Health +
Well-being + School Readiness
Go & Grow Eastern Shore increases family access to affordable quality early services and resources that promote the health, well-being and school readiness of all children (0-5) on the Eastern Shore through a collaborative systems building approach with community partners.
Go & Grow Eastern Shore (GAGES)
We believe all Eastern Shore Families should have equal access to affordable, quality, early childhood education, intervention services, and resources that ensure young children are ready for school - and build the foundation for success in school, work, and life.
HOW WE DO IT
GAGES is a community partner of the Virginia Early Childhood Foundation (VECF) and its Ready Regions statewide network. We support local children and families by administering programming through our local partner networks.
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AFFILIATIONS & PARTNERSHIPS
GAGES is proud to participate in Virginia Early Childhood Foundation’s Ready Region Southeastern (RRSE). We are one of the many organizations in our region dedicated to helping young children and their families thrive. We raise awareness by fostering community discussion and facilitate action by developing collaborative action plans. Ready Regions throughout Virginia, including Ready Region Southeastern (RRSE), receive bipartisan support from Virginia’s Governors and legislature.
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GAGES Programs & Activities
The KIDS COUNT In-Person Forum (KFC) is an annual event at Eastern Shore Community College organized around the belief that our children and youth are one of our greatest assets. Therefore, protecting and promoting their well-being is the key to growing a productive workforce and a community of engaged citizens.
KIDS COUNT In-Person Forum
In early 2020, Smart Beginnings Eastern Shore (SBES) postponed the 2020 KIDS COUNT Forum due to the COVID-19 crisis. Our Steering Committee explored a variety of ways to transform components of the KIDS COUNT on the Eastern Shore Forum into a virtual format. We launched the Virtual Series in 2021.
KIDS COUNT Virtual Forum
Some parents have a hard time introducing young children to the experiences needed for the best possible cognitive, physical and emotional development. To help mitigate these risk factors, Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital partners with Go & Grow Eastern Shore to provide a Go & Grow Starter Pack to the estimated 450 new parents leaving the hospital each year with a newborn.
Go & Grow Starter Packs
SPOTLIGHT ON
Community Partners of
the Eastern Shore
Community Parters of the Eastern Shore (CPES) provides a system for the delivery of coordination and development of services and the promotion of health equity for individuals and families through planning, education and advocacy.
FAMILY CORNER
The Basics
An early childhood research-based resource for Ready Region Southeastern and their families’ community leaders and advocates.
HOW WE’RE STRUCTURED
GAGES is structured within a thoughtful organizational and leadership framework that guides our work.
GOALS & GOVERNANCE
Our GAGES Strategic Plan was developed by our Strategic Planning Committee in collaboration with our Steering Committee.
STRATEGIC PLAN
Contact Us
Please reach out by email or phone and we will get back to you as quickly as possible.
Go and Grow Eastern Shore
PO Box 149
Cape Charles, VA 23310