WHAT UNITED 4 CHILDREN DOES

United 4 Children makes children a priority. By providing children with healthy meals, creating safe places to learn and play, and providing social-emotional and inclusive services for children with special needs or challenging behaviors – United 4 Children ensures every child has the foundation to thrive.

United 4 Children provides high-quality support to childcare and afterschool programs so that families can feel at ease knowing their children, regardless of ability, are receiving the best care possible and have every opportunity to succeed.

CHANGE 4 CHILDREN

Use your loose change to change a child’s life. Change 4 Children is an opportunity to donate a specific amount each month. Your monthly donation to United 4 Children helps bring equity to early childhood education and provide every child with the foundation to thrive. Additionally, you’ll receive a thank you gift upon joining!

Here’s a glimpse at the impact your monthly donation will make:

• A $10 monthly donation will provide a childcare center with a book that helps children understand and communicate their emotions.
• A $25 monthly donation will provide a childcare center with a sensory item to help children with special needs meet development milestones.
• A $50 monthly donation will allow United 4 Children to purchase technology to help observe childcare classrooms virtually. These observations are crucial to United 4 Children staff understanding how they can best support childcare providers and the children they serve.
• A $100 monthly donation will allow United 4 Children to support a childcare provider in purchasing study materials for the Child Development Associate program.

SOCIAL EMOTIONAL EARLY CHILDHOOD (SEEC) PROJECT

The State of Missouri has the highest level of school suspensions in the nation, with St. Louis being the highest concentration in the state. In fact, in St. Louis, children score 61% higher in social-emotional delays than the national average. There are many areas throughout Missouri who are underserved, have minimal resources, and have an overall lack of support for teachers and childcare programs. Many of these counties include children and families who are at-risk, who have experienced child abuse and neglect and have limited resources to support these families and childcare programs.

The SEEC Project is a multi-tiered research-based approach that teaches social-emotional skills in which all children benefit from provided preventative strategies for children who are at-risk for social-emotional delays and help determine interventions for children exhibiting challenging behaviors.

CHILDREN

families and providers impacted in 2019

MILLION

meals served in 2019

CLOCK HOURS

administered through 296 trainings in 2019