University of Missouri - Jumpstart

Today’s preschool children are tomorrow’s scientists, teachers, and engineers. What if we could offer children from under-resourced families individualized attention before they enter school, giving them critical academic and social skills—the jumpstart—they need to succeed? As the only intervention program of its kind, Jumpstart makes sure that a child’s zip code doesn’t determine their success.

We’re in the business of changing children’s lives. Children living with limited resources often enter kindergarten 60% behind their peers. Jumpstart provides language, literacy and social-emotional tutoring to at-promise preschoolers to insure ALL children are prepared to start school and achieve success. The magic of Jumpstart confirms one fact: Jumpstart works. We are closing the achievement gap.