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Growing Futures tells committee it serves 225 children, reports 96% school-readiness and seeks expansion funding
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Growing Futures Executive Director Larry Lewis told the committee the nonprofit serves about 225 children, has a waiting list of more than 200 and reported that 96% of children who transitioned this year were school ready; Lewis said expanding capacity depends on Head Start expansion grants or private investment.
Larry Lewis, executive director of Growing Futures Early Education, described the organization's history, service model and financing to the Community Development Committee. "This year makes 60 years right now," Lewis said of the program's founding; he added that Growing Futures focuses on families in poverty and uses four program pillars to provide classroom instruction, wraparound health services, family support and community partnerships.
Lewis told…
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