Our Impact

Investing in families

By The Numbers

facilitators certified

Family-serving organizations implementing the AP-OD curriculum

cities/towns throughout 42 states

families served

Recognition from national colleagues in the early childhood education sector:

2025 IEL Education Policy Fellowship Program
2025 Stanford Center on Early Childhood, Zaentz Community Fellowship Program
2024 America Forward’s Transformative Policy Ideas from 100+ Social Innovators
2023 Promising Ventures Fellowship
2023 Richard Atlas Early Childhood Leadership Initiative
2022 Aspen Institute Ascend Fellowship
2018 Child Care Exchange Doyen in Early Care and Education
2017 Campaign for Grade Level Reading Champion
2017 New Profit Proximity Accelerator
2016 Champion of Children’s Wellbeing by Ashoka Changemakers and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
2015 White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics “Bright Spot.
2015 White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics Commitment to Action Recognition
2015 The James Irvine Foundation Leadership Award
2014 White House Cesar E. Chavez Champion of Change Award
2012 Campaign for Grade-Level Reading Bright Spot Program

What They're Saying

“AP-OD supports parents of young children to claim their voice as their children’s first teachers. It also empowers them to come out of the shadows and advocate for their children’s education.”

Arlae Alston, Organization Puente De La Costa Sur

“AP-OD is an incredibly comprehensive and powerful program. Our goal is to offer it to parents in all of our elementary schools. If we can accomplish this, we will no doubt see an improvement in student achievement.”

Administrator Ruth Yoon, Parent Community Services Branch, Los Angeles Unified School District Early Childhood Education

“AP-OD increases educational activities [for families with children 0 to five years old] at home. These shifts begin in the home, move into schools as children age, and eventually lead to advocacy at the community level. Parents who have participated in the program have gone on to take part in campaigns to increase early childhood funding, promote immigrant policies, and improve public school curriculum.”

”Joining Together to Create A Bold Vision for Next Generation Family Engagement: A Report for Carnegie Corporation of New York,” Global Family Research Project, October 2018

Reports

Executive Summary AP-OD 3rd Edition 2025 National Evaluation Results

Executive Summary

Download Full Report

2024 Impact Report

From Principles to Practice: Building a Family Engagement Culture

Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors to Opportunity - A National Evaluation of Second-Generation Trainers

Child Trends' Evaluation of the Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors Program

Family Engagement Carnegie Report

Press Features

Texas takes the lead in discussing how best to advocate for Latino families with infants and toddlers

Meeting the needs of historically underserved populations of infants and toddlers has always been a challenge in the United States...

Expanding the care economy will be huge for Latino families

With the highest number of people per household in the United States, the Latino population has much to gain from an economic agenda that focuses on making it more affordable to raise children and care for aging family members.

Latino families are feeling the effects of the shift in immigration policy

Although there have not yet been widespread mass deportations across the country as was promised by the Trump campaign, Trump has made border enforcement and the deportation of immigrants a priority for his administration.

Hispanic families in N.M. want affordability, housing and immigrant protection

New Mexico’s Hispanic families clearly state that affordability, housing, and protecting immigrant rights are high priorities based on a recent national survey that included an oversample of New Mexicans.

How many Latino families support Trump's mass deportations? What a new poll says

More than three in 10 Latino families in the United States caring for children under the age of 5 say they support the mass deportations promoted by President Donald Trump, according to a new poll.

Nuevo informe destaca las principales preocupaciones de las familias latinas en EE.UU.

La mayoría de las familias latinas sienten que las políticas económicas del gobierno federal impactarán negativamente su situación financiera y la economía del país, según un nuevo informe publicado por AP-OD.

'Latinas For Trump' Co-Founder Gets Brutal Wakeup Call After Calling Out Trump For 'Inhumane' Immigrant Arrests

Florida Republican state Senator Ileana Garcia took to X to denounce the Trump administration's "inhumane" arrests of immigrants, claiming, "This is not what we voted for"—but others beg to differ.