NEWS
Child Care Connection Goes to College

Lincoln, RI (August 27, 2004)—Child Care Connection, the State's leading provider of high quality child care and early education services, has been selected to provide child care services at the Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI). The services are available to students, faculty and staff at the college's three full-service campuses—Warwick, Lincoln and Providence, RI. The program is for preschool children ages three, four and five. Parents may choose to pay for child care on a discounted hourly or weekly basis.

There will be an added educational benefit to some students at the college because the program also offers an opportunity for Early Education Intern work with the Child Care Connection professionals.

According to Kevin Fusco, CEO and President of Child Care Connection, "This is an exciting opportunity for us, and we are pleased to bring our quality care to the children whose parents attend classes or work at CCRI."

Enrollment is currently underway, and interested individuals should call each program directly. For Child Care Connection on the CCRI Knight Campus in Warwick, please contact Debbie Albin at 401-825-1152. For the Child Care Connection on the CCRI Flanagan Campus in Lincoln, please contact Christine Poland 401-333-7247. For the Child Care Connection on the CCRI Liston Campus in Providence, please contact Danielle Niethold at 401-455-6005.

The Community College of Rhode Island, New England's largest community college, has full-service campuses in Warwick, Lincoln and Providence, and operates satellites in both Newport and Westerly. A fourth campus in Newport is under construction and scheduled to open in 2005. The college currently enrolls more than 16,000 students in credit courses and thousands more in non-credit and job training classes.

Thomas D. Sepe, president of CCRI, said, "We are pleased to form this partnership with one of the leading child care providers in the region. Our students, faculty and staff will have the security of knowing their child is entrusted to child care specialists who will provide a fun and creative environment, peace of mind and flexibility."

Child Care Connection prides itself in providing their families with high quality care and learning and offers "The Creative Curriculum", a nationally recognized educational approach to teaching young children. Child Care Connection was founded in 1991 as a company dedicated to providing high quality child care services to infants, toddlers, preschool, kindergarten and school age children. The company opened its first child care center in Lincoln, RI in 1991 and has grown to 15 early learning centers throughout Rhode Island and Massachusetts.