Making a difference in children’s lives requires a community effort. At Columbus Early Learning Centers we partner with other community organizations to enrich our program and provide services that would otherwise be inaccessible for our families. Funding organizations, donors, and partner agencies operate in tandem with CELC’s early learning program to build a strong foundation for children’s success.
Community Partners
- Action for Children provides professional development opportunities for staff.
- We partner with Bridgeway Academy to provide childcare services at their school and therapy center.
- Besa matches us with engaged community members to volunteer at our centers.
- Broad Street Food Pantry helps us to offer food resources to our families and staff.
- CELC partners with Central Community House, a settlement house that serves the near east and near south neighborhoods of Columbus.
- CELC partners with the Child Development Council of Franklin County to provide Head Start services.
- The City of Columbus provides funding support and resources for our programmatic efforts.
- The Columbus City Schools collaborate with CELC to provide pre-k at the Linden Park Neighborhood Early Childhood Education Center.
- Columbus Blue Jackets Foundation supports CELC’s implementation of the ParentChild+ program.
- Columbus Diaper Bank provides diapers and wipes to CELC families.
- Columbus Speech and Hearing Center provides speech and hearing assessments.
- Early Start Columbus, a program of the city of Columbus, provides tuition-free pre-k to four and five-year-olds in the Columbus City School district.
- Local Matters brings food education and cooking-based activities to our students at all of our centers.
- CELC partners with The Ohio State University to provide Early Head Start services.
- The Ohio Arts Council sponsors our Preschool Poets Program, hosted by artists-in-residence Nancy Kangas and author Sonya Harris. Poems produced in this program have been featured in a series of short films pairing the kids’ words with animations.
- Through volunteer support, Seeds of Caring helps our family support programming.
- The United Way of Central Ohio graciously provides programming support.