Quality care environments can contribute to children’s growth and development, which in turn helps prevent intergenerational poverty. Easy access to care also helps increase families’ capacity for gainful employment. Calgarians deserve improved access to affordable, quality child care options that cater to the diversity of the city.
Lever of ChangeEarly Learning and Care
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The ability to read and understand and then apply that knowledge enables people to navigate through life. As such, literacy and education are critical components of poverty reduction.
At age 3, children need to develop the vocabulary they need to be school-ready at age 6, and to be able to successfully make the shift at age 9 from learning to read, to reading to learn—so they can succeed in school and in life. Enough for All Champion Calgary Reads believes in the value of literacy and discusses different ways to support early childhood learning. Their 3-6-9 Series delves into topics that discuss the value of literacy and learning in the early years.
Early learning influences adulthood success, so one of our greatest assets against adulthood poverty is early education.
Each lever of change links to one or more of the 94 calls to action from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Early Learning and Care links to #1, #2, #4, #8, #55, #70, #71, #75, #81, and #82.
E4A in Action
Report to Community
Evaluating our collective progress towards achieving Enough for All in 2020
The Building Blocks of Early Literacy
Combating poverty in the earliest stages of life
News & Events
- Jul 23, 2021
Calgary Ward Poverty Profiles show that poverty exists in every Ward
New interactive tool helps Calgarians understand poverty in our city
- Jul 22, 2021
New report highlights how poverty exists in each one of Calgary’s 14 wards
CityNews Calgary interviews Meaghon Reid about the Calgary Municipal Ward Poverty Profiles
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