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简体中文Mission
Child Care Connection provides the tools and education to give each child the very best start in life.
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 30 professionals with extensive experience in the fields of education, early care, and health and behavioral sciences.
Annually, the Child Care Connection delivers over 325 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.
Our business services client list is composed of highly visible, well-managed organizations with high standards for quality services. Through funding from both the County of Mercer and State of New Jersey, we administer several enhanced care programs to improve the quality of child care and related programs at the local level.
Values
At Child Care Connection we believe that every child should have access to safe, healthy, nurturing, enriching, and respectful early childhood education and expanded learning opportunities, such as out-of-school time and summer camp experiences. By guiding and connecting families, educating and supporting providers, and informing and standing with our community, we seek to set the standard of high-quality child care resource and referral in New Jersey.
Families:
- Families should be informed and empowered to choose high-quality child care.
- Families should be encouraged to contact our Referral Department to help identify and find quality resources and services for their children.
- Families should have access to affordable, culturally relevant, high-quality child care.
- Child Care Connection will seek to eliminate language barriers by using translation services whenever possible.
- Child Care Connection will inform parents of services through newsletters, the agency web site, social media, community fairs, electronic messaging (One Call Now), telephone, face-to-face, and written correspondence.
Providers:
- Providers will be given the resources and training needed to provide quality child care.
- Providers who actively participate in Child Care Connection’s Early Childhood Institute for Professional Development will improve the age-appropriate learning experience for all children.
- Providers will receive referrals and information to build a professional business.
- Child Care Connection will seek to eliminate language barriers by using translation services whenever possible.
- Child Care Connection will inform providers of services through e-mail, newsletters, the agency web site, social media, community fairs, personal phone calls, electronic telephone messaging (One Call Now), site visits, face-to-face contact, and written correspondence.