Who We Are....
We are our members!
In Central City and wherever we go, we invite the whole community - children, parents, families, neighbors - to recieve services from ECFLF and be part of Mahalia Jackson Center.
Central City is a historic community composed of many ethinicities, including African-American, Latino, Asian, Caucasian, and Native-American families. Especially since the storms of 2005, daily life often rings extra challenges and stressors here, and unfortunately, crime has become rampant.
The Early Childhood & Family Learning Foundation (ECFLF) was founded to address these challenges and end the cycle of hardships on students from stressed communities, who are expected to achieve equally with their more aptly prepared peers, whose early educations aren't compromised by the challenges of life in poverty.
Central City community leaders support our project as a catalyst for neighborhood redevelopment, and they are integral in our planning and implementation. These leaders recognize this program for its ability to prepare all children - in mind, body and spirit - for school; to support parents as first and life-long teachers; to provide jobs and job training; educate adults; and have a significant economic and social impact on the area and all of New Orleans.
Onsite partners and services at Mahalia Jackson Center:
Our work in New Orleans is made possible in part through major support from:
Please join us in thanking our current Community, Funding, and Service Partners who make our work possible:
Alex Beard and Alex Beard Studio
The Alvarez & Marsal Charitable Foundation
Because Wee Care Learning Academy
Boh Bros. Construction Company
Booker Academy
The Caughlin Saunders Foundation
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Central City Partnership Comeback Committee
Central City Renaissance Alliance
Children’s Trust Fund City of New Orleans
Circle of Courage Mentoring Program
C. J. Peete Development/Urban Strategies
Community Foundation of North Texas
Educational Support Systems, Inc.
Fleur de Lis New Orleans Cuisine
The Freeport McMoRan Foundation
Greater Achievement Plan
Greater New Orleans Foundation
Herman, Herman, Katz, and Cotlar, LLP
Hetep De-Stress Center, Inc.
The Joe W. & Dorothy Dorsett Brown Foundation
Krescent City Kids Child Development Center
Dr. & Mrs. William LaCorte
Lindy Boggs Center for Community and Family Literacy
Little Professor Child Development Center
Louisiana Cultural Economy Foundation
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Department of Health & Hospitals
Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services
Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities / Prime Time Family Reading Time
Louisiana Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness
Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra
Mahalia Jackson Center Arts Council
Metropolitan Human Services District
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival & Foundation, Inc.
Office of Juvenile Justice (OJJ)/Boys Town Louisiana
Orleans Parish School Board
Rebuilding Our Community
The Reily Foundation
Satterfield and Pontikes Construction Company Inc.
St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church
St. Thomas Community Health Center
United Parcel Service PAC
United Way for the Greater New Orleans Area
and special thanks to:
