Next Generation

 Infant & Toddler Center

568 Portsmouth Avenue

Greenland, NH 03840

603.422.9582

In The News

DHHS Awards Next Generation Daycare Licensed Plus Rating 

Wednesday, August 9, 2006 (Greenland, NH)—Next Generation Daycare & Preschool of Greenland is now a Licensed Plus childcare facility, approved by The NH Department of Health and Human Services for the next three years. Licensed Plus is a new quality rating system that recognizes NH child care programs for efforts to improve the quality of care for young children and rewards programs that strive to improve their practices and staff qualifications.  It also allows families to identify programs with higher quality. Levels build from a foundation of minimum standards for licensing to full national accreditation. 

“We are excited to reach this new standard as we have been strengthening our program and staff since 2004 with a grant from the Greater Piscataqua Community Foundation and other funders,” said Ivelisse Roy, Daycare Director. It has always been our goal to provide the highest quality daycare to working parents and their children.”

Next Generation Daycare & Preschool is working to become accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children. The public daycare serves 18 children ages six weeks to six years and is a service of New Generation, a transitional shelter for homeless pregnant and parenting women. Next Generation Daycare struggles to meet its operating expenses with the growing costs of meeting staff to child ratios and accepting Title XX reimbursements. The reimbursement rate paid to childcare centers by the State for those eligible for childcare assistance is currently averaging less than 50% of the actual costs to provide childcare services, leaving a significant funding gap that childcare providers are struggling to fill. A 3^rd Annual Women Supporting Women Golf Tournament fundraiser is planned to raise operating costs for both the shelter and daycare on September 18^th at Breakfast Hill Golf Club. To play or sponsor the event, contact New Generation at 603-436-4989 or Beverly Barney, Chairperson, at 603-772-3355.

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