Addressing the Early Childhood Education Crisis
In 2022, LVCF named early childhood has one of the foundation’s three key focus areas due to a growing early childhood crisis locally and nationally, interest from LVCF’s fundholders, and an opportunity to provide leadership in this critical area. LVCF provides funding for early childhood organizations, raises awareness about this issue, serves as a backbone convenor for the Lehigh Valley’s Early Childhood Action Collaborative, and utilizes LVCF’s other resources and connections to make an impact in this issue area.
Lehigh Valley Community Foundation Initiatives
Early Childhood Overview
Early Childhood Collaborative
Early Childhood Grantmaking
The early childhood sector is in a crisis in the Lehigh Valley, which is negatively impacting our children, families, and communities, in ways that ripple out across our economy. Pennsylvania has an annual cost of $6.65 billion. Learn more...
Early Childhood Grantmaking
Early Childhood Collaborative
Early Childhood Grantmaking
LVCF has focused on supporting the Early Childhood sector beginning in 2023. Each year, nearly $200,000 in funding support is distributed to Lehigh Valley organizations that are focused on early childhood. Learn more...
Early Childhood Collaborative
Early Childhood Collaborative
Early Childhood Collaborative
The Early Childhood Education Collaborative is a group of committed partners representing early childhood advocates, providers, stakeholders, businesses, and community members that are working together to make impact in advancing the early childhood sector across the Lehigh Valley.