Welcome

ELNC BC changes the lives of our most vulnerable children through the power of education.

Welcome

ELNC BC changes the lives of our most vulnerable children through the power of education.

About Us

Early Learning Neighborhood Collaborative Battle Creek (ELNC-BC) is an affiliate of the Early Learning Neighborhood Collaborative in Grand Rapids Michigan, a nonprofit organization that is vested in changing the current reality of vulnerable children by implementing an intentional Early Childhood Education service system aimed at providing, expanding and sustaining the capacity of high quality early care and education programs in the vulnerable neighborhoods.

Thank you for taking the time to visit our website and learn more about the programming and education services that we offer. We invite you to partner with ELNC and share your talent and/or treasure with us.

About Us

Early Learning Neighborhood Collaborative Battle Creek (ELNC-BC) is an affiliate of the Early Learning Neighborhood Collaborative in Grand Rapids Michigan, a nonprofit organization that is vested in changing the current reality of vulnerable children by implementing an intentional Early Childhood Education service system aimed at providing, expanding and sustaining the capacity of high quality early care and education programs in the vulnerable neighborhoods.

Thank you for taking the time to visit our website and learn more about the programming and education services that we offer. We invite you to partner with ELNC and share your talent and/or treasure with us.

Our Mission

“We exist to ensure that our children and families, regardless of their socio-economic status, have access to quality, culturally relevant, early educational resources within their neighborhoods.”

Vision

"We envision diverse neighborhoods where every family is supported and has access to quality early learning opportunities and resources needed to achieve and sustain success in school and in life."

Our Mission

“We exist to ensure that our children and families, regardless of their socio-economic status, have access to quality, culturally relevant, early educational resources within their neighborhoods.”

Vision

"We envision diverse neighborhoods where every family is supported and has access to quality early learning opportunities and resources needed to achieve and sustain success in school and in life."

Our Core Values

Transformative
Materials

We utilize a two generation, place based, approach to provide early learning opportunities that impact not just the child we have in front of us today, but subsequent generations.

Leadership

We strive to encourage and support the leadership development of people of color for cross sector positions within the Early Childhood Education system to ensure a ready pipeline of future leaders of color.

Empowering

We recognize parents as essential partners in their child's development and education process and will provide support and education needed to engage them as primary change agents for their children.