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Steven Dow

Founder and Special Advisor

CAP Tulsa

Aspen Institute Ascend Fellow Alumni 2012 Cohort 1

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Steven Dow founded and served as executive director of CAP Tulsa from 1992 to 2019. CAP Tulsa embraces a two-generation anti-poverty strategy which focuses on providing high-quality early childhood education coupled with comprehensive family support services. CAP Tulsa has received national recognition for its innovative and effective approaches, having been honored in the initial class of the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Family Counts National Honors program, a member of the Fannie Mae Foundation Alliance, and named as a National Head Start Center of Excellence.

Stories Featuring Steven Dow
November 20, 2019
Impact Series: Building 2Gen Proof Points with New Research on CAP Tulsa
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