Early Childhood Education: Making a Big Impact on Little Learners

Atlanta

Join us for a dialogue with funders in the field of early childhood education.

This event is part of our Funding for Education Month.

Free
90 minutes

The state of Georgia once led the nation in efforts to provide universal access to quality preschool experiences for 4-year-olds. However, according to the Southern Education Foundation's report, Time to Lead Again: The Promise of Georgia Pre-K, the program’s claim to offer "universal" education is a misnomer, since the percentage of four-year-olds enrolled in Georgia Pre-K has never exceeded 55% since the program began in 1995.

Come and learn what your organization can do to provide access to high-quality care that can lay the foundation for children's success later in life. Participants will also learn about relevant research in early childhood education and how to discover funding opportunities in the field.

Our panelists will include:

• Lauren Veasey, Program Officer
  Southern Education Foundation
• Catherine Covington, Grants Manager
  SunTrust Bank Endowment & Foundation Services
• *Others To Be Announced*

Lauren Veasey is a Program Officer with the Southern Education Foundation. Her current research projects include Pre-Kindergarten Programs in the South, Miles to Go research for K-12 school systems in Louisiana and Mississippi, and Southern Education After Hurricane Katrina. Ms. Veasey received her M.A. in Education Policy & Research from the University of Michigan, where she worked as a research associate with the Institute for Research on Women and Gender on issues related to girls’ education. She is a 2007 Association of Black Foundation Executives (ABFE) Connecting Leaders Fellow, as well as a 2007 Southeastern Council on Foundations Hull Fellow.

Catherine Covington received her B.S. in Management with a concentration in Accounting from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Upon graduation, Catherine was selected for a year-long fellowship with the Woodruff and Whitehead Foundations, where she participated with the foundations’ officers in meetings with grants applicants and site visits to organizations seeking support. After spending some time as an Audit Associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP, Catherine found her way back in the nonprofit sector as the Grants Manager at SunTrust Bank in Endowment and Foundation Services, where she is currently employed. She is responsible for all aspects of the grants management process including receipt of the grant applications, site visits, maintenance of the grants management database, preparation of board meeting materials and attendance at board meetings, processing approved and declined grant applications, etc., for a number of private foundation clients.

Free Registration

This program is offered free of charge. Space is limited. Please arrive on time or your seat may be given away to others who are waiting to attend.

You can register online, in person, or by calling 404-880-0095.

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For additional information, call The Foundation Center-Atlanta at 404-880-0095.