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Care to Learn Helps Students Struggling With Basic Needs

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In this segment of Making Democracy Work, Crystal Brigman-Mahaney talks with Morey Mechlin, executive director of Care to Learn, about about how staggering childhood poverty rates led the community to found the organization, what programs they offer and where they are growing across the state.

Care to Learn is a non-profit organization that provides immediate funding to meet emergent health, hunger, and hygiene needs so every child can be successful in school.
 
Find out more about Care to Learn here.