The Theresa and Frank Caplan Foundation

The Foundation board reviewed over 491 letters of inquiry received from a diverse group of organizations, ranging from major universities and hospitals to small child care centers. The board requested full proposals from 23 of these organizations and approved seven for a total of $315,643. The projects that were funded include: facilitation of a group model of family nurture intervention; examination of whether and how The abi approach influences academic outcomes; development on an innovate curriculum to support play skills for children with disabilities; help of families with children with autism and psychosocial stressors; providing an open access website for children to explore science early on; development of an innovate instructional approach to promote The use of advanced arithemtic; and enabling students to utilize both teacher initiated and self initiated play and skill areas.

Unused grant expenditures are returned to The Foundation and will be reallocated to future grants.