Franklin

New York State Pyramid Model

The New York State Council on Children and Families leads the statewide implementation of the Pyramid Model, an evidence-based, multi-tiered framework designed to foster social-emotional development in infants, toddlers, and young children through nurturing environments, strong relationships, and targeted supports. It equips early childhood programs, providers, and families with training, coaching, and data-informed strategies to promote positive behaviors and reduce challenging behaviors in young learners.

Teaching Improves Performance

Teaching Improves Performance delivers professional development tailored for early childhood professionals. Offering both live and virtual training, their goal is to make teaching more effective and less stressful. Guiding children through the stages of early childhood development is demanding. Teaching Improves Performance is here to lessen the stress. Their enthusiastic trainers and coaches are waiting to help with your professional development needs.

QUALITYstarsNY

QUALITYstarsNY is New York State’s voluntary 5-Star Quality Rating & Improvement System (QRIS) for child care programs designed to elevate early childhood education and care programs.

Nature’s Way Baby Café

A relaxed, informal, safe, child-friendly, non-medical environment where your breastfeeding or chestfeeding relationship, at whatever stage, is valued, respected and protected. An opportunity to meet other breastfeeding or chestfeeding parents. Refreshments, comfortable seating, and open-forum discussions included as well as play areas for accompanying toddlers . Opportunities to ask questions, share experiences and make friends.

Play ADK Clubhouse

The Clubhouse is our temporary outpost, located at 84 Main Street in Saranac Lake, where we host activities and programming, experiment with future exhibit ideas, and share project updates with the community. The Clubhouse features a mini play kitchen, a ball pit, a cozy reading nook, bubbles, chalk, a coloring/craft station, Legos, Magnetix, puzzles and games, a parent lounge area, and more! They host infant/toddler playgroups and free play on Saturdays as well as developmental screenings.

Business Navigator

The Business Navigator provides business leaders with key strategies that they can use to support caregivers, along with tools to support implementation. Employers in New York State who are seeking to deliver a child care strategy that focuses on the specific needs of their employees, and provides a strong return on their investments, will find the essential resources, case studies, and regional contacts to begin this process, or augment a plan already in place.

ADK Diaper Bank

ADK Diaper Bank collects and distributes diapers to families in New York’s North Country. The mission of ADK Diaper Bank is to ensure that no child in our community goes without clean diapers—a basic necessity for the healthy development of babies and toddlers.

Joint Council for Economic Opportunity

The Joint Council for Economic Opportunity (JCEO) of Clinton and Franklin Counties, Inc., is a non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing the dignity and self-reliance of low-income individuals by providing comprehensive services such as Head Start programs, senior care, food assistance, medical transportation, and housing support. Established in 1966, JCEO operates multiple community outreach and Head Start centers across the region to serve the needs of the community effectively. ​

Hudson Headwaters

Providing comprehensive maternal health services, including gynecological and obstetrical care for adolescents and adults, pediatric and adolescent health services, delivering primary care for young people from birth through their teenage years across multiple locations

Adirondack Regional Technology Center/TRAID Center (Technology-Related Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities)

The ARTC is one of twelve Regional TRAID Centers (RTC’s) operating within the State of New York. The goal of the program is to improve access to, and acquisition of, assistive technology devices and services for persons with disabilities of all ages and all disabilities. Services seek to enable persons with physical and/or cognitive disabilities to choose, acquire, and use appropriate assistive technology that advances their individual interests and independent functioning.

Family Matters

A Family Resource Center is a community-based hub that provides support, education, and resources to help families strengthen their relationships and promote healthy child development. These centers often offer services such as parenting classes, playgroups, referrals to local services, and Developmental Screenings in a welcoming, inclusive environment.