Durham County’s Early Childhood Faith Initiative

The Early Childhood Faith Initiative is a collaborative initiative between Durham’s Partnership for Children and End Poverty Durham’s Birth to 5 Work Group led by Pastor Mel Williams of Watts Baptist Church and Ann Stock,a community volunteer. In 2009, The Partnership and End Poverty Durham raised more than $15,000 from the faith community in response to A.J. Fletcher Foundation’s Challenge Grant to support an early childhood faith coordinator.

Over the past two years, End Poverty Durham volunteers in collaboration with the Partnership and Duke University’s Center for Child and Family Policy’s Durham Family Initiative (DFI), surveyed 49 congregations across different faiths in Durham County on how they support families with young children and what kinds of resources they would require to increase support for families with young children.

Mary Duke Biddle Foundation also supported this initiative with a $2,500 grant in 2008.

Resources
End Poverty Durham
The Early Childhood Faith Initiative Report: Supporting Our Families

Contact
Contact Winnie Morgan at winniewmorgan@juno.com or or at 919-732-1524 for more information or to request a speaker at a faith related event.