Mariposa Family Learning Center prepares children for success and builds opportunities for families in challenging economic circumstances.
MISSION
Mariposa Family Learning Center uniquely provides subsidized, exceptional early learning and care in southeast Austin, enabling children to thrive and families to build pathways out of poverty.
VALUES
Access. All children deserve a loving and nurturing start in life. Providing families with quality care and early learning enables parents to pursue education and employment that build opportunities and pathways out of poverty.
Individualization. We respond to the individual needs of children and their families. Understanding their unique situations ensures that we provide the appropriate support necessary for learning and growth.
Quality. We apply best practices in early childhood development and support talented staff in delivering quality care and learning. Doing so is key to achieving exceptional outcomes and foundational to a child’s social, emotional, and academic success.Community. Financial and volunteer support is core to our work. The community formed through this generosity helps families become stronger, healthier, and more self-sufficient.
People are going through difficult times, and many vulnerable children fail to progress throughout school to the extent that we want to see them. Preparing children for success and building opportunities for families in challenging economic circumstances is an issue of significant importance.
Mariposa is unique because we primarily serve low-income families with high-quality early childhood education. Located in one of Austin’s poorest neighborhoods (78741), categorized as a childcare desert on the southeast side of the city, Mariposa gives early childhood development access to low-income families that is unmatched – the percentage of families on at least 80 percent subsidy – anywhere in Austin.
Mariposa is unique because we respond to the individual needs of children and their families. Understanding their special situations ensures that we provide the appropriate support necessary for learning and growth, but we need your help.
Mariposa is unique because people like YOU can support us! We are grateful for those of you who have generously donated to our efforts. To begin or to continue contributing, there are many options to do so. We need you today! You can donate $50 per month or more (less than $2 per day) and become part of our Circle of Friends. You can also give a one-time gift. Any amount is helpful and essential. Your gifts of $20, $30, $50, $100, $200, and $500 or more are all necessary to us. Thank you for your sustained efforts in helping us help children in Southeast Austin. Please donate today!