Children's Center at Gracelyn

Children's Center at Gracelyn (CCG) served over 75 families in 2022, educating and nurturing children ages 1-4. CCG partnered with Buncombe County Partnership for Children to facilitate quality child care by participating in the Sustaining Facility Quality grant which allows us to provide specialized training, classroom materials, and staff medical benefits. The company also partnered with NC DCDEE and ensured all COVID guidelines were followed throughout the year to keep children and families healthy. CCG continued in fulfilling the requirements to receive the NC Early Childhood Stabilization Grant which among other things allowed us to increase the pay for teachers.

The CCG program is a 5 star NC Licensed facility that operates year round and serves 60 children. Our program is dedicated to teaching children through play based learning to create self-awareness, social identity, confidence, and school readiness skills.

CCG supports families by facilitating early learning and family values and culture. We believe all children have a right to equitable learning opportunities and we strive to embrace diversity and fair practice in enrolling children to the program. Subsidy vouchers made up approximately 23% of our enrollment in 2022; we discounted $30,758 in tuition for families; we employed 12 full time teachers; we had 3 teachers participate in NC's TEACH program to work toward a college degree. The program director served on the NC Pre-k Board of Directors and mentored new Program Directors in Buncombe County.