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Corporate Program Bright Beginnings has developed a child care initiative for family friendly companies interested in supporting full time working families with preschoolers. The cost of the program for the participating companies is minimal since the benefit of reduced tuition to your employees will come directly from Bright Beginnings. Consider: Studies show that employees with quality child care arrangements are more productive, positive contributors at work and have much better absenteeism and tardiness habits than their counterparts. While many companies acknowledge the importance of offering family friendly schedules and child care benefits, most are unable to allocate funding for on site child care or child care benefits. Local Background: Local options for corporate childcare are minimal because most child care centers do not have the flexibility to offer location options, addition space and the financial stability and creative flexibility to partner successfully. According to our research only UVA (with ties to two UVA sanctioned centers) has any type of employee childcare initiative. Both centers have waiting lists and enroll children by lottery. BRIGHT BEGINNINGS IS THE ONLY CHILD CARE GROUP THAT CAN SUCCESSFULLY SUPPORT A QUALITY CORPORATE PARTNERSHIP. About Us Bright Beginnings has three locations in the Charlottesville-Albemarle area, which are convenient to the family neighborhoods employees reside: Mill Creek - Avon Street Extended near Monticello High School Crozet - Route 240 one mile from Crozet library and Route 250 Forest Lakes - 3401 Worth Crossing (behind shopping center, off 29 and Profitt Road) Bright Beginnings' typical family profile is a two income professional couple looking for an educational component to their full day child care. Bright Beginnings' program offers a strong academic curriculum with all the extras: field trips, parent participation, child proftfolios, outdoor gardens and classrooms and well-trained teaching professionals. Bright Beginnings facilities are large and well maintained. Each location serves between 120-150 full time students and are staffed with a full time director, at least one assistant director and supported by three full time administrative personel. The average Bright Beginnings teacher has eight years classroom teaching experience. Twelve staff have worked at Bright Beginnings over seven years and the Management/Director team of six professionals have a combined 72 years experience! Partnership Options: The following are possible options for companies seeking to support families with preschoolers: Child Care Referral and Education On site meetings, lunchroom Q and A table or presentations Private Open Houses and Tours at Bright Beginnings sites Information Packets Corporate Tuition Package All of the above plus: EACH NEW ENROLLING FAMILY SHALL RECEIVE 5% DISCOUNT OFF CURRENT TUITION RATE FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR BEGINNING WITH PROGRAM INCEPTION (5th child begins) Corporate Program will be reevaluated on the anniversary date of program inception Company should maintain at least five children at all times for all families to receive rate Minimum five full time children under contract 12 months continually Children may be enrolled at any Bright Beginnings location to be counted in the five minimum Children must be toddlers (16 months) to Pre-Kindergarten (4-5 years) Each enrolled child shall count as one, more than one child in a family counts separately Limited opportunity for 1-2 companies, we estimate possibly serving between 40-60 children overall but with successful partnership the possibility exists that Bright Beginnings could solely serve the corporate market. Bright Beginnings' Corporate Liaison will manage program and serve as point of contact between company HR office, company employees and Bright Beginnings' Director team. Corporate Child Care Block Purchases All of the above plus/or: A limited amount of childcare slots are available for block purchase. A custom rate may be negotiated with the Corporate Liasison. Albemarle Growth Factors: Bright Beginnings facilities and programming are expanding which is allowing space for limited corporate partnerships: Crozet location is adding 1-2 new classrooms Forest Lakes has incorporated accelerated preschool classroom Mill Creek has adapted a Toddler Explorers Program which combines a Montessori style with a developmentally appropriate influence and allows children to move in small groups throughout a three classroom unit. For more information contact our full-time Admissions Director and Corporate Liaison, Aimee Hatfield, at (434) 823-7132.

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