#GivingTuesday

Together We Can ...

Start 10 families on the road to self sufficiency

$25
Provides diapers and wipes as incentives for parents to attend Baby U
$50
Provides diapers and wipes as incentives for parents to attend Baby U
$100
Provides gift cards as incentives for parents to attend Baby U
$200
Allows one parent to attend Bridges out of Poverty Getting Ahead Class, building resources for self sustainability.
$500
Helps support an Outreach Worker to connect families with vital social services
$1000
Allows one parent to attend Baby U
Poverty is tough on a family. It creates a relentless chaos that raises the likelihood of incarceration, homelessness, becoming a single parent, failing to complete high school, and even dying younger. Science also tells us that this chaos, and the stress it creates, affects brain development, diminishing the very problem solving skills that a family needs to get out. As a result a child living in poverty in Lucas County today has a 1 in 6 chance of ever getting out.
Baby University serves over 100 families a year, giving them skills to be the best parents that they can be. We enable parents to reduce the stress of poverty in their lives so that their families can thrive. We give families the knowledge, skills and resources to become self sustaining and raise healthy children who can enter school ready to learn.
Before Baby University ...
  • 57% of babies born in South Toledo are premature or low birthweight.
  • 60% of families never read to their children.
  • ???% of families have no children’s books at home.
  • 40% of families are living below poverty level.
  • Children living in South Toledo are 75% behind their middle class peers on their first day of Kindergarten.
After Baby University ...
  • Only 8% of babies are born prematurely or low birthweight.
  • 90% of families are reading to their children >3x week.
  • 100% of families have a home library of children’s books.
  • 100% of families are connected to vital services such as housing, health care, mental health, food and household goods.
  • 95% of children whose parents attended Baby U tested “ready” or “advanced” when entering Kindergarten.