Petersburg Alliance for Children & Families
Mission:
PACF strives to provide a strategic framework which supports early learning, early literacy and improved health opportunities for families with children 0-6 in the City of Petersburg.
Vision
Every child in the City of Petersburg will be healthy and ready to learn.
Goals:
Early Learning
Promote school readiness through designated local initiatives
Support opportunities to improve quality childcare.
Support designated focuses, initiatives, and projects.
Reinforce parents role as the child's 1st teacher
Early Literacy
Support, Expand and Maintain Raising A Reader
Support Read Aloud initiatives
Mentor and engage parents
Mobilize this community around children's issues
Strengthen partnerships & collaborations
Educate parents on community resources
Improve service delivery
Improve Health
Support better nutrition to reduce childhood obesity programs
Promote on-time immunizations and well children's follow-up
Support and participate in health forums and fairs
Support and provide more opportunities to improve children's overall health.
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