Mission Statement

LENA’s mission is to accelerate language development in children birth to three, in order to improve their cognitive, social, and emotional health and to close opportunity gaps.

Organization Description

LENA is a 501(c)(3) located in Boulder, CO, that operates through a collaborative partnership with local organizations and key community stakeholders. LENA offers two early intervention programs, both with a laser focus on boosting interactive talk during the critical 0-3 years of child development: LENA Start and LENA Grow. In addition to LENA’s two flagship programs, LENA also provides programmatic support for existing home visitation programs through LENA Home, and supports professionals working with children with speech delays through LENA SP.

Over the past decade, LENA has worked to fundamentally reshape the way parents and caregivers interact with children to accelerate early language development and prepare children to enter kindergarten prepared for success. With over 50 community partners as of 2018, LENA programs have demonstrated positive results: families that participate in LENA Start, specifically, show significant gains in the number of adult words and, more importantly, the number of conversational turns by the end of the 10-week class.

Organization Type

Early Learning & Development, Family Support and Parent Education Services

Organization Contact Info

5525 Central Ave
#100 Boulder, Colorado 80301

List of Programs

Organization has not created any programs.