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
Building Back Better – Enough for All in action
2020 Evaluation Report highlights progress in poverty reduction
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
- Sep 21, 2021
Poverty profiles outline the incidence of poverty in each Ward of Calgary
Vibrant Communities Calgary and the Canadian Poverty Institute partner together to engage municipal candidates in the upcoming municipal election.
- Jul 23, 2021
Calgary Ward Poverty Profiles show that poverty exists in every Ward
New interactive tool helps Calgarians understand poverty in our city
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