W. K. Kellogg Foundation Awards $1.25 Million for Hurricane Response

DEC. 14, 2005 | The Early Childhood Institute at Mississippi State University has received $1.25 million from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation for recovery of the early care and education infrastructure in the region hit by Hurricane Katrina.

The grant will provide partial support for the Early Childhood Atlas, the interstate geographic information system of Rural Early Childhood, to provide information about locations and needs of child care programs in future disasters.

In addition, the institute will use the funds for technical assistance to child care providers, particularly in the areas of emergency preparedness and counseling for young children and their parents and their caregivers who were traumatized by the hurricane. The MSU institute has been a major source of training and technical assistance for child care providers since 1999. The institute also will provide administrative support to Embrace Mississippi’s Children, a coalition drive to raise funds and collect replacement toys and books for child care programs damaged or destroyed by the hurricane.

The foundation’s vice president for programs, Gail McClure, said, “The Kellogg Foundation is pleased to be able to make this grant to the Mississippi State University Early Childhood Institute to help with the needs of young children and their families following the Katrina devastation in the Gulf area. It is our hope that the diverse and dedicated individuals and organizations working with the institute will be able to meet some of the most pressing needs of families with young children in the Gulf area as well as lay the foundation for a strengthened early education and care system statewide.”

The W.K. Kellogg Foundation was established in 1930 “to help people help themselves through the practical application of knowledge and resources to improve their quality of life and that of future generations.”

To achieve the greatest impact, the Foundation targets its grants toward specific areas: health; food systems and rural development; youth and education; and philanthropy and volunteerism. Within these areas, attention is given to exploring learning opportunities in leadership; information and communication technology; capitalizing on diversity; and social and economic community development. Grants are concentrated in the United States, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the southern African countries of Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, and Zimbabwe.


 

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