SPARK (Supporting Partnerships to Assure Ready Kids) provides home visiting, kindergarten readiness program for 3 and 4 year olds with the skills and tools needed to enter kindergarten. Parent Partners conduct monthly home visits, working with parents to become their child's first teacher. This program is open to children throughout Franklin County.

Provides scholarships to students on the autism spectrum who have an IEP that can be used at the participating school and/or private service providers of their choice. The scholarship is renewable through high school graduation or the students 22nd birthday..

Promotes the implementation of a personalized, competency-based education system through policy advocacy and the provision of technical assistance to educational organizations moving to the system.

Provides scholarships to students on the autism spectrum who have an IEP that can be used at the participating school and/or private service providers of their choice. The scholarship is renewable through high school graduation or the students 22nd birthday..

Assess the needs and resources for community child care programs. Consults with community leaders, organizations and businesses on child care issues. Maintains up-to-date information on child care needs and resources. Actively promotes legislation and initiatives to address key child care and early education issues.

Organizes a community collaborative of partners representing neighborhoods, schools, non-profits and government agencies focused on improving kindergarten readiness for children in the Elyria City School District. Works directly with multiple early education centers whose students will likely attend Elyria City Schools beginning in kindergarten. Partnering agencies include: Child Care Resource Center, Elyria City Schools, Elyria Parks and Recreation, Elyria Public Library System, Horizon Education Centers, Lorain County Community College (LCCC) Children’s Learning Center, Lorain County Community Action Agency, Lorain County Public Health, Lorain County Job and Family Services, OhioGuidestone, and United Way of Greater Lorain County. Specific strategies include: - Implementation of an Imagination Library. - Identifying children who need intervention and providing them with services before Kindergarten. - Providing tools and resources to homecare providers and stay-at-home family providers. - Assisting all families and children with a formal transition plan to Kindergarten and including neighborhood childcare center staff and homecare providers in advanced training facilitated by the school district.

Works to ensure that every Ohio child with special needs receives a free, appropriate, public education in the least restrictive environment to enable that child to reach his/her highest potential.

Offers a community collaborative of 30 partners representing neighborhoods, schools, non-profits, and government agencies focused on improving kindergarten readiness for ALL children in the Oberlin School District ages birth to kindergarten. Specific strategies include: - Providing free, online developmental and social-emotional screenings completed by caregivers to help identify any individual needs for children and families for ages birth to 66 months old. - Providing individualized case management, resources, and referrals. - Providing free family-friendly events, playgroups, literacy kits, access to the Dolly Parton Imagination Library, activities, peer-support groups, and more.

Provides educational services, assisting schools, families and agencies in providing quality educational opportunities for learners with disabilities from age three years of age to twenty-two years of age

Provides opportunities for community engagement with a safe place for school-aged children to play and have fun

Organizes a collaborative of many partners working together in the Clearview, Firelands, and Midview school districts to improve health knowledge, develop communication and life skills, and create school environments in which risky behaviors are avoided. Works to ensure safer schools and positive social environments that improve both educational and social outcomes for students in the districts. Partnering agencies include: Clearview Local Schools, Educational Service Center of Lorain County, Fireland Local Schools, Mental Health Addiction and Recovery Services, The LCADA Way, Lorain County Public Health, Midview Local Schools, and United Way of Greater Lorain County. Provides wrap-around services within school buildings that address the connection between healthy behaviors and academic achievement. Initiatives include: - Coordinating school menus and concessions to include fresh and local produce. - Providing family fit nights in school facilities. - Creating walking and biking paths for safe and healthy travel to school. - Integrating health and wellness messaging into existing curriculum and presentations.

Provides scholarships to students on the autism spectrum who have an IEP that can be used at the participating school and/or private service providers of their choice. The scholarship is renewable through high school graduation or the students 22nd birthday..

Greater Springfield Assocation of Fundraising Professionals is a nonprofit that helps to empower individuals and organizations to practice ethical fundraising through professional, education, networking and research and advocacy.

Provides higher education policy advice to the Governor and General Assembly. Authorizes and approves new degree programs. Manages state funds for public colleges and state-funded financial aid programs. Develops policies to maximize higher education's contributions to the state and its citizens.

Providing a variety of training; Academic Counseling, Coaching Skills Development, Education Advocacy Groups, Executive Coaching Services, Homeschooling, Legal Education/Information, Literacy Programs, Mentoring Skills Development, Personnel Recruitment/Hiring/Retention, Training of Trainers Dissemination Programs and consultation programs to schools and educational centers in Butler county.

Provides School Age Matters program, information and support for families of children with Down syndrome ages kindergarten through high school, the School Age Matters coordinators are available to assist parents with direction as they learn about the IEP process, also provides strategies/techniques for educators

Advocates for the educational needs of homeless youth in Lorain County. Works to ensure that homeless youth in Lorain County receives a free, appropriate, public education in the least restrictive environment to enable each child to reach his/her highest potential. Offers tutoring programs for homeless youth who need to improve their academic performance.

Coordinates, integrates and aligns school improvement efforts within the following areas: - The academic performance of all students. - Compliance with Federal and state requirements for improving results of students with disabilities and students at risk of being identified as disabled. - Early learning and school readiness and literacy. - Deployment of other state educational initiatives.

Offers a community collaborative made up of multiple partners who are working to support middle school students living in south Elyria with wrap-around services both inside and outside of the school environment. Aspires to have a community where reading and math achievement gaps based on race and household income are eliminated; more youth are eating healthy and engaging in the proper amount of physical activity; less adolescents are engaging in risky behavior such as smoking, drinking and violence; and there is an increased connection between schools and parents. South Side Pride partners include: Catholic Charities; Elyria City Schools; Elyria Parks and Recreation; Elyria Public Library; Horizon Education Centers; Lorain County Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services; Effective Leadership Academy, Lorain County Public Health, Mental Health Addiction and Recovery Services, and United Way of Greater Lorain County.

Offers a community collaborative focused on improving kindergarten readiness for children in Lorain through four (4) identified pillars of early learning success including parent engagement, family empowerment, healthy children, and resources for providers. Aspires to create a community where families have access to the tools they need for Kindergarten readiness, all children entering Kindergarten have comprehensive health screenings and immunizations, and new services are added that eliminate any new barriers to early learning success. Partnering agencies include: Neighborhood Alliance (Lead Partner), Lorain City Schools, Lorain County Community Action Agency Head Start, Help Me Grow Home Visiting – Neighborhood Alliance, Childcare Resource Center, Lorain County Health & Dentistry, Neighborhood Alliance – Child Enrichment Services, TDR Early Learning Center, Lorain County Public Health, Loving Cups Kids Academy, Horizon Education Centers – South & East Lorain, Tower Childcare, Lorain Public Library System – Main and South Branch, and United Way of Greater Lorain County. Strategies include: - Identifying and providing services to children needing interventions. - Offering programming to children and their families for social and educational support. - Coordinating services between childcare centers and the school district. - Working with families to provide additional supports, as needed.

Organizes a community collaborative of eight (8) partners organizations from the nonprofit, government, and education sectors that support intermediate and middle school students living in the City of Lorain with wrap-around services both inside and outside of the school environment. Works to have a community where all 5th through 8th grade students who reside in Lorain are supported in developing key communication and life skills to help avoid specific risky behaviors such as smoking, drinking and violence in an effort to create safer schools and a positive social environments that improve both educational and social outcomes. Specific strategies include aligning risky behavior avoidance instruction and messaging within the school and outside the school, fostering volunteerism through multiple community-based after school and weekend programs and offering supports to help strengthen the parental role in the home and with academics. Partnering agencies include: El Centro de Servicios Sociales, Lorain County Public Health, Lorain City School District, Lorain County Community College, Mental Health and Rehabilitation Services of Lorain County, Lorain Metropolitan Housing Authority, and United Way of Greater Lorain County.

Works to continuously improve standards of excellence through a regulatory structure for programs and operations of career colleges and schools. Provides advisory expertise to schools on the "best" career education practices and standards to enhance their effectiveness.

Supports the passage and enforcement of laws and other social measures that protect and promote the rights and interests of women.

Provide evaluation and treatment for children and adults with learning disabilities as well as parent support, counseling, advocacy, and summer programs. Also have a full time private school. ACLD is an approved provider for the Jon Peterson and Autism scholarships.

Supports district and school leadership teams; facilitate school improvement efforts in the region; provide universal access through the website and information dissemination. Provides supports and services in the areas of school improvement, special education, early learning and school readiness, secondary transition, and parent and family assistance.