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SAVE THE CHILDREN IS A LEADING INTERNATIONAL NONPROFIT CHILDREN'S DEVELOPMENT AND RELIEF ORGANIZATION WORKING IN MORE THAN 120 COUNTRIES, INCLUDING THE UNITED STATES. OUR MISSION IS TO INVEST IN CHILDHOOD ? EVERY DAY, IN TIMES OF CRISIS AND FOR OUR FUTURE. IN THE UNITED STATES AND AROUND THE WORLD, WE GIVE CHILDREN A HEALTHY START, THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN AND PROTECTION FROM HARM. BY TRANSFORMING CHILDREN'S LIVES NOW, WE CHANGE THE COURSE OF THEIR FUTURE AND OURS. SAVE THE CHILDREN'S WORK IN THE UNITED STATES HAS FOCUSED ON OUR MOST UNDERSERVED RURAL COMMUNITIES, PROVIDING EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT, LITERACY, NUTRITION AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN WITH WORKING PARTNERSHIPS WITH NEARLY 200 SCHOOLS IN 20 STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, WITH A FOCUS ON PERSISTENTLY POOR RURAL AREAS IN APPALACHIA, THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER DELTA, THE SOUTHEASTERN AND SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES AND CALIFORNIA'S CENTRAL VALLEY, AS WELL WORKING WITH HIGH RISK STATES ON DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND PREPAREDNESS PLANS.
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER DELTA FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM CURRENTLY OPERATES WITH 26 VOLUNTEER SERVICE YEARS (VSYS) AND A BUDGET OF $157,491. OUR GOAL IS TO BUILD THE CAPACITY OF LOCAL SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS IN RURAL AMERICA TO PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FOR CHILDREN FROM BIRTH TO FIVE, AS WELL AS LITERACY, NUTRITION, AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN FROM KINDERGARTEN THROUGH THIRD GRADE. IT IS ESSENTIAL WE PARTNER WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO CREATE LASTING CHANGE AND SUSTAINABLE PROGRAMS. THE FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM IS AN ESSENTIAL LINK BETWEEN THE SAVE THE CHILDREN LITERACY PROGRAM AND THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE. THE MISSION OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER DELTA FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM IS TO ENRICH, ENCOURAGE, ENHANCE AND IMPACT THE FUTURE OF OUR CHILDREN WHILE REMAINING ACTIVE AND VITAL MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITIES. THE GOALS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER DELTA FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM ARE TO SERVE APPROXIMATELY 400 CHILDREN AT THE END OF THE THREE YEAR GRANT, PROVIDE CHILDREN WITH LITERACY SUPPORT THROUGH SAVE THE CHILDREN'S LITERACY PROGRAM WHILE OFFERING ENRICHING AND ENGAGING EXPERIENCES FOR SENIOR CITIZEN VOLUNTEERS. THE MISSION OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER DELTA FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM UNITES THE OBJECTIVES OF THE CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE SERVE AMERICA ACT FOCUS AREA OF EDUCATION AND SAVE THE CHILDREN?S MISSION OF INVESTING IN THE FUTURE OF CHILDREN.
ACTING AS GRANTOR, CONTENT PROVIDER AND AN ONGOING SOURCE OF TECHNICAL SUPPORT, SAVE THE CHILDREN FOCUSES ON BUILDING STRATEGIC GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS TO YIELD SCALABLE, REPLICABLE AND ACCOUNTABLE MODEL SITES. SAVE THE CHILDREN STRIVES TO BE THE PREMIER ORGANIZATION IN THE NATION THAT DEVELOPS AND FUNDS THE HIGHEST QUALITY, HIGHEST IMPACT LITERACY AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND NUTRITION PROGRAMS, BOTH IN SCHOOL AND AFTER SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN IN RURAL AMERICA. OUR MODEL PROGRAM APPROACH BENEFITS CHILDREN BY PROVIDING HIGHLY TRAINED STAFF, NEW AGE-APPROPRIATE BOOKS, SAFE EQUIPMENT, HEALTHY SNACKS, STRUCTURED PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, SOFTWARE AND TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES AND STRUCTURED PROGRAM CONTENT TO HELP CHILDREN BECOME STRONGER READERS AND ADOPT HEALTHY LIFESTYLE BEHAVIORS.
BECAUSE OF SAVE THE CHILDREN?S PROVEN PROGRAM MODEL, WE ARE ABLE TO LEVERAGE RESOURCES TO SUPPORT THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM THROUGHOUT OUR US BASED NETWORK OF THREE STATE OFFICES AND OVER ONE HUNDRED LOCAL COMMUNITY PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS. THIS PROJECT IS ONE OF THREE FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAMS SPONSORED BY THE SAVE THE CHILDREN IN THE UNITED STATES. WE CURRENTLY OPERATE THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER DELTA FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM IN FIVE COUNTIES IN MISSISSIPPI AND ONE COUNTY IN ARKANSAS. OUR OPERATIONS AND OBJECTIVES ARE INTEGRATED WITH THE SAVE THE CHILDREN HOME OFFICE IN FAIRFIELD, CONNECTICUT.
