Your Child
We educate, empower, and support children and families. We start with prenatal care, nurture children with early education, then our afterschool and summer programs prepare them for college, careers, and life success.
Guiding & Growing
We teach and we address families’ immediate and long-term needs, including how to lift themselves out of poverty.
“Blossoming”
Our Office of Early Learning is DC’s largest Early Head Start provider. Our educators use a proactive, family-led “whole family approach” to develop and achieve families’ goals.
“Maturing”
Our afterschool programs close the opportunity gap: CREATE (for students in grades 1-6) and POWER (grades 7-12). And our Beavers Scholarships make college dreams come true.
“Connecting”
“Foster Grandparents” — senior volunteers who mentor children — blend love and wisdom. By staying active and engaged, they gain a sense of purpose and improve their physical and mental health.
“I’m 17, a junior at Ballou High School — and inside is a UPO early learning center. Thanks to UPO, I’ve become a better parent, I’ll finish school on time, and I discovered UPO job training.”
Your Child
Early Learning
We collaborate with families to achieve great outcomes — and our model is so successful that DC government asked UPO to oversee other early learning centers to raise their standards.
Youth Services
Our tailored programs give essential support to students, sparking their academic success and personal development. We help them to sharpen their decision-making and foster community.
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Our Valued Partners
Bainum Family Foundation
Children’s Hospital
Community Services Block Grant
DC Association for the Education of Young Children
DC Child and Family Services Agency
DC Dept. of Behavioral Health
DC Dept. of Health Care Finance
DC Dept. of Human Services
DC Head Start Association
DC Office of the State Superintendent of Education
DC Public Schools
DC Shared Service Business Alliance
Early Stages
Education Resource Group
Georgetown University and Early Childhood Innovation Network
Greater DC Diaper Bank
Hurley & Associates
LEARN 24
The National Association for the Education of Young Children
National Head Start Association
Strong Start
TD Bank
TD Charitable Foundation