Mission, Programs and Services

Mission Statement

• providing resources, support services, information and referrals to parents, child care providers and the community;
• advocating for the continuous improvement of healthy child development by means of legislative activism and community education;
• providing pro-active leadership in the community with regard to matters concerning broad child development and child care issues, through inter-agency coordination, collaboration and planning, and by dissemination of public information;
• providing services regardless of family composition, special needs, sexual orientation, religion, gender, race, age or financial considerations.

Programs and Services

• Child Care Resource & Referral Services
  • Are you looking for child care?
  • Do you want to provide child care?
  • Early Childhood Training Opportunities
  • Early Childhood Mentor Project
  • The Warm Line: Help for parents and providers
  • Central Day Care Scholarship Fund
  • Web Sites of Interest to People Who Care for Young Children

• Child & Family Development Program
  • Working with Infants and Toddlers
  • Parenting Strategies
  • Community Services Coordination
  • Provider Support

• Teen Pregnancy & Parenting Program
  • Case Management for Teen Moms, Dads, and their Children
  • ParentingSupport including the Mentoring Project
  • Pregnancy Prevention
  • Community Education
  • Eligibility

Day Care & Child Development Council of Tompkins County, Inc. 609 West Clinton Street  Ithaca, New York 14850 phone:(607) 273-0259 • fax:(607)272-4711 email: daycare@daycarecouncil.org Hours: 9:00-4:30 weekdays

A United Way Agency Supporting families and the community since 1967

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