The mission of the Minnesota Early Learning Foundation (MELF) is to recommend cost-effective strategies to prepare children for success in kindergarten from 2005-2009, MELF researched, built and launched pilot programs designed to help achieve our mission in 2010, we incorporated what we have learned into specific, actionable policy recommendations that we vetted with stake holders, donors, lawmakers, and others the MELF board then made the decision to go beyond reporting recommendations.