Greater Watertown Community Health Foundation Building Strong Families and Thriving Communities The Foundation equips community change leaders with the tools they need to build strong families and thriving communities. We foster transformative change by supporting local organizations in learning growing collaborating and moving their missions further. our Impact strong families Live Local Development Fund launched revolving loan fund to support housing with initial Foundation investment helping to mobilize 5M new childcare slots added in 2023 through new and expanding centers 100 unanimous city approval on vision for new neighborhood that provides full continuum of housing bringing together people at all ages and stages of life kindergarten readiness Gain in developmental readiness for school among children in Pyramid Model early education classes children received developmental screening to gauge milestones and identify opportunities for early intervention of benchmark of quality measures in place across all Pyramid Model classrooms up from 65 in 2022 school success of regional school districts invested in comprehensive systems of student support through the Wisconsin Mental Health Framework thriving communities 60 active partners engaged in the Every Child Thrives collaborative network of Foundation grant dollars were targeted in 2023 to support populations not currently thriving 36 million in external dollars from local state and national partners coinvested in Every Child Thrives initiatives in 2022 and 2023 A Bold Investment in Community Our biggest and boldest investment yet the Collective campus furthers our mission and addresses key community needs including childcare and housing. Model PreK Classrooms Our Pyramid Model investment helps preK children develop the socialemotional skills like communication and problem solving essential for success in school.