2025 Annual Impact Report - Report - Page 16
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Evidence-Based Tools to Meet School Readiness Goals
In 2025, 781 preschoolers participated in our
With more than 91 trained teachers, Rise
program in New York City and Baltimore,
transforms classrooms into inclusive and
equipping them with tools for lifelong
engaging learning environments, ensuring
learning and resilience.
that every child is school-ready.
people served in 2025
781
91
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Children
Teachers
Parents/
Caregivers
our impact
This builds on Rise’s work in the Bronx, New York,
Rise enhances teacher capacity and classroom
trauma-informed practices and equip teachers
environments to ensure that children from
to manage and address challenging behaviors
under-served communities, as well as those with
effectively, ultimately leading to better performing
learning differences—whose families may also be
students—and better performing schools.
where we train public school educators in
experiencing housing and food instability—
receive the support necessary for them to
succeed in school.
In partnership with Catholic Charities, The Y of
Central Maryland, and the Judy Center at
Lakeland Elementary Middle School, we
launched our Rise Baltimore initiative in the
Summer of 2025. Together, with generous
support from the local community, we are
focused on preparing children for kindergarten
and first grade, and addressing childhood
trauma through play-based methodologies.
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objective for 2026
Train 170 additional teachers who will help 1,040
more children.
objective for 2027
& Beyond
In 2027 and beyond, we want to ensure that
more than 10,000 young children—especially
those children living with toxic stress—are schoolready: confident, competent, and curious.
