CF Program Fact Sheet

• Children's Futures is structured as a non-profit organization created to improve child health and development outcomes for children zero to three in Trenton, New Jersey.

• Children's Futures is a broad-based partnership of organizations, public agencies, and private providers serving young children in the Trenton area.

• The initiative primarily serves children birth to three years of age and their parents.

• Children's Futures is focused on four primary goals.
  1. Strengthening parenting
  2. Improving child care system
  3. Improving primary care system 
  4. Integrating community supports
     
     
• Four parent child centers serve as hubs for coordinated service delivery.  Home visiting is a primary service delivery strategy.

• Another area of focus is on improving the quality of child care.

• The Children's Futures' organization serves as a unique community institution, promoting best practice, collaboration, and leadership development.

• Major funding for the initiative was provided by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation ($20 million for 2001-2006; $14.5 million for 2007-2011).  Additional federal, state, local and private funding sources support the initiative.

• Major Accomplishments
  • Established parent/child and father centers.
  • Increased child care quality in infant and toddler programs 
  • Increased access to home visiting services
  • Improved practice among area physicians to increase rates of immunization, lead screening, detection of child abuse, and asthma care management.
  • Increased access to home visiting services.
  • Strengthened parenting skills.
  • Improved early literacy.