(WASHINGTON, DC) – On Wednesday, April 5, at 10:30 am, Mayor Muriel Bowser will tour U.S. Kids Child Development Center, a child care center licensed by the Office of the State Superintendent of Education that serves children of federal government employees and other DC workers. Committed to inclusive prosperity, Mayor Bowser proposed a $15.3 million initiative to increase DC residents’ access to high-quality infant and toddler child care in the Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Proposal. This initiative will provide more than 1,300 additional infant and toddler seats across the District over the next three years; identify three new sites in District-owned buildings that will be leased to private child care providers to provide affordable, accessible high-quality care; and support 300 DC residents to gain certification as educators for infants and toddlers over the next three years.
WHO:
Mayor Muriel Bowser
Deputy Mayor for Education Jennifer Niles
Rozalind Grice Ferguson, Director, U.S. Kids Child Development Center
Elizabeth Groginsky, Assistant Superintendent, Early Learning
WHEN:
Wednesday, April 5, at 10:30 am
WHERE:
U.S. Kids Child Development Center
1425 New York Avenue, NW (Suite 200)
*Closest Metros: Metro Center and Federal Triangle Metro Stations*
Press interested in attending the event are asked to RSVP to [email protected]. To view the event online, visit mayor.dc.gov/live or tune in on Channel 16 (DCN).