Quality child care is the key to all that comes after, but in Westchester, even the hardest working families struggle to afford it. This leaves parents with heartbreaking decisions to make, and many children without the safe, loving care and learning opportunities that the rest of their lives depend on.

This year for #GivingTuesday  - December 3, 2019 – the Child Care Council's goal is to raise $20,000 for its Key to the Future Fund, which will provide early education scholarships to children most in need. 100% of funds raised goes directly to families. 

We want to make sure no parent has to choose between child care and health insurance. We want to make sure no child starts kindergarten at a disadvantage she will never be able to recover from, but on equal footing, and ready to achieve. We want to make sure no working mom loses or job or has to give up on her career dreams, because she can’t afford reliable child care.

What the Council does want, and works toward every day, is a Westchester where safe, affordable, quality early care and education is available to ALL children from the day they’re born, because the first 5 years of brain development is the key everything: early literacy and math skills, moving grade to grade on time, to high school and college graduation, higher career earnings and lifelong social, emotional and physical health. It reduces the need for special education, and makes a young person less likely to try drugs, get pregnant as a teenager, or enter the juvenile justice system.

Quality child care saves money, and even saves lives.

On #GivingTuesday, please consider a donation to the Council's scholarhip fund. Any amount you can give is an important contribution to a child’s success, a parent’s peace of mind, and a better future for our entire community.

I thank you in advance for your support!