This unique investment is testing how SVP’s human capital can be utilized to facilitate improved coordination and collaboration among key early childhood players, ultimately increasing their ability to leverage each organization’s strengths for greater community impact. SVP Partners Bill and Kieren Porter are leading this investment.

There are 45,000 children under 6 years old in Multnomah County and 130,000 throughout Portland metro. To achieve the “all children ready” goal, we need to focus on those most affected by barriers to successful starts in school: children of color and English Language Learners (ELL) who are living in poverty. (See why below.) That gives us a total population of 17,000 children in Multnomah County and 35,000 metro-wide. Currently our investments are reaching an estimated 4,300 total children under 6 years of age.