Westchester County Child Care
Scholarship is Refunded

Next Round Open from February 12 – April 9

The Council is thrilled to announce that the Westchester County Child Care Scholarship Program has been refunded for 2010.  All current 2009 Round 1 and Round 2 scholarship recipients will have their scholarships extended through May 31, 2010. 

Scholarship recipients should continue to use the current Monthly Enrollment Forms (either Round 1 or Round 2) to submit payments for January through May, 2010. If you need additional Monthly Enrollment Forms, please CLICK HERE.

Open applications for the next round of Westchester County Child Care Scholarship Program will be available on the Council’s web site on February 12, 2010. The deadline for applying is April 9, 2010.  The 2010 scholarship Round 1 will run from June 1 through December 31, 2010. 

We want to thank all of you from the child care community as well as your parents for your letters and calls to our County legislators asking that the Scholarship Program be continued.   We particularly appreciate your coming to the public hearings on the County budget.   Child care received the most public support of any social program during this budget process.  Thank you again for your hard work.

Family Book Bag Project Support Literacy and Language Development

In an effort to promote early literacy and language development, the Council will help family providers set up lending libraries in their own homes.   Participating providers will receive training and a supply of new books, materials and book bags for their children.  Exposure to books and regular reading opportunities has been shown to help children develop their vocabularies and their ability to understand language, which is related to success in school.

Funding from TD Bank made this new Family Book Bag Project possible.  The Council hopes to expand the number of participating providers through additional grants and donations.