CHILD CARE SERVICES

Child Care Services

Tribal Child Care Services assists families by providing child care options that promote healthy physical, mental, emotional, and behavioral development while supporting families in the goal to increase economic self-sufficiency.

Kawerak Child Care works to provide quality services to meet the needs of children, families, and communities in the region.

Our Mission

Kawerak Child Care Services (CCS) prioritizes, “Partnering with parents, communities and organizations to create accessible, affordable, quality child care for our children and families.”

Our Goals

  1. Protect the health and safety of children in child care
  2. Help parents make informed consumer choices
  3. Enhance the quality of child care
  4. Provide equal access to stable child care for families with low-incomes

Kawerak provides Child Care Assistance and resources for low-income families who work, attend school, are enrolled in job training, doing job searches or subsistence activities. CCS also supports children who receive or need to receive protective services.

Kawerak assists providers by supporting relatives, Tribes, individuals, and organizations who wish to become a Tribally Approved or State Licensed Child Care Provider in the region.

Coordination of Services and Capacity Building

Child Care Services collaborates and works directly with the Head Start/Early Head Start/Child Care Partnership Program to offer 40 slots for children age’s birth to three and up to 40 slots for in our Uiviilat Play & Learn Center for qualified families who need wrap around child care services after the Head Start day. Continuity of care is ensured when transitioning children from one program to another and when transitioning from the tribally operated center into the public-school system.

Child Care Services

Tribal Child Care Services assists families by providing child care options that promote healthy physical, mental, emotional, and behavioral development while supporting families in the goal to increase economic self-sufficiency.

Kawerak Child Care works to provide quality services to meet the needs of children, families, and communities in the region.

Our Mission

Kawerak Child Care Services (CCS) prioritizes, “Partnering with parents, communities and organizations to create accessible, affordable, quality child care for our children and families.”

Our Goals

  1. Protect the health and safety of children in child care
  2. Help parents make informed consumer choices
  3. Enhance the quality of child care
  4. Provide equal access to stable child care for families with low incomes

Kawerak provides Child Care Assistance and resources for low-income families who work, attend school, are enrolled in job training, doing job searches or subsistence activities. CCS also supports children who receive or need to receive protective services.

Kawerak assists providers by supporting relatives, Tribes, individuals, and organizations who wish to become a Tribally Approved or State Licensed Child Care Provider in the region.

Coordination of Services and Capacity Building

Child Care Services collaborates and works directly with the Head Start/Early Head Start/Child Care Partnership Program to offer 40 slots for children age’s birth to three and up to 40 slots for in our Uiviilat Play & Learn Center for qualified families who need wrap around child care services after the Head Start day. Continuity of care is ensured when transitioning children from one program to another and when transitioning from the tribally operated center into the public-school system.