About Success By Six

Success By 6 of southwest North Dakota is a regional partnership dedicated to increasing awareness of the importance of a child's early years. We strive to support initiatives that focus on the importance of investing in early childhood.

Our mission: To help all children enter school healthy and prepared to succeed by:

• Expanding and enhancing our community's early childhood readiness efforts.
• Establishing effective partnerships among stakeholders: parents, community and business leaders, health and human service providers, educational providers and all those interested in the lives of young children.
• Ensuring that services are available for all children from birth to age six.

Our Vision: A diverse community where every family is supported and has access to quality programs and resources for their young children.

Our Strategy:   Ready Services
                        Ready Schools
                        Ready Families
                  +    Ready Communities
                  =   Children Ready For School

Goals of Success By 6 of Southwest North Dakota

• To build and strengthen infastructure of local and state organizations and individuals that work to support early child development and parents of young children.
• To equip parents and others to educate young children.
• To increase quality learning opportunities out of the home.

Regional Quick Facts and Stats

• 81.19% of females with children under the age of five are in the workforce.
• 28% of children in Stark County under the age of four live in or near poverty.
• 85% of child's core brain structure is formed by age 3.
• Only 6% of North Dakota infant toddler programs rate high enough to support an infant's development. This is consistent with national data.