Department SummaryStudent Affairs administers an AmeriCorps subgrant from Jumpstart. Jumpstart is an early learning program to help preschool children in low-income communities become prepared for educational achievement. UCLA undergraduates work as Corps Members at preschools in this program.Jumpstart is a national early education organization that recruits and trains college students and community volunteers to work with preschool children in low-income neighborhoods. Through a proven curriculum, these children develop the language and literacy skills they need to be ready for school, setting them on a path to close the achievement gap before it is too late. Join us to work toward the day every child in America enters school prepared to succ