Cornerstone Center
For Early Learning

Children

Cornerstone Center serves children of all economic levels, but most live in poverty, despite the full-time employment of their parents. In 2009, of 242 students enrolled, 60% lived on annual incomes of less than $20,000, and 58% of those survived on less than $10,000 annually. Seventy-three percent were members of single-parent households.

Last year, 93% of Cornerstone students were city residents. Approximately 66% of families served were of African-American origin, 20% were of European-American extraction; 7% were multi-racial, and a small percentage of students came from Hispanic or other minority backgrounds.

Cornerstone Center actively solicits the enrollment of foster children, knowing that their traumatic beginnings almost always produce challenging behaviors that require special commitment from educators. We welcome students who have disabilities, believing that all members of the learning community benefit from a diverse society. Their on-site therapies, which are principally funded by charitable gifts, allow these children to play alongside their typically-developing peers, growing and learning in a warm, natural setting.