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Partners and Alliances
4 Kids has built productive and lasting partnerships with many other organizations; those collaborations help us fulfill our mission.
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Woodland Hills School District is a close partner in our Early Reading First program; we coordinate our programs and curricula to ensure a smooth transition for children at kindergarten entry. |
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Allegheny Intermediate Unit #3 is the coordinator for Head Start and the lead agency for our PreK Counts program. |
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Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh and the UCLID Center at the University of Pittsburgh provide the research team that evaluates our effectiveness and measures the progress of 4 Kids children. Children's Hospital also provides health services, helping to enhance the health of our children and their families. |
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Our Community Advisory Board, made up of local residents and community leaders, guides our work and helps maintain our close connection to our communities. |
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NAEYC and PAEYC, the National and Pennsylvania Associations for the Education of Young Children, provide mentoring and training support to our staff. |
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UPMC Health System provides services and support. |
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Propel Charter Schools is a close partner in offering high-quality after-school programming for their students. |
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Duquesne University provides expert guidance, professional development, and mentoring for our early language and literacy component. |
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Matilda Theiss Child Development Program (Western Psychiatric Institute of UPMC Presbyterian) helps 4 Kids improve families’ access to evaluations and therapeutic services, to better support children’s social/emotional and behavioral development. |
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