2023 Impact Accelerator Lynette Rivers Expands Childcare Offerings

Verite News 22 May 2024

2023 Impact Accelerator Alumni Lynette Rivers and Director of Kid’s Kingdom Academy and Daycare has expanded her operations following the 2022 passage of a 20-year property tax to expand access to free early childhood education seats for low- and moderate- income families. Through these funds, along with knowledge gained from her Impact Accelerator participation, Rivers is already seeing the effects of the property tax on Kid’s Kingdom, which has been in operation for more than 40 years. Of her 40 young students, 23 are funded through City Seats. Her other students receive support to attend Kid’s Kingdom through a federally-funded Early Head Start program. She is expecting nine more City Seats students to enroll at Kid’s Kingdom by early 2024.