Hopkins House is Changing the Lives of Preschoolers & Their Teachers

The median annual income of an early child care professional in Virginia is less than $20,000. Hopkins House has used grants from Washington Area Women's Foundation to address both the quality of early care and education for children and the abysmally low salaries of early care professionals. A nonprofit in northern Virginia that operates two preschool academies, Hopkins House started the Early Childhood Learning Institute (ECLI). ECLI helps aspiring early childhood educators obtain the certification they need to enter the field and then go on to earn ad… Video by YouTube channel.