Getting a T.E.A.C.H. or WAGE$ Project started takes careful planning and consideration by a state’s early childhood stakeholder community. Involving stakeholders in the work of starting and growing a T.E.A.C.H. or WAGE$ Project is key.

Examples of T.E.A.C.H. and WAGE$ State Partners

• Higher education institution faculty
• Child Care Resource and Referral
• Child care licensing
• Cooperative Extension
• State child care administrator or designee
• Head Start Collaboration Office
• State early childhood initiatives and professional organizations
• Funders
• Scholarship recipients and sponsors

Financial support is a key ingredient for sustaining and expanding T.E.A.C.H. and WAGE$ Projects. 

T.E.A.C.H. and WAGE$ State Project Funders

• Federal, state and local governments
• Foundations
• Corporations
• Colleges
• United Way

The work of the T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® Technical Assistance and Quality Assurance Center has been and continues to be made possible by the generous contributions of the following national foundations.  Center work is also supported by fees for services.

• The Annie E. Casey Foundation
• Cornerstones for Kids
• Ford Foundation
• W.K. Kellogg Foundation
• A. L. Mailman Foundation
• The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
• The Pew Charitable Trusts
• The Picower Foundation
• Smith Richardson Foundation
• The W. Clement and Jessie V. Stone Foundation