Ticonderoga, NY – Ticonderoga Community Early Learning Center (TCELC) is thrilled to announce that it’s been awarded a $12,000 Generous Acts grant from the Adirondack Community Foundation.
This grant provides bridge funding which enables Silver Bay YMCA to continue operating the TCELC, supporting 30 families with childcare until the New York State CCAP Childcare Subsidy is able to clear the waiting lists of Essex, Warren, and Washington County families.
The TCELC was established to provide early learning opportunities in an area that is experiencing a severe childcare desert. Eighty percent of enrolled children at the TCELC come from low-income working families who qualify for state CCAP subsidy support for childcare. Ongoing delays and underfunding at the state level have disrupted reimbursements, placing Silver Bay YMCA under increasing financial strain.
Silver Bay YMCA VP of Development and Government Relations Walt Lender explained, “We’re excited to receive this grant for the Ticonderoga Community Early Learning Center. Quality childcare is essential to every community’s economy and workforce. Silver Bay’s youth development programs support our community and its children. This support from Generous Acts provides critical funding at a time when public funding is uncertain.”
Childcare is not the only service the TCELC provides; it also supports working parents, which in return reduces employee turnover, improves attendance and productivity, and helps employers remain competitive in recruiting and retailing staff.
“We are thrilled to receive these grant funds from the Adirondack Community Foundation. The Ticonderoga Community Early Learning Center provides our community with a vital resource, and these funds will help to keep that resource available,” stated Silver Bay YMCA VP of Program Chet Lastowski.
To learn more about the Ticonderoga Community Early Learning Center or to enroll your child visit https://silverbay.org/early-learning-center/ or call 518.585.7433.
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About the TCELC – At the YMCA, we understand that each child develops at their own rate and in their own unique way. We are committed to providing your child with a program that not only meets the developmental needs of their age group, but a program that meets the needs of your child as an individual.
About Silver Bay YMCA: Silver Bay YMCA, founded in 1902, is in Silver Bay, NY, just minutes south of Hague. Its 700-acre campus along one mile of Lake George shoreline offers a breadth of programs for all ages. Silver Bay YMCA is consistently ranked one of the top ten family reunion sites in the country and is on the National Register of Historic Places with the U.S. Department of the Interior. As a mission-based charity, Silver Bay YMCA offers outreach programs in addition to its core activities as a premier conference and family retreat center. Learn more about Silver Bay at www.silverbay.org.
Our MISSION: To cultivate relationships, strengthen communities and nurture spirit, mind and body for all.
Our IMPACT: Because of Silver Bay YMCA, connections between people and family are stronger. People are more connected, respectful and caring. They have the confidence to develop to their full potential and to positively impact the communities in which they work and live. As a result, communities are more dynamic, comprehensive and varied. As stewards of Lake George, we inspire people to be stewards of the environment while they are visiting our magnificent campus and in their home communities.