ChildCareGroup | History-pg2

At the turn of the century, child care was organized by caring and civic-minded people concerned about the alarming conditions in which poor children were living.


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1983 – From Child Care Association of Metropolitan Dallas to Child Care Dallas, the organization conducted research into the impact of RC3 on the development of young children with extraordinary results: children in the program for ten months or longer demonstrated positive and significant long-term effects in their cognitive, social, and physical development. Child Care Dallas served 1,000 children annually and became known throughout the community as an organization operating child development centers and a system of family child care homes serving low-income families.

1991 – The organization, now called ChildCareGroup, broadened its services to incorporate the various child care needs of families and young children in the metroplex.

Today, ChildCareGroup is one of the largest non-profit organizations in Dallas. The organization has remained a United Way partner for the past 80 years.

Achieving the Vision

Evolving from a free kindergarten and milk program, ChildCareGroup has become a national benchmark for the best practices in child care. Since 1901, one thing has remained constant: a profound commitment to helping families raise healthy young children. This long history of caring will continue because caring about children is, and will remain, at the heart of our organization. Some of our achievements, both current and past, include:

Three TEEM classrooms in two of ChildCareGroup Child Development Centers received the State's new preschool certification "School Ready" Award.
In February 2006, Governor Rick Perry visited one of our TEEM classrooms to showcase the model to Governors Mitt Romney and Matt Blunt.
ChildCareGroup was awarded the Texas Early Education Model (TEEM) Grant for Dallas in 2005, which is practiced in 17 preschool classrooms in five of our child development centers.
The Resource and Referral Program received the 2005 Quality Assurance Consumer Education Award for their successful delivery of customer education and referral services.
In January 2001, Dallas Child named us as one of "10 Things that Make Dallas Great for Kids."
In 2000, the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded ChildCareGroup an Early Head Start grant, enabling the organization to expand its services for infants and toddlers and to reach out to expectant parents.