Carson City-area parents and their children will benefit from a recent grant received by Western Nevada Colleges Child Development Center.
The CDC has beenawarded a $123,450 grant from Nevadas Child Care and Development Program and the Childrens Cabinet.
This grant will allow us to continue to provide high-quality childcare to our children in our community, said CDC Director Anna Lisa Acosta-Rogers. This allows our familiesto get back to work, our families to connect with one another and find resources available to them, and ensures one of our most vulnerable populations are cared for in an appropriatesetting. We are very fortunateto have receivedthis grant and look forward to continuing to serve our children and families.
Specifically, the grant will be used to meet general operating costs, which will include developmentally appropriate toys that show diversity and inclusion, new bikes for the outdoor play area, new sand, and more.
Acosta-Rogers emphasized that the childcare employees at the CDC are essential workers and are appreciated as are medical personnel, law enforcement and teachers.
During this last year as COVID-19 has affected so many of us, we have the opportunity to give thanks to all of our essential workers, she said. We are thankful for all of our medical personnel, law enforcement, teachers and our childcare workers. Qualitychildcare is essentialfor our children, for our families and for our economy, as parents return to work.