
A Recipe for Successful Early Childhood Learning
ELPM’s mission is to transform early childhood learning and development in underserved communities by building and maintaining high quality, safe facilities as well as enchancing existing centers.
Since its inception in 1999, ELPM has become a leader in addressing the need for additional high-quality early learning facilities, serving children ages birth to 5 years old and their families, in Metro Atlanta. For the past 25 years, ELPM has purchased, renovated or constructed 15 high-quality early education centers located in Fulton, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Barrow, Paulding, and Greene counties. ELPM centers have accumulatively served 44,000+ young children and their families in licensed, NAEYC accredited or equivalent, Quality Rated, facilities offering high-quality, nurturing educational programs, as well as community outreach programs. Studies have shown that a strong focus on quality education for children under five produce long term benefits, especially for at-risk children. Providing access to affordable, high-quality facilities is a key ingredient for delivering successful, nurturing early childhood care for children to be ready to learn and ready to succeed in the K-12 educational system.
Through the ELPM facilities, our organization has directly improved the quality, efficiency, and accessibility for early learning by providing young children the opportunity to attend quality early learning centers, giving them the same opportunity as their more advantaged peers.