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- EIN 83-3036600
- 650.521.2478
- 633 Quarry Road Suite D San Carlos CA 94070 USA
- www.learninghomevolunteers.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Education, Preschools
Mission: Learning Home Volunteers secures an equal start at school for low-income children, boosting their educational outcomes and life prospects. We are parent-powered, child-led and volunteer-enabled. California has ½ million children living in poverty, and 350,000 of them will enter kindergarten already 2 years behind. Precious few will ever catch up. Yet this has been the norm for the past 60 years. To be born into poverty shouldn’t be a life sentence. Learning Home Volunteers believes the answer lies in the home. Our success formula is parents + a thoughtfully-designed program that invests in them and their children.
Results: Our parents are creating unprecedented success for kids: 96% of our graduates, taught by their low-income parents, are kindergarten ready. Game changing. With LHV they are creating life-changing success for themselves too: our parents learn they possess the agency, power, and tools to deliver on the promise of education for their children. In our county, only 30% of low-income children enter kindergarten ready. Starting behind means being stuck behind: just 25% of under-resourced children meet reading and math standards. Low educational outcomes have a life-time ripple effect - on their earning potential, mental health and overall well-being. Research shows that to succeed in school a child must have foundational skills, and that the single most influential factor for reversing the impact of poverty on learning is the parent-child relationship.
Target demographics: secure an equal start at school for low-income children, boosting their educational outcomes and life prospects. We are parent-powered, child-led, and volunteer-enabled.
Direct beneficiaries per year: 350+ individuals
Geographic areas served: San Mateo County, California
Programs: We empower parents through training, equip them with the resources they need to be successful through learning kits brought to their home year-around. We support their work in finding the right path for their child's learning journey.