Kansas City Public Library

To encourage early learning, the Kansas City Public Library will partner with The Family Conservancy in a planning project to identify and evaluate existing community programs that support school readiness. The planning team will produce a blueprint for collaboration among early educators, parent support groups, literacy organizations, social services, and others that share a common goal of promoting early language development. Through surveys, facilitated community conversations, and mapping research, the team will catalog the scope of existing programs and identify overlapping areas and gaps in service delivery. Data collection and analysis will identify opportunities for better coordination and expanded reach to families with young children, and to child care professionals.