Our Mission

The mission of The Child Care Connection, Inc. to provide the tools and education to give each child the very best start in life.

The Board of Trustees and staff of Child Care Connection stand in solidarity against systemic racism. It is our mission to eliminate barriers of affordability, access, and quality of care. We strive to ensure that every child in Mercer County has access to healthy, safe, and relationship-based curriculum and is lovingly cared for by early childhood-educated caregivers in a program carefully selected by his or her parent. Every child should have an overabundance of positive, engaging, hands-on learning experiences that prepare them for elementary school. We advocate for higher wages for caregivers and increased rates for child care subsidy reimbursements. We at Child Care Connection believe that high-quality child care is foundational to the elimination of racism and the development of our future citizens, and we work to address the inequities in education that exist in our communities.

Since 1986, the Child Care Connection has been committed to a range of programs and services that meet the needs of today's families. The agency, based in Trenton, New Jersey, has a dedicated staff of more than 30 professionals with extensive experience in the fields of education, early care, and health and behavioral sciences. In addition, we work with a pool of highly qualified consultants with expertise in human resources, organizational development, and gerontology.

Annually, the Child Care Connection delivers over 1,000 training hours to parents, caregivers, and child care professionals. In 1995 the Early Childhood Institute for Professional Development was formed to offer a state-of-the-art educational program to individuals in the field. In the workplace, we deliver lunch-time seminars to help employees address work and family-related issues.

Through funding from both the County of Mercer and the State of New Jersey, we administer several enhanced care programs to improve the quality of child care and related programs at the local level.