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DID YOU KNOW . . . that 85% of a child’s brain growth occurs before kindergarten?
Therefore, what happens during the first five years of a child’s life
. . . matters for a lifetime.
Our Pledge to the Community
- Children will enter kindergarten with the language, academic and social skills to succeed in school.
- Children will live in healthy families and will receive medical and dental care during the first five years of life.
- The community level of awareness and engagement in supporting the development of children in the first five years of life will increase.
What is the Partnership for Families Northside, Inc.?
The Partnership for Families Northside is a pioneering group of established organizations that helps families prepare their children from birth to five years to enter school healthy and ready to learn. The Robins Foundation is supporting the Partnership during its first years.
Why is the Partnership important?
This ground-breaking organization is doing what no one in the country has done before – Partners working collaboratively to provide free and comprehensive family care, education and support through the following coordinated family services:
- family support and education, including home visits
- access to early childhood education and high quality child care from birth to age five years
- access to health care and insurance for children
- tools for parents/caregivers to better provide for their children:
- family literacy, educational and training services
- parent support, advocacy, education and empowerment
- job skills training and placement
Which North Richmond neighborhoods are served by the Partnership?
The service area of the Partnership for Families Northside, Inc. includes the following 24 neighborhoods,
which are located within parts of these ZIP codes:
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23220
23219
23222
23227
in the northeast quadrant
of the City of Richmond.
Barton Heights - North
Barton Heights - South
Battery Park
Bellevue
Brookland Park
Carver
Dill Acres
Edgehill
Gilpin
Ginter Park
Ginter Park Terrace
Green Park
Highland Park - North
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Highland Park South Tip
Highland View
Jackson Ward
Laburnum Park
John Marshall
Newtowne West
Providence Park
Rosedale
Sherwood Park
Virginia Union
Washington Park
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What North Richmond schools/early childhood education organizations are included in the Partnership’s service area?
Programs
- Elementary Schools - K-5 + Head Start (HS)
- Early Head Start (EHS)
- Virginia Preschool Initiative (VPI)
- Even Start (ES)
- Early Reading First (ERF)
Schools
- G. W. Carver Elementary - HS, VPI
- Ginter Park Elementary and Mary Scott Annex - VPI
- Linwood Holton Elementary - VPI
- Overby-Sheppard Elementary - HS, VPI
- Stuart Elementary - VPI
Other Schools / Organizations
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Adult Career Development Center: offers Head Start, Early Head Start, and family literacy programs
Friends Association for Children: offers Head Start and Early Reading First programs
John Marshall High School: offers Head Start and Early Head Start programs
YMCA, North Richmond: offers Head Start and Early Reading First programs
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©2006, 2008 Partnership for Families Northside
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Children are born ready to learn. The brain is the only organ that is not fully
formed at birth. During the first three years, trillions of connections between
brain cells are being made.
Find out more about the skills your child
needs to become an eager learner.
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