Building Better Preschools

This document describes the creation of Early Learning Property Management (ELPM) in Atlanta, Georgia, to build and/or renovate preschools. ELPM has raised more than $30 million in capital funds to build or renovate 10 early education centers in Atlanta and surrounding areas. Not only do the new centers meet and exceed State licensing requirements, they have each applied or plan to apply to become nationally accredited through the National Association for the Education of Young Children. With ELPM itself using only private funding, the centers are helped by Georgia’s lottery, which pays for pre-kindergarten for every four-year-old in the State. Head Start grants supplement the funding.