The Challenge

Today, almost 60 percent of children in the United States start kindergarten unprepared, lagging behind their peers, in critical language and reading skills.

Our mission

We envision a world where all families have access to high-quality early learning resources, every community is filled with spaces for young children to thrive, and all parents and caregivers engage in language-rich interactions with their children.

Too Small to Fail, the early childhood initiative of the Clinton Foundation, surrounds families with early language and learning opportunities, and supports parents and caregivers with resources to talk, read, and sing with young children from birth to help prepare them for success in kindergarten and beyond.

Partners

Partnerships are the cornerstone of our work. We’re so proud to collaborate with our diverse network of organizations, companies and institutions committed to supporting parents and giving every child the strongest possible start in life. These include:

• American Academy of Pediatrics
• Born This Way Foundation
• Campaign for Grade-Level Reading
• Carnegie Hall
• Coin Laundry Association
• Houghton Mifflin
• Harcourt
• Inclusion Matters by Shane’s Inspiration
• KABOOM!
• Landscape Structures
• Lakeshore Learning
• National Black Child Development Institute

• National Council for Juvenile and Family Court Judges
• National Diaper Bank Network
• National Head Start Association
• Penguin Young Readers
• Readers to Eaters
• Reach Out and Read
• Scholastic
• Sesame Workshop
• Univision