$912K in expenses

Early childhood connections provides training and support services to adults who care for young children in homes, child care centers, preschools, and head start programs. In 2024 early childhood connections impacted 1,042 individual child care providers through training or technical assistance. Early childhood connections provided 854 hours of education through in-person and online classes from january 1 through december 31, 2024. Many participants attended more than one class.

$504K in expenses

The rapid city starting strong initiative seeks to provide a voluntary, community-based scholarship program to help 3-and 4-year old children in poverty access quality early education in partnership with qualified program providers of the parent's choice. In 2024, the program received $960,667 in donations. In 2024, $259,871 was used for scholarships for early education and $244,474 was awarded to childcare facilities for quality and security improvements.