Sobre Nostros

Misión y vision

El Proyecto de los Niños de Carpinteria visualiza una comunidad donde los niños y familiares se comprometen, equipan, y habilitan de forma positiva al futuro. Nuestra misión es construir una cultura de éxito, a través de asociaciónes comunitarias, donde todos los niños son exitosos de cuna a carrera.

Nuestro Enfoque

Los niños son tan fuertes como las familias con las que viven, y las familias son tan fuertes como en la comunidad en que residen. Para impresionar realmente al niño, debemos hacer frente a los factores que influyen en los alrededores de la capacidad de un niño para prosperar. No importa en qué programa o actividades participen los padres o los niños, la situación general en la que viven influye dramáticamente en el grado en que se pueden hacer cambios positivos en sus vidas y la comunidad. En la búsqueda de nuestros objetivos extensos, nos enfocamos en nuestros niños más pequeños y sus familias, mientras nos dirigimos a los logros académicos, la salud y el bienestar social y emocional en el ámbito familiar y comunitario.

Our work

Our community

Carpinteria, California is a small beach town of approximately 13,000 residents (Census 2010), It is quite socio-economically diverse and relatively isolated from the nearest population center, Santa Barbara. Approximately 70% of the kindergarteners in the public elementary schools are low-income and roughly 60% are English learners. Many of our working poor families are employed as domestic workers or regular or seasonal workers in “the flowers;” Carpinteria is the biggest flower-producing region in the state of California. Despite the current drought, Carpinteria continues to produce avocados as well. The largest employers in town are Nusil Silicone Technology, Dako Corporation, and the Carpinteria Unified School District.

A brief history

In 2008, Carpinteria found itself with an asset: a public elementary school had closed because enrollment in the district had declined. Carpinteria Unified School District was also serving a higher percentage of low-income students than it had in the past. Community leaders and neighbors, with substantial support from a number of funders, decided to open a public-private collaborative focused on early education and social services. Before the Carpinteria Children’s Project opened, families had to go to Santa Barbara, California – which can take an hour by bus – to access services.

In January 2009, the Carpinteria Children’s Project (CCP) opened its doors. Onsite partners agreed to rental arrangements, moved in, and all remain onsite today. As of Fall 2014, the partnership began spreading beyond the walls of our campus and adopted the name, Thrive Carpinteria Partner Network. The Family Resource Center of the Carpinteria Children’s Project is the hub of the network and, in addition to providing direct services, manages families’ requests for service and centers a consistent pathway of care for families.