Virginia Beach GrowSmart’s Virginia Beach Talks program was featured as a case study in the Results for America Economic Mobility Catalog. The catalog is a resource designed to help local leaders identify and implement evidence-based strategies to improve upward economic mobility for their residents
In 2019, Virginia Beach was one of five cities awarded funding under the Bloomberg Philanthropies’ What Works Cities program. The grant included $448,000 over three years to support the city’s expansion of the LENA early talk initiative.
“Promoting early childhood language development: Virginia Beach, VA” provides an overview of the program with breakdowns for results, challenges, solutions, factors that drove success, major obstacles, timeline, implementation process, funding and measurement.
Accomplishments highlighted include:
Read the full case study HERE.
About Virginia Beach GrowSmart
GrowSmart is operated through the Virginia Beach Department of Economic Development. GrowSmart exists to promote and improve the healthy development, school readiness and reading proficiency of young children ages 0-8. In addition to providing resources for parents and families, GrowSmart also offers programming to ensure the availability of high-quality early education. Visit www.vbgrowsmart.com for more information.
About Results for America
Results for America is helping decision-makers at all levels of government harness the power of evidence and data to solve our world's greatest challenges.
Our mission is to make investing in what works the “new normal,” so that when policymakers make decisions, they start by seeking the best evidence and data available, then use what they find to get better results. Learn more at www.results4america.org