Lincoln – The Children’s Workshop, the State’s leading provider of high quality child care and early education, announced today that is has formed a Corporate Child Care Agreement with Gateway Healthcare. Gateway Healthcare, with over 500 employees throughout Rhode Island, has been seeking a child care organization to partner with in order to increase the availability of high quality child care for its working parents.

“Partnering with Gateway Healthcare will help them meet their employees’ child care needs in the communities where their employees work…and live.” said Kevin Fusco, President & CEO of The Children’s Workshop. “We’re excited to offer this new program which will allow employers to have a competitive edge within their industry and at the same time provide a wonderful, educational environment for young children.”

Gateway Healthcare is a non-profit behavioral health care organization that provides a wide array of services to adults, children and families in Rhode Island. They provide services to people of all cultural and economic backgrounds, who may not otherwise have access to the services they need. Gateway Healthcare has grown to include more than 23 locations across Rhode Island, including Pawtucket, Central Falls, Johnston, Cranston, Middletown, Lincoln, Smithfield and West Greenwich.

The Children’s Workshop is a member of the Child Care Connection family of early learning centers. The company prides itself in providing their families with one of the best service levels in the child care industry and offers "The Creative Curriculum", a nationally recognized educational approach to teaching young children. The Children’s Workshop was founded in 1990 as a company dedicated to providing high quality child care services. The company opened its first child care center in Lincoln, RI and has grown to over 16 early learning centers throughout Rhode Island and Massachusetts.