Crime Prevention

Early childhood development means better futures for kids, and safer communities for us all.

You might not think of open preschools and happy kids as crime prevention tools. But long-terms studies have shown us that the children we educate today will rise toward their potential — and away from choices that endanger themselves and their communities:

·         Students who attended Chicago’s Child-Parent Center pre-kindergarten program were 70% less likely to be arrested for a violent crime by the age of 18.

·         Low-income students who attended Michigan’s Perry Preschool were five times less likely to be chronic criminal offenders by the age of 27.

The lives of children don’t lie: early opportunity and education are our most positive, productive roads to a better society.