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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
ingto
n
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
ingto
n
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!