HOW WE MAKE IT HAPPEN
The Children’s Initiative was founded in 1992 when five San Diego based foundations and more than 40 community and public leaders came together to form an organization that establishes innovative community solutions on behalf of our most vulnerable children and youth. The mission of the Children’s Initiative is to help San Diego’s low-income children, youth and families thrive and prosper.
The Children’s Initiative’s projects are created in response to the community’s needs by continually identifying trends in the health, safety, and education of San Diego’s children through community input and current data. The Children’s Initiative convenes diverse organizations and stakeholders, brokers creative partnerships, and leverages millions of dollars in public and private resources to ensure that relevant and high-quality programing is delivered.
REPORT CARD DEVELOPMENT
The Report Card tells us how our children and families are faring in the domains of health, education, welfare, and economic support.
After school programs in San Diego County have reached new heights through the leadership and advocacy efforts of The Children's Initiative. Working with local officials, The Children's Initiative promoted a unique concept: that the need for safe after school programs is not...
JUVENILE JUSTICE
Through a partnership between the County of San Diego Board of Supervisors and The Children's Initiative, San Diego County became one of the first national sites to plan, develop and implement the United States Justice Department's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention...
CHILDHOOD INJURY PREVENTION
Our Childhood Injury Prevention Program raises awareness and educates parents, caregivers and early childhood education staff on childhood injury prevention strategies to make homes, automobiles and communities safer for children ages zero through five.
SCALING READING SUCCESS
The Children's Initiative works with local expanded learning programs to help struggling readers in 1st through 3rd grades get the extra literacy support they need to be proficient readers.
SCIENCE LINK
As a strategy to prepare students for higher learning through improving and broadening academic accomplishment in science, math, ecology and technology, Science Link will bring quality science/ecology/environmental education and hands-on activities to students in our local...
ART LINK
The Children's Initiative coordinates the Art Link project for after school programs throughout San Diego County. The Art Link project connects individuals with artistic talents to partner with after school programs to share their enthusiasm, expertise and creations.
POSITIVE PARENTING PROGRAM
The Positive Parenting Program (Triple P), The Children's Initiative, in partnership with Jewish Family Services, brings The Positive Parenting Program, Triple P, to San Diego After School Consortium partner districts and charter schools serving expanded learning families.