Minga Advisors, LLC

Community leaders of the k-ready community project

Working together to transform Early Care and Education

why this is a wise investment

13% Return

"Investing in comprehensive 0-5 childhood education is a powerful and cost-effective way to mitigate negative consequences of poverty on child development and adult opportunity." James Heckman, Nobel prize-winning economist

Break the Cycle of Chronic Poverty

Children who are NOT READY for Kindergarten and NOT READING on grade level by 3rd grade are 4X's more likely to drop out of school and more likely to...

Live in Poverty...

Have Poor Health...

Become Incarcerated...

Increase Workforce Participation

70% of non-working parents say they do not work because of lack of childcare

26% of parents say they left their job because of childcare issues

Fiscal Cliff -- Parents avoid job advances to keep childcare subsidies

Prepare Tomorrow's Workforce

Starting early is the best way to prepare our future workforce for a widening skills gap.

60% of jobs will require degree or certification by 2025

48% of workers have degrees or certifications now

Almost half of jobs in Central Florida will be replaced or will require high-tech skills by 2039

Minga advisors

What We Do

K-Ready Community Project

Minga Advisors is a change agent firm that leads collective impact projects to solve complex community problems. Our principals have extensive experience in strategic planning, systems engineering, project management, non-profit leadership, and public policy.

Collective impact shifts from a focus on individual programs to a more disciplined and full-system approach to achieving dramatic, large-scale social change and impact. It engages affected citizens and leaders from all sectors to create a common vision, understand and solve problems, and create systemic change.

K-Ready Community Project

Minga Advisors is the lead agency on The K-Ready Community Project , which seeks to transform early child care and education in Orange County through focused collaboration, realignment, and use of resources by all sectors of the community.

Diverse sectors of the community are working together to achieve one goal: ensure all children in Orange County are ready for kindergarten, ready to read, and ready for success.

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What We Will Achieve

K-Ready Community Project

What We Will Achieve

Vision -- All children in Central Florida have access to high-quality early child care and education

Impact

Better education results -- Kindergarten-Ready, reading on grade Level by 3rd, graduation and education attainment

Reduced levels of poverty and disparity

Reduced workforce skills gap

Minga Advisors, LLC

Community leaders of the k-ready community project

why this is important

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why this is a wise investment

13% Return

Break the Cycle of Chronic Poverty

Increase Workforce Participation

Prepare Tomorrow's Workforce

Minga advisors

What We Do

K-Ready Community Project

K-Ready Community Project

K-Ready Community Project

K-Ready Community Project

K-Ready Community Project

What We Will Achieve

K-Ready Community Project

What We Will Achieve

K-Ready Community Sponsors and Supporters

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