Areas of Focus

The Escambia Children’s Trust is currently in its first full year of operations. Please check out our first strategic plan!
With this plan, a needs assessment and a theory of change in place, we are focused on building infrastructure, policies and procedures to effectively and efficiently contract with providers to improve services for all of the children of Escambia County. We thank the community for your patience; we want to do this right. 

The following ‘buckets’ are our target areas, but are subject to change based on our findings.

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Education

  • Kindergarten Readiness
  • Parent education
  • Closing the achievement gap
  • Trauma-informed curriculum
  • Increased graduation rates
  • Expansion of trade school opportunities
African american family playing in bed.

Families

  • Expansion of childcare programs
  • Prenatal healthcare education
  • Decreasing poverty levels
  • Financial Literacy classes
  • Family Service Centers
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Infants and Toddlers

  • Decreasing Infant Mortality Rates 
  • Reducing substance-exposed newborns
  • Child-Parent Psychotherapy
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Community Programs

  • Mentorship programs
  • Afterschool programs
  • Summer camps
  • Adult readiness programs
  • Leadership training
  • Collaborative/cross-sectional programs
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Youth

  • Reduced youth arrests
  • Human trafficking issues