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Thursday, November 16, 2023

Support Our Toy Drive

We've partnered with Toys for Tots again to collect toys to donate to children less fortunate. Visit our Wishlist here on Amazon so that the toys may be delivered directly to the Council. Thanking YOU in advance for your generosity.

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 Let’s celebrate the warmth of the season with music, photos, children activities, hot cocoa and more and the Council's first Winter Festival! The event is free - RSVP today!

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Tuesday, November 14, 2023

Match Met! $25k left to raise

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CClean Commercial Cleaning has now matched the first $5,000 in donations to our scholarship fund for #GivingTuesday. Thank you!

Can you help us raise another $25,000 to help families get access to child care? Our donor-funded scholarships are special, because they enable us to reach those who don't otherwise qualify for assistance. This includes families facing homelessness or overcoming domestic violence.

DONATE NOW

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Westchester Works Child Care Scholarships Are in the 2024 Budget - Say Thanks!

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The 2024 Westchester County Budget is OUT and Westchester Works is IN!

Sharing incredible news - Westchester Works is in the proposed budget at $3.3 mil. We've given scholarship awards to over 500 children this year and look forward to continuing that support in 2024.

Now it's our turn to thank the County Executive and the Board of Legislators for all their incredible support for child care. Join us at the Board's public sessions:

  • November 16th, Warner Public Library, 121 N. Broadway, Tarrytown, NY, 10591 at 6pm.
  • November 20th, Chappaqua Performing Arts Center, 480 N. Bedford Rd., Chappaqua, NY, 10514 at
  • December 6th, Westchester Board of Legislators Chambers, 8th Floor, 148 Martine Ave, White Plains at 7pm.

Lots of ways to participate. You can observe and clap when others talk about the importance of child care. You can tell your child care story (up to 3 minutes. You can stand alongside someone else who speaks. Plus you can bring your children.

If you are unsure of how you might participate and support child care, contact me at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Thanks!

Kathy Halas, Executive Director

 

 

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Monday, November 13, 2023

Start teaching in less than 3 years!

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If you are interested, a webinar will be held on

Tuesday, November 14, 2023 at 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM.

Please see the link below:

Webinar Registration

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Thursday, November 09, 2023

Who we're fundraising for

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One recent recipient of a Council child care scholarship is a grandmother who has custody of her 4-year-old grandson. With this help, the child is now in a regulated child care program, and his grandma reports that his social skills are improving! Donate today and your donation will be doubled by CClean Commercial Cleaning.

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DONATE

 

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Wednesday, November 08, 2023

Many Voices Call for Child Care Funding

Nearly 150 parents, child care providers, nonprofit leaders, and business executives gathered virtually at our annual Westchester County Child Care Advocacy (Half) Hour in October, to call for continued child care funding in the 2024 Westchester County budget. Joined by Deputy County Executive Ken Jenkins, Board of Legislators Chairman Vedat Gashi, and Legislator David Imamura, we updated the audience about the tremendous positive impact of the Westchester Works Scholarship Program and asked elected officials to maintain its funding (about $3 million for the awards) and raise the income eligibility cap so that more families are eligible. We also called on attendees to raise their voices in other venues… and now we’re asking you!

  • Write to the CE at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • Attend the Budget Committee hearings on 11/16, 11/20 and 12/6 -email Kathy Halas at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • Parents/grandparents are encouraged to join the Council’s new Parent Advisory Council - email Cathy Fernandez at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Click here to watch the Advocacy Half Hour.

pdfCheck out our funding ask for the 2024 Westchester County Budget 

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Asistencia de cuidado infantil para padres

Lo que los proveedores necesitan saber! Grandes cambios...

La asistencia financiera para ayudar a las familias a pagar el cuidado infantil está disponible para más familias que nunca.

Es para familias de mayores ingresos.

Es para padres que trabajan, padres que buscan empleo o que van a la escuela.

Es una herramienta de marketing para proveedores.

Consejos para proveedores

Folletos para compartir con las familias

Carta de Informative para proveedores

Lista de teléfonos del personal del DSS

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Child Care Assistance Big Changes

What Providers need to know!

Financial assistance to help families pay for child care is available to more families then ever before. It's for families of higher income.

It's for working parents, parents seeking employment, or going to school.

You can use it as a marketing tool... help your parents save on the cost of care.

Tips for Providers

Flyers to share with families.

Information Letter for Providers

DSS Staff Updated Phone & Email List

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Thursday, November 02, 2023

Help fund special scholarships

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Your 2023 #GivingTuesday donation to the Child Care Council will be special in two ways:

  • Your dollars will fund the Council's own scholarship programs, which allow us to help families who do not otherwise qualify for financial assistance. These scholarships make safe child care more affordable for families experiencing homelessness or domestic violence, for grandparents caring for grandchildren, for parents going back to school, and more.
  • CClean Commercial Cleaning will MATCH the first $5,000 in donations.

Our goal is to raise $35,000 on or before Giving Tuesday: November 28, 2023.

Together, we can ensure that safe, quality child care is a resource for families, instead of a barrier.

DONATE NOW

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Support Westchester Works Child Care Scholarships

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You have an opportunity to thank Westchester County Executive George Latimer and his team, and the Westchester Board of Legislators for funding Westchester Works last year, and again in 2023, and to ask that it continue in 2024.

The County Executive will release his 2024 budget in early November. Right now you can go ahead and make plans to attend one or more of the Board of Legislators' Budget Hearings to support on-going child care funding. Here are the dates and locations:

  • November 16th, Warner Public Library, 121 N. Broadway, Tarrytown, NY, 10591 at 6pm.
  • November 20th, Chappaqua Performing Arts Center, 480 N. Bedford Rd., Chappaqua, NY, 10514 at
  • December 6th, Westchester Board of Legislators Chambers, 8th Floor, 148 Martine Ave, White Plains at 7pm.

Note Nov 16th at Warner Library session starts at 6pm, the other meetings at 7pm. If you want to speak, arrive 45 to 60 mins. ahead of start time, as speakers go in the order in which they sign in.

Lots of ways to participate. You can observe and clap when others talk about the importance of child care. You can tell your child care story (up to 3 minutes) and thank Westchester County for its great support of child care all these years - and again in 2024. You can stand alongside someone else who speaks. Plus you can bring your children.

If you are unsure of how you might participate and support child care, contact me at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

More info to come.

Thanks!

Kathy Halas, Executive Director

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Child Care Council of Westchester, Inc.

313 Central Park Avenue
Scarsdale, New York 10583

Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm
Child Care Specialists extended hours are available on Tuesdays until 7pm to help you make an informed decision about child care.

Phone: (914) 761-3456
Toll-Free: 1 (844) 387-7525

Fax: (914) 761-1957

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