Addressing Needs: High-Quality Resources & Programming

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High-Quality Resources and Programming: In Gwinnett, our families will have local access to the high-quality books, materials, resources, and programs that they need and want.

Ensuring all families of children birth to age five in Gwinnett have access to high-quality resources and programming is a high priority for us. We are focusing on addressing the community’s needs and wants in order to allow all parents and caregivers in Gwinnett to be their child’s first and best teacher.

Leading the Way: High-Quality Programming

With a key guiding belief that high-quality resources and programming should be accessible to every early learner in Gwinnett, we implemented the Building Babies’ Brains in Every Language and Culture initiative supporting Gwinnett’s early learning community, including Gwinnett’s Flagship Early Learning Programs of Building Brains (B2) Anywhere through Gwinnett County Community Services, Kindergarten, Here We Come through GCPL, and Play 2 Learn through GCPS.

Through this grant-funded initiative, we are able to provide materials for families around the importance of early learning and high-quality resources and programming in a culturally responsive manner. We purchased and created materials in languages spoken in Gwinnett that were specific to program enrollment. This includes items such as books, music, puppets, manipulatives, brochures, home learning activity calendars, tips sheets, online resources, and much more. We also know that the ability to communicate opportunities that are available in the county in languages other than English is critical to providing access and equity for families of early learners. In response to this need, we prioritized translation services to ensure brochures, flyers, companion materials, and online content are accessible to as many families as possible within the community.