Children”™s Learning Centers of Fairfield County (CLC), the second-largest center-based early childhood education nonprofit in Connecticut, is the recipient of a $35,000 grant from United Way of Western Connecticut. The grant provides critical funding to CLC and helps make it possible for hard-working ALICE (Asset Limited Income Constrained Employed) families to access high-quality early childhood education.
“At United Way of Western Connecticut, we realize how important childcare is to helping people get back to work and supporting their families,” said Isabel Almeida, president of United Way of Western Connecticut. “Children”™s Learning Centers is a valuable partner in the Stamford-area,” she said.
CLC serves families of all income levels and offers qualifying families sliding-scale fees based on family size and income. It recently reopened all eight of its Stamford locations to serve 380 children, enabling nearly 500 parents to go back to work.
CEO Marc Jaffe said, “Throughout the pandemic, CLC has been providing remote support to enrolled families, but for months we have strived to reopen to provide reliable and safe early childhood education and care that enables parents to return to work.”
