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About the Day Care Council of New York

The Day Care Council of New York, Inc., is a membership organization of 102 sponsoring boards that operate more than 200 publicly-funded child care centers and family child care programs in New York City.

Mission Statement

The Day Care Council of New York is a diverse membership organization of child care and family service providers, consumers and advocates.

The Council’s mission is to seek support for and assist in the development of quality child and family care services.

The organization works with its members to maintain high standards of child developmental, educational and social services.

The Council is committed to programs and services which are designed to promote the sound growth and development of children and their families necessary for a healthy society.

Re-adopted by the Board September 2012

Our History

1948

The First Board

These sponsoring boards first banded together in 1948, to fight for the survival of their programs when child care funds were eliminated at the end of World War II.  At that time, New York City had 80 centers serving children of working parents. 

1948

Tax Allocation for Child Care

Obtained the first peace-time allocation of City tax money for child care programs.

1952

Becoming the Council

With persistent effort and the support of New York City, the Day Care Council was incorporated in August 1952 as the coordinating body for the sponsoring boards.  Since then, the Council’s membership has grown to include over 200 sponsoring boards serving more than 50,000 children in the five boroughs of New York City.

1962

Child Care in Public Housing

Obtained the first commitment to provide child care space in every low-income public housing development.

1962

National Organization

Helped develop the first national organization of child care advocates.  This became the Day Care and Child Development Council of America, formerly National Committee for the Day Care of Children.

1964

Created the first program-wide staff pension plan for all personnel employed in New York City child care centers

1969

Developed and implemented the first credit-bearing training program designed to upgrade the skills and careers of child care personnel

1970

Developed in cooperation with the child care union, District Council 1707, the first comprehensive health and welfare program for child care personnel

1973

Helped develop the first state-wide association of child care and child development councils established in the nation;  This became the New York State Child Care Coordinating Council.

1976

Implemented a CETA (Comprehensive Employment and Training Act) contract that provided social work counseling services to families at member child care centers

1977

Created a mediation program to address grievances filed by the union against child care employers

1982

Developed a comprehensive health and welfare program for the child care directors, in cooperation with the Council of Supervisors and Administrators

1983

Created a remedial training for bookkeepers who failed the Agency for Child Development (ACD) competency test

1984

Held a conference for employers to acquaint business leaders with the value of providing child care as a benefit for their employees

1985

Trained 1,500 support staff of ACD child care centers in Child Abuse and Maltreatment Prevention

1989

Awarded  the first state-funded Child Care Resource and Referral contracts.

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Executive Team

Tara N. Gardner
Executive Director
tngardner@dccnyinc.org
Cheryl Badley
Finance Director
finance@dccnyinc.org
Erika Ewing
General Counsel & Chief Administrative Officer
eewing@dccnyinc.org
Gregory Brender
Chief Policy & Innovation Officer
gbrender@dccnyinc.org
Sofia Lopez
Director, Child Care Division
slopez@dccnyinc.org

Program Staff

Office Support

Risa Bernstein

Office Manager

Joshua Stoby

Assistant Office Manager

Sandra Vasquez

Office Cleaner

Child Care Resource and Referral

Tiffany Bryan

Provider Specialist

Delma Burgos

CCR&R Business Specialist

Angelica L. Carias

Infant-Toddler Mental Health Specialist

Joy Jensen

Provider Specialist

Jessica Laureano

Senior Child Care Specialist

Ingrith Marin

Provider Specialist

Almarie McCoy

Senior Provider Specialist

Lisa Plaskett

Infant-Toddler Specialist

Agusto Santana

CCR&R Business Specialist

Vanessa Torres

Senior Infant-Toddler Specialist

Member Support Services

Osberto Gomez

Education Debt Counselor

Raffi Salbashian

Associate Counsel

Tracy Suydam

Workforce Support & Development Manager

Jabari Richardson

Member Support Specialist

James C. Hall, Jr. Family Child Care Network

Keishla Hornsby

Director, FCCN and CACFP

Bushra Ali

Assistant Coordinator, CACFP

Asmaa Fajri

Education Specialist

Nalene Isaac – Jeremiah

Education Director

Karen McCray

Assistant Coordinator, CACFP

Sharon McLaughlin

Administrative Assistant

Ana Santiago

Family Worker

Consultants

Carey Solomon

Fiscal Consultant

Stacey White

Health Care Consultant

Board of Directors

Wanda C. Carter

President

Alice B. Owens

1st Vice President

Betty C. Jones

Vice President

Jean Jeremie

Treasurer

Pauline Chen

Secretary

Members

Takiema Bunche-Smith

Member

Pamela Haas

Member

Lorenzo Newby

Member

Vaughan Toney

Member

Tara N. Gardner

Executive Director

Elinor Guggenheimer

Founder

Publications & Financials

2021 Annual Report
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