Middle Island Caring for Kids Day Care Center

Middle Island Caring for Kids Day Care and learning Center (mick) is a not-for-profit childcare facility that has been servicing this community for the past 30 years. Our vision is to promote family wholeness. We, at Middle Island Caring for Kids, believe that the strength of the family unit is directly related to the integrity of its community. Working families today are under enormous pressure regardless of their financial status. Our mission is to provide the type of support that will affect the family for success. Middle Island Caring for Kids is committed to low-to-moderate income families. Since the Center's inception, at least 75% of the families served were from low-to moderate-income households. Middle Island Caring for Kids services toddlers and preschoolers in a loving atmosphere where children are nurtured, encouraged, and taught as individuals. Our before and after-school program provides supervision for school-age children; they are encouraged to participate in projects that are creative, educational, and that identifies each child's gifts and talents. We feel children require a secure, loving atmosphere of acceptance, to excel to their fullest potential. Our programs are designed to meet the integrated needs of the whole child, which are cognitive, emotional, social, physical and spiritual. Middle Island Caring for Kids provides family services as needed. Parents are encouraged to attend parent-effectiveness workshops where skills are taught to bring the best out of their child through encouragement, positive direction and healthy boundaries. Individual and family counseling services and support groups are available to all families. Middle Island Caring for Kids has shown its commitment to this community. We have secured funding, run fundraisers, sought in-kind services, and knocked on doors for donations to ensure that families are being directed in a positive direction and that we give our children a foundation in these early impressionable years that will help to mold their futures.