EFS helps affiliate centers learn the key ingredients for quality early childhood education everyday by:

> Providing training for directors and teachers in English & Spanish
> Supplying quality learning tools and materials
> Involving parents and families in their child's education
> Empowering centers to draw down more resources under our umbrella

At Risk Defined

Children in this category often repeat the cycle of poverty and are handicapped in
school and in life by:

> An inadequate vocabulary (language barriers)
> Parents' level of education, maturity and income
> Lack of access to high-quality pre-schools and childcare centers in low-income neighborhoods

About EFS

> 2,500 children are currently served by EFS
> EFS is partnered with 60 childcare centers in Dallas County
> As of 2006, 19 affiliate centers became accredited by NAEYC and NAC
(the 'gold-star' measures for early childhood education in the USA)
> EFS partners with other community groups to leverage additional resources for our centers
> EFS does not receive any government or United Way funding

Hands-On Program

> We impact more than 500 teachers and directors
> We provide teachers with scholarships for
certificates and degrees in Early Childhood Education
> We conduct professional on-site weekly mentoring to teachers
and affiliate center directors

UTD Study - Affirming Our Program Success

In 2003 a study was conducted by the University of
Texas at Dallas. From that study we know that children who had
attended an EFS affiliate center before entering a DISD school were
shown to have
> Higher scores on standard tests
> Higher rates of promotion to the next grade
> Lower rates of absenteeism
> Fewer referrals to special education
That study is being expanded and extended for the next six years under the direction
of Dr. Richard Scotch. The current study is tracking 6500+ EFS affiliate center children from
birth to third grade.