Our Mission
Reach Dane changes the lives of underserved children and families through education and supportive services.
Our Vision
A child's foundation to learn, a family's opportunity to succeed.
The Reach
Reach Dane provides high-quality early childhood services to over 1,000 underserved children ages 0-5 in Dane and Green County through center based and home visitation programs. Our staff work tirelessly every day to reach the most vulnerable children and families in our community, and the need for our services is growing. The number of infants and toddlers experiencing homelessness enrolled in our programs has tripled over the last four years. Last year, Reach Dane served more homeless children than any other Head Start program in Wisconsin.
Reach Dane offers a variety of program options designed to meet the individual needs of families. One program, Satellite Family Child Care (SFCC), is so unique that there is no other program of its kind in the country. SFCC provides city accreditation to family child care providers in the City of Madison to ensure that providers have the support and resources they need to provide the highest quality programming for the children in their care.
Our agency adheres to core values to ensure that our high-quality comprehensive services positively impact those that we serve, and we believe agency success depends on how we conduct our work. Learn more about our Core Values.
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Reach Dane is the only agency in Dane County offering Early Head Start and Head Start, which provides a comprehensive system of support for families including physical and mental health, dental services, nutrition, and transportation.
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32% of infants and toddlers in our programs are homeless.
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Reach Dane enrolled 36% of all the Dane County children attending 5-Star centers who received a state child care subsidy.
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