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With the Expansion of Childcare and Daycare Services in our area
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For every child care space in our community, there are 3 children waiting.
Child care is an important issue that can no longer be ignored. Child care provides the care and education children need to get ready for school, allows parents to work and our community to thrive. By stepping up for child care, you join others that believe that in order to build a stronger community we must build strong children and strong families. Will you champion for children? Start making a difference today by making a tax-deductible one-time gift or advocate for children all year with a monthly contribution.
Fort Dodge Child Care Project
The Fort Dodge Child Care Feasibility Study Report indicated the need for child care to be greater than originally perceived. With a recruitment strategies and supports for child care home providers in place, it was important to help to look at what could be done to expand, recruit or build child care centers.
Through interviews with existing centers, we found that Community Early Childhood Center (CECC) was interested in expanding their center and had space. Through discussions with child care center chains, we found that current local child care rates could not support their costs of operation.
Armed with information and a vision, we looked for ways to begin the process of expanding and building child care centers. The first step was to have designs and construction costs. Funding through the Iowa Women’s Foundation’s Child Care Solutions Fund was received for pre-design work for the expansion of CECC and a new center. Designs were completed in May 2018.
Community Early Childhood Center
The expansion project for Community Early Childhood Center provides for an addition on north end of the current building, two small classroom extensions to the south and re-purposes of three existing spaces.
The expansion will provide 56 additional child care spaces to the facility and will also provide for increased storage, bathroom facilities and drive/parking space.