricia Tucker-Dolan
Sandra-Jo Ulrey
Sarah Um
Denice Van
Heeringen-Brown
Su Vathanaprida
Molly Viers
Khushbu Vyas
Andrea Wahlborg
Emily Walker
Laura Walker
Delonda Ward
Barbara Warden
Brianna Wartman
Ryan Weh
Janet Welch
Lee Wheeler
Arie Whitman
Vivian Williams
Donna Wilson
Lisa Wolcott
Miu Wong
Erica Wong
Kerri Youngs
Josh Zenzic-Quinlan
Tamara Ziesemann
Every Wednesday,
May goes to a child
care center in West
Seattle and reads with
the kids for an hour.
She shares stories,
teaches the children
new words and shows
them how to use their
imagination. May
enjoys the fun she has
with the wriggly, giggly
preschoolers, and she
feels good about the
positive impact she’s
making in their lives.
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