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The Concern for Children
In 1901, three organizations—the Clara Chaison Free Kindergarten and Training School, the Free Kindergarten Association, and the Dallas Free Kindergarten and Industrial Association—joined forces to provide child care and kindergarten for the children of women who worked in the cotton mills of Dallas.
Changing Times
1924 – During the next quarter-century, the Association evolved rapidly to keep pace with the growing and changing needs of the community. Merging with the Infants and Milk Association, the Dallas Kindergarten, Nursery and Infants' Welfare Association evolved. Southern Methodist University absorbed the Kindergarten and Training School, enabling the Association to expand the number of nurseries and infant welfare programs.
1952 – A need to focus on child care prompted the Association to transfer its Infant Welfare Clinics to the Dallas Health Department and was renamed the Dallas Day Nursery Association.
1970 – Child Care Association of Metropolitan Dallas officially emerged as a multi-purpose agency offering comprehensive services through its child care centers, family child care homes, before-and after-school programs, and an infant/toddler center.
1975 – The Association had begun to use an expanding body of knowledge about how children develop. The translation of that knowledge into practice evolved into Relationship-Centered Child Care® (RC3®). This model of care remains the centerpiece of the agency's efforts. |
