LEADING THE WAY TO QUALITY CARE

Welcome

MissionThe Capital District Child Care Council is a resource and referral agency dedicated to promoting quality, accessible child care for all of the Capital Region’s diverse communities. The Council assumes a leadership role in supporting children, parents, child care professionals, and employers through referral counseling, education, training, and advocacy.

VisionThe Capital District Child Care Council is a resource and referral agency dedicated to promoting quality, accessible child care for all of the Capital Region’s diverse communities. The Council assumes a leadership role in supporting children, parents, child care professionals, and employers through referral counseling, education, training, and advocacy.

Where We WorkInfant Toddler Regional ServicesThe Council provides Infant Toddler

services to the following 17 counties

Franklin

Clinton

Hamilton

Essex

Warren

Saratoga

Fulton

Wash

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Montgomery

Rensselaer

Schenectady

SchoharieOtsego Albany

Colum

bia

GreeneDelaware

Where We WorkClinton

Hamilton

Eat Well Play Hard in Child Care SettingsThe Council provides the Eat Well Play hard

program to the following 13 counties

Warren

Saratoga

Fulton

Wash

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Montgomery

Rensselaer

Schenectady

SchoharieAlbany

Essex

Hamilton

ColumbiaGreene

Where We WorkClinton

Hamilton

Saratoga

Fulton

Montgomery

Rensselaer

Schenectady

Albany

Child Care Resource and Referral ServicesThe Council provides Child Care Resource and Referral services to the following 6 counties

Early experiences determine whether a child’s developing brain architecture provides a strong or weak foundation for all future learning, behavior, and health.

Good nutrition is the cornerstone for healthy child development.

Highly trained and qualified early childhood practitioners create long term economic and social benefits.

High-quality early education programs enhance child cognitive and social development.

Parents need reliable, affordable child care when they work, and also a safe place where their children can learn new skills.

Child Care Health consultation is effective in promoting specific health practices in early childhood programs including, safe food handling, infection control, infant sleep position, and safe and active play.

Research documents that those states with more effective regulatory structures have a greater supply of higher quality programs.

Eating well can make a positive difference in a student’s ability to achieve their full academic and physical potential.

MembersAndrea AdrianDebra Ahola

Tamara B. CalhounAnn Day

Sharon GiordanoPeggy Grot

Catherine HalaykoNancy Johnson

Kathryn KaehlerGrace McKeoneSusan Megna

Thank you for your dedication and service to the

Capital District Child Care Council.

Board of Directors

Officers

Kim Siciliano, President

Jane Schwerd, Vice-President

Merle T. Baker, Secretary

Robert Topolski, Treasurer

OfficersKim Siciliano, PresidentJane Schwerd, Vice-PresidentMerle T. Baker, SecretaryRobert Topolski, Treasurer

MembersAndrea AdrianDebra AholaTamara B. CalhounAnn DaySharon GiordanoPeggy GrotCatherine HalaykoNancy JohnsonKathryn KaehlerGrace McKeoneSusan Megna

Retiring in 2012Elizabeth Roberts-LauraBernard Jones

Retiring in 2012Peggy Grot

Catherine HalaykoJane Schwerd

StaffAbbe Kovacik, Ms. Ed., Executive Director

Keely Weise, Fiscal Director

Paulann Beardsley, Office Assistant

Tricia Howland , CIRS, Parent Services Director

Mary Miranda, Parent Educator

Mary Ellen Gugie, Provider Services Director

Jean Wiseman, RN, Child Care Health Consultant Coordinator

Barbara Vickery, RN, Child Care Health Consultant

Donna Jennings, CACFP Coordinator

Doris Castro, CACFP Educator

Jessica Lynch, CACFP Educator

Jenna Depew, RD, Eat Well Play Hard Program Coordinator

Jean Bottillo–Faulisi, RD, Eat Well Play Hard in Child Care Centers

Stephanie Ross, RD, Eat Well Play Hard in Family Child Care

Patty Schardt, RD, Eat Well Play Hard in Child Care Centers

Anne Gresco, Child Care Program Development Coordinator

Lynn Siebert, Education Director

Gail Williams, Data Specialist

Tina Turriglio. Center Education Coordinator

Sheri Dushane. Center Educator

Heather Sweet, Center Educator

Colleen Faragon, Center Educator

Arlene Schmidt, Family Child Care Educator

Erin Broderick-Roberts, School-age Child Care Coordinator

Alicia Salamone-Powers, School-age Educator

Jill Hodge, LMSW, Social Emotional Development Educator

Karyn Murphy, Ms. Ed.., LMSW, Social Emotional Development Educator

Wendy Sullivan, Ms. Ed., Regional Infant Toddler Specialist Coordinator

Sarah Gould, Regional Infant Toddler Specialist

Cheryl Samborin, Regulatory Services Director

Eileen Tuohy, Registration Coordinator

Amy Powell, Registrar

LaToya Grimes, Registrar

Cherri Shultes, Registrar

Stephani Rejack, Registrar

Michelle Hall, Registrar

Pam Leganczuk, Registrar

Fernanda Carranza, Registrar

Erica Lenz, Registrar

Patti Mueller, Legally Exempt Enrollment Coordinator

Heather Cookingham, LE Enrollment Educator

Lea Maggiulli, LE Enrollment Educator

Carol Cornell, LE Enrollment Educator

Mari Plata, LE Enrollment Educator

Darlene Snyder, LE Enrollment Educator

Amanda Scarcella, LE Enrollment Educator

Kate Smith, Communications Director

Alexis DeLaTorre, Communications Specialist

Thank You!