Collaboration
LEAP Ahead STL
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Overview
LEAP Ahead STL (Learning Everything at Pace) is a collaborative effort working to make sure St. Louis area children (birth to age 5) receive the support they need to enter kindergarten ready to learn. This is a regional effort established to better support developmental, social, and emotional screening along with the coordination of resources and referrals.
We are parents. We are home visitors. We are childcare providers. We are support services. We are child advocates.
Goals & Activities
We are working to make sure that St. Louis area children (birth to age 5) receive the support they need to enter kindergarten ready to learn. We are:
- Promoting comprehensive tracking of children’s development, connecting families to resources early, and providing age-appropriate child-development activity ideas;
- Bringing child experts together to build a hub that allows us to track children’s development and developmental patterns unique to our region; and
- Ensuring we can celebrate child milestones, know what to look for next, and determine when follow-up steps are needed.
Join Us
- Parents: You know your child best. The screening tools we promote were built with you in mind. Is your child between the ages of 2 months and 5 years? Learn more.
- Childcare & Healthcare Providers: ASQ Enterprise is a convenient tool that allows programs serving young children and families to easily organize and manage their screening programs. You can join this learning community and access the ASQ Enterprise through LEAP Ahead STL at no cost! Contact Isaac McBride to learn more: imcbride@visionforchildren.org | 314-534-6015 ext. 123.
Partners
Almost Home | ARCHS | Belle Children’s Services of St. Louis Arc | Hilltop Child Development Center | LUME Institute | Nurse-Family Partnership | Nurses for Newborns | Raising St. Louis | Southside Early Childhood Center | St. Martin’s Child Center | United 4 Children | Unleashing Potential | YMCA Community Development | Youth in Need | YWCA Head Start
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Upcoming Events
Stepping Up for Kids 2024
Honoring people that go above and beyond for children & families.
STLCANN Quarterly Training
Improving our professional skills for working with children & families.
TBD
System of Care Council
Collaborating on issues concerning families and mental health.
Children’s Data
Check out our CMSL Data Book and our new interactive Children’s Data Center
Quantitative and qualitative data should provide the foundation for informed, strategic, collaborative community engagement, action, and advocacy. We invite you to explore the data and join us in working towards a better future for children and families in the St. Louis region.