Center for Children's Initiatives (CCI)

The Center for Children’s Initiatives (CCI), formerly known as Child Care, Inc,. champions the right of all children to start life with the best possible foundation of learning, care and health. 

Realizing the long term benefits – for children, for families and for our society – CCI works to ensure investments in quality and supports for working families to give all of our children the opportunity for a bright future.

 


What's New at CCI                                                   


NY1 Video Coverage of CCI                                                                                                     
The Center for Children’s Initiatives (CCI) was present at ONE FLUSHING Community Economic Development Center, to help residents and job seekers at NYC’s Workforce1 site in Queens, find child care services and employment opportunities. 
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Winter/Spring 2012 CCI Training Calendar                                                                             

Winter/Spring 2012 CCI Training Calendar

For the full list of catalog trainings, 
click here: Winter/Spring 2012 CCI Training Calendar Catalog (v1.5) PDF

 

 2011 CCI Primer                                                                                                                      

 

2011 CCI Primer

The Primer, CCI’s signature publication is the only comprehensive, independent look at funding, enrollment, capacity and affordability of early care and learning in all settings in the city, with the latest data on Pre-K, Head Start, child care and subsidies for families on public assistance. The Primer serves as a critical resource for policymakers, the media and advocates seeking to expand early learning opportunities for young children across the city. The data is drawn from official public reports and documents, as well as special studies commissioned just for the new edition of the CCI Primer.  The data released in the latest edition of the CCI Primer provide a picture of the growing squeeze on low-income working parents.  The report underscores the need to improve both the supply and quality of early childhood programs – as well as the need for a more comprehensive vision for quality early childhood education and a coherent approach to managing the $1.2 billion in public funding now invested in the services.

For more information or questions, contact Betty Holcomb 212-381-0009 or email: bholcomb@ccinyc.org.

2011 CCI Primer Highlights- Provides a picture of early care and education services throughout the city who uses it, how it is funded. The CCI Primer identifies the key trends in funding, enrollment, capacity and access impacting families and children as well as service providers.

 

 

Universal Pre-kindergarten Enrollroment                                                                             

There is still time to enroll for pre-k programs for the 2011-2012 school year.

All New York City children who turned four years of age by December 31, 2011 are eligible for free Universal Pre-K seats for the 2011-2012 school year.

Click on the borough below to see the districts and programs that may have available seats. For additional questions on Universal Pre-kindergarten enrollment, contact the Center for Children’s Initiatives (CCI) at 212-929-6911 or parinfo@ccinyc.org.  To view by borough or district, please click here.

Families should enroll in Universal Pre-kindergarten programs by January 31, 2012.