Early Intervention - Baby University: A home visitation curriculum, that serves families with children pre-natal to three years old. In the coming months, we will expand our capabilities through First Born®.
Early Education - Pre-k classes for 4-year-olds that include parenting support.
Economic Development - Family savings and financial literacy programs.
Out-of-School Time Program - Collaborative planning for enriching activities for kids and parents that enhance academic performance. Serves 5-12 year olds and their families.
Early Childhood Policy and Advocacy - Statewide business community advocacy. UWSFC President and CEO, Katherine Freeman, is currently Chair of the Early Childhood Investment Committee.

Pre-K Program Expands to
Kaune Elementary

UWSFC is proud to announce the expansion of its Pre-k program to Kaune Elementary. A cornerstone of the SFCP, the Pre-k program, which was initially implemented and tested in the community of Agua Fria, is now in its fourth year of operation. The success of the Agua Fria program prompted the Santa Fe Public School District to request that UWSFC apply for additional funding to expand the Pre-k program to other schools. It has taken us two years to overcome the logistical and legal obstacles for expansion, but we have now succeeded at Kaune Elementary. Now, at age four, children in the Agua Fria AND Kaune elementary school districts can be enrolled in our high-quality licensed Pre-k program. We now serve 80 children and their families in the two programs and have established a successful template for seamlessly expanding the Pre-k program to additional sites in the future.

Baby University Joins Forces

with First Born® Program

The SFCP Baby University serves families and their children pre-natal to three years old, through a home visitation initiative that includes:

medical screening
child development
a parenting curriculum
parent-child book clubs
parent support groups

While searching for ways to standardize, replicate and expand this successful program, we discovered the First Born® Program (FBP), created by Vicki Johnson in Silver City, NM.

FBP augments the SFCP Baby University curriculum with:

proven training procedures
standardized materials
evaluation and record keeping protocols

Not only has the FBP earned the endorsement of the NM Children, Youth and Families Department (CYFD), CYFD will fund the program for the next four years with the ability to increase the budget each year based on success factors. This year's CYFD grant is an amount up to $74,065. These funds will be used to to hire, train and manage five home visitors who will be serving ninety families within the first year. There are approximately 1600 births each year in Santa Fe County; 640 are first born children.

By joining forces with First Born® , the SFCP is poised for enormous growth and a new capacity for early positive intervention.

Quick Links

United Way of Santa Fe County

NM State Legislature

United Way of America

Pre[k] Now

Project LAUNCH

New Mexico Pre-K

Committee for Economic Development

First Born Program