Causes: Economic Development, Education, Financial Counseling, Human Services, Vocational & Technical Schools

Mission: Our Mission is to foster and connect children with quality learning experiences. Research has shown that by the age of four, most children's brains have acquired the learning skills and traits that guide and support them throughout their lifetime.

Child & Family Resources partners with parents, child care programs, schools, health/mental health/human service organizations, and other key stakeholders to offer a multitude of programs and services that support and challenge children to reach their greatest potential as members of a diverse community.

Results: We can point to the $7 Million dollars we've disbursed in child care subsidies, the joyous smiles of the 68 families in our Holiday Shop program (as big as the children's smiles were, the parents' smiles were even bigger), or the grateful thanks we receive from the staffs of our Diaper Bank partners who get to distribute the diapers to needy families. They never fail to let us know how much it is appreciated.

But the real story will be told in the coming years as these children grow to take their places in society as parents, employers, law enforcement, voters, volunteers, . . . all of the roles it takes to make a society function well.

Target demographics: Young children develop the skills and attitudes they will need in school and in society

Direct beneficiaries per year: 2300 children, 1100 parents, 450 providers/teachers

Geographic areas served: Morris County, NJ

Programs: Child care subsidies - admin of financial reimbursement/direct payment for child care services to eligible clients. Current programs include: NJ Cares for Kids, and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families.

resource & referral- provide services to parents, employers, professionals, gov't and advocates. Services include childcare advice, consultation and consumer referral.

Education - Our activities are directed toward the development of well-trained child care providers and includes program start-up and development assistance, quality monitoring, Parent child care assistance, workshops, conferences & one-on-one coaching. We also run a Diaper Bank which funds and supplies diapers to 16 local organizations and a Holiday Shop experience in which our neediest families are invited to choose five gifts for each child in the household.