Children Today

Expanding the Impact: Fall Care Kits

As the seasons change, so do the needs of the children and families we serve. Each year, our Fall Care Kits provide essential items such as warm jackets, new shoes, socks, undergarments, grocery vouchers and support to help our children and their families face the colder months with comfort and stability. Throughout the years, these kits have been a reflection of our mission in action: meeting families where they are with practical care and heartfelt intention. 

This Long Beach Gives, we're proud to continue that tradition!

What is a Fall Care Kit?

Your support this Long Beach Gives will help us create and distribute our Fall Care Kits, each filled with essentials such as:

Fall Care Kits are designed with the care of those we serve in mind.  

They’re built by our team of dedicated staff who know our children and their families. They see their morning drop-offs, celebrate our children’s milestones, and listen to our families when things get hard.

It is because of this connection that we can build these Fall Care Kits to reflect the real needs of our families. Ensuring that each is assembled with care and intent.  

About Children Today: Fostering Stability & Success

The mission of Children Today is to foster stability and success in children and families who are facing homelessness or who are involved in the child welfare system.  We do this by providing trauma-informed child development and family support services. We envision that all children under age six who have experienced homelessness or abuse and neglect should have a safe, nurturing place to spend their days playing, learning and growing, while their parents take steps towards stability. 

In the 2023-2024 Fiscal Year, thanks to the generosity of donors like you, we achieved significant milestones:

• We served 70 children from 50 households.
• Our kitchen provided 22,537 meals and snacks to children at no cost to families.
• We addressed developmental, physical, and behavioral concerns for 30 children.
• We distributed $40,000 ~ worth of gift cards and essential items to families, including clothing, shoes, toys, and household goods.

In our most recent survey conducted this year:
 

• 100% of parents said their child is happy in our program.
• 87% said they are very satisfied and 12.9% said they were satisfied with the overall quality of care.

Beyond our trauma-informed childcare and early education services, your support to Children Today also enables us to provide vital resources such as clothing, hygiene products, and household essentials to the families that we serve. Additionally, through your support, we're able to continue to partner with other community-based organizations that also help us ensure our families have access to additional resources and interventions that we might not be able to provide directly ourselves. 

Thank you for joining us in our mission to support children and families experiencing homelessness and/or maltreatment in our community this Long Beach Gives!

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