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Childcare Resource GuideThis childcare resource guide lists local childcare networks and referral agencies.
Childcare referral agencies can help locate providers who offer flexible hours ofcare to meet the needs of working parents.
Childcare networks make referrals to childcare providers within the network, andthey are responsible for monitoring their members.
Childcare providers accept ACD or HRA funding and some accept privatepayments.
This resource guide is a work in progress and will be updated periodically.Please contact NEW with any questions or suggestions you may have.
City Agencies
City Agency Phone Comments
New York CityAdministration forChildren’s Services,Division of Child Careand Head Start66 John Street, 4th floorNew York, New York 10038
311
This agency provides subsidizedchildcare for eligible families. Call themto apply for subsidized childcare. Theyalso provide referrals to childcareproviders.
New York CityDepartment of HealthBureau of Daycare2 Lafayette Street, 22nd
floor, Box 68New York, NY 10007
(212) 676-2444
This agency certifies childcareproviders by checking for criminalrecords and performing safetyinspections of the childcare facilities.Call them to verify that a provider isregistered and to find out if it has acomplaint history.
Childcare Referral Services
Childcare ReferralService
Phone Comments
Childcare, Inc.275 Seventh AvenueNew York, New York10001
(212) 929-7604
Committee for HispanicChildren and Families140 West 22nd Street, 3rdFloorNew York, New York10011
(212) 206-1090
Day Care Council of NY12 West 21st Street, 3rd
floorNew York, NY 10010
(212) 206-7818
These agencies are members of theNYC Child Care Resources and ReferralConsortium (CCR&R). They provideinformation, make referrals, offerchildcare training, and develop neededchildcare resources. They will refer youto providers listed with the New York CityDepartment of Health
Childcare Networks
Childcare Network Phone Neighborhoods
Citizen’s AdviceBureauFamily ChildcareProgram632 Southern BoulevardBronx, New York 10455
(718) 742-1402 Bronx
CWE Satellite ChildCare Project275 Seventh AvenueNew York, New York10001
(212) 647-1900
BronxUpper ManhattanBrooklyn (Bushwick, Bedford-Stuyvesant,Red Hook, Sunset Park)
Nuestros Ninos FamilyDay Care384 South 4th StreetBrooklyn, New York11211
(718) 963-1555 Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Hamilton-MadisonHouseDaycare/Head Start50 Madison StreetNew York, New York10038
(212) 962-8027
Lower East Side, Manhattan
10038
Hartley HouseFamily Daycare413 West 46th StreetNew York, New York10036
(212) 765-2080 Manhattan
Hudson Guild413 West 26th StreetNew York, New York10036Contact: Kim Quick
(212) 760-9831 Manhattan
The Forest HillsCommunity HouseQueens ChildcareNetwork108-25 62nd DriveForest Hills, New York11375
(718) 592-8255 Queens
Other Possible Resources forChildcare:
• Relatives• Neighbors• Friends• Local churches, synagogues or mosques• Neighborhood organizations• Community centers• Unions or employers• Department of Early Childhood Education at local colleges or universities• Senior centers, groups or associations
Useful Links
• ChildCareAware• New York State Office of Children and Family Services
o Looking for childcareo Paying for Childcare
The first version of this Childcare Resource Guide was funded with a WANTOgrant from the United States Department of Labor Women's Bureau
Nontraditional Employment for Women243 W 20th Street
New York, NY 10011phone: 212.627.6252
fax: 212.255.8021email: [email protected]: www.new-nyc.org
