Child Care

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.

Adirondack Community Action Programs, Inc.

Adirondack Community Action Programs, Inc. connects people, values and resources to promote personal, economic and community growth. They are the Child Care Resource Center for Essex County and provide Head Start and Early Head Start programming. The agency mobilizes resources, plans and integrates programs and services that best meet the needs of our community. Expanding beyond its original mission the agency works to improve the quality of life of families and strengthen our communities by coordinating multiple programs and resources.

Southern Adirondack Child Care Network

SACCN is a child care resource center dedicated to strengthening the quality of early care and learning by helping parents find regulated child care options, supporting providers with training and startup assistance, and assisting employers and the community with child care needs.

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.

Child Care Coordinating Council of the North Country

Early Care and Learning Council

ADK Regional Comprehensive Fiscal Analysis

A tool to promote understanding of essential services for young children and their true costs.

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.