Berkshire County Providers Learning Luncheon with Strategies for Children

THURSDAY, FBERUARY 7, 12:00 - 2:00 p.m. Spice Dragon, lounge

Berkshire United Way is proud to host a FREE learning luncheon on February 7^th from 12:00 – 2:00 p.m. at Spice Dragon in Pittsfield during which a program evaluation tool will be demonstrated to be used to consider the depth of program impact. This tool and process will be beneficial to ALL area providers as well as ultimately our community.

This luncheon will offer access to Strategies for Children, a statewide advocacy group that has helped shape the Governor’s budget, has unprecedented knowledge and influence to affect public policy in the state, and is working with the Pittsfield Promise and four other communities in MA to pilot this tool which considers the continuum of programs and services – from community awareness to efforts to change behaviors by building individual competencies.This great learning opportunity will provide our service community to learn how increase program impact.

Strategies for Children is an award-winning, independent, and privately-funded policy organization that seeks to improve the well-being of Massachusetts children by working to ensure that they have access to high-quality early education and become proficient readers by the end of third grade.