WE ARE WORKING TO ENSURE CHILDREN AND YOUTH SUCCEED
From preschoolers to high school students, United Way of Central Ohio is working to ensure that the next generation is equipped with the skills to succeed in school and in life.
Our work is designed to intervene early to prevent the kinds of problems that cause children to fail and to provide the resources necessary to encourage our youth to remain productive and engaged.
We are working to maximize early learning so our children enter kindergarten prepared for school and we are working to make sure more of our youth graduate from high school well-prepared for their future.
DID YOU KNOW?
- 85% of a child's capacity to learn is established by age 5.
- In Ohio, 30% of kindergarteners need some form of intervention.
- Nearly 1 in 3 students in high school today will not graduate.
- 40% of young adults without a diploma received government assistance in 2001.
