Better Together | Midtown Partners

Grants from the Women’s Foundation will be used to create a career path for Jackson-area mothers by providing them the opportunity to receive their Child Development Associate (CDA) credentials as well as providing them with on-site training in high quality teaching practices, appropriate methods of engaging with families, and an embedded real-world classroom teaching experience.

Such training will provide the mothers with marketable skills to contribute to the workforce as caregivers and educators. The training will help the mothers become better managers of their own and their children’s home-lives, which will contribute to the mental and physical wellbeing of the whole family. After certification, participants will receive professional mentoring that will continue beyond their initial job placements.