Futures First Performance Measurement Dashboard

Children transition to kindergarten ready for success.

Data Highlights*

The blue ‘Building Brains’ graph displays selected outcomes collected under this pillar and year-over-year data.

• In Q3, we supported 443 early childhood providers through one-time, tailored guidance — primarily on-site at programs — so that educators provide enriched learning experiences to the children in their care.

Why This Matters

• When providers strengthen their expertise in child care, children directly benefit from improved learning experiences. This professional growth creates a ripple effect: better educational outcomes for children and expanded access to high-quality care across our community.
• With tailored support, experienced teachers like Ms. Carolyn build new skills — such as creating calm-down spaces where children learn to identify and regulate their own emotions.

Data Highlights*

The purple ‘Empowering Families’ graph displays selected outcomes collected under this pillar and year-over-year data.

• Last quarter, we helped 35 children gain access to Head Start, where they receive early learning, health screenings, and holistic support during the most critical window for development — the first five years.

Why This Matters

• Head Start’s comprehensive screenings catch needs that might otherwise go unnoticed. Early detection means early intervention, which can transform a child’s trajectory.
• When children like Emma access Head Start, they receive vision screenings that their families might not have known they needed. Without this support, Emma’s parents wouldn’t have known where to start. Now, with glasses, she’s learning — and loving — to learn.

Parents experience increased well-being and advocate for their children.

Individuals and families develop social-emotional skills and healthy relationships, learn coping skills, and heal from trauma.

Data Highlights*

The green ‘Strengthening Resilience’ graph displays selected outcomes and year-over-year data showing how the children and families we serve are building resilience and healing from trauma. While this graph indicates immense growth, it is important to note that the number of clients served has largely remained steady, but our data collection and analysis of positive outcomes have grown. For this, it is difficult to compare 2024 to past years, but comparative data will be available in future years.

• We provided 631 outpatient therapy and case management appointments in Q3, ensuring children and families received consistent, compassionate care that supports their long-term well-being.

Why This Matters

• Research shows that play therapy produces meaningful improvements in disruptive behaviors, internalizing problems, self-concept, and trauma symptoms, with children who experienced adverse childhood experiences showing significant gains in empathy, self-regulation, and social competence after participating in child-centered play therapy.
• Without treatment, childhood trauma can lead to increased health-risk behaviors, long-term physical and mental health problems, and difficulty in forming relationships and maintaining employment. Early intervention during childhood offers the greatest chance for treatment to help, as behaviors developed to cope with early trauma become more difficult to change later in life.
• When Cayden’s behaviors became violent and erratic, his mother didn’t know where to turn. With our trusted play therapist, he began healing and got back to his old self.