Children’s Corridor Story Featured on Local Radio Station KGNU

    Program Spotlights Work of Three Corridor Innovation Partners The Children’s Corridor, a ground-breaking effort to elevate the lives and futures of more than 35,000 at-risk youth in a 41 square mile area of north Denver and Aurora, will be the focus of a one-hour special program on radio station KGNU 88.5 FM/1390 AM on Wednesday, June 20, 2012 at 8:35 a.m. Every day 10 children are born in the Corridor – if things don’t change, 5 of them won’t graduate from high school. The Children’s Corridor is one of the fastest growing population centers in metro Denver, a… Read the Rest

Early Excellence and Beyond

It’s double the giggles and double the grins, but also double the worries about child care if you’re blessed with twins, like Joni Gilmore. A single mom who works part-time as a certified nursing assistant, Joni’s load is lighter because her 4-year-old boys attend the Early Excellence Program of Denver, located in the Cole neighborhood. Early Excellence provides high quality (it has a 4-Star Qualistar rating) preschool education to children from two to five years old, with the goal of cognitively, socially, emotionally and physically preparing children to achieve academic success in kindergarten and beyond. Most of the children, like… Read the Rest