Success by 6

Success By 6 – Brings people together for children by mobilizing the community to understand and support the needs of our youngest citizens. (Birth – 6)

Goal: Every child in Comanche County will start school healthy and ready to learn.

Success By 6 is all about doing what’s best for our KIDS.

History

• United Way of Lawton-Fort Sill Success By 6 initiative began in 1999 and is now in its sixth year. Lawton SB6 has received $235,000 in grant funding from a $50 million Bank of America grant to United Way of America to support early childhood issues.

• In Lawton, the grant funds have been used to support early care and education through:
  • Grants to childcare providers who are improving their Stars rating
  • Increasing the number of children in the four-year-old program
  • Partnering with the Lawton Public Schools Parents As Teachers’ Program to provide parent education.
  • Creating child immunization awareness.
  • Developing Early Literacy Programs

• Lawton’s SB6 has been instrumental in leveraging the Bank of America funding so that over $1 million per year additional funds are coming into Comanche County for needed early childhood programs."

Currently

Success By 6 is:

• Partnering with the Comanche County Health Department to provide Parenting and Reading Tips to parents through the Women, Infant, & Children program.
• New donated books are distributed to the parents at the end of each presentation.
• Coordinating the Lawton READS program. (See the Early Childhood Literacy Link for more information). Volunteers are always needed.
• Distributing "Read to Me" Bibs, Owner’s Manual Parent Guide, and a golden book to all the new Moms in the four area hospitals.
• Partnering with the Lawton Public Library to enhance early childhood literacy.
• Partnering with Great Plains Resource & Referral to provide information about quality childcare (See the Childcare Link for more information).

Early Childhood Literacy | Childcare
Owner's Manual - Parent Guide (Coming Soon!)