🌟 Welcome to Our Child Development Center
We are a public, non-profit child care facility, proudly established by community leaders with a shared commitment: to provide high-quality child care at reasonable costs for families in our area.
👶 Serving Children from 6 Weeks to 9 Years Old
Our comprehensive programs include care for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers, as well as before- and after-school care and full-time summer options for school-age children.
🥣 Nutritious Meals, Every Day
Children receive USDA-approved meals daily—breakfast, lunch, and an afternoon snack—prepared with their health and development in mind.
✅ Exceeding Standards in Child Care
We consistently meet or surpass all state and federal regulations, receiving excellent ratings during both scheduled and unannounced inspections.
🏅 Proudly Gold Rated
We are a Gold Rated provider under Ohio’s Step Up To Quality rating system, reflecting our excellence in early education and care.
💼 Supporting Working Families
In collaboration with the Jackson County Department of Job and Family Services and neighboring counties, we offer subsidized child care for eligible families—supporting parents who are working or pursuing job training.
🤝 Trusted & Verified
We have a proven track record and strong partnerships with the Jackson County Department of Job and Family Services and the State of Ohio Department of Child Care Licensing. References and verification contacts are available upon request.
🎓 A Hub for Future Educators
Our center serves as a hands-on training site for students from the University of Rio Grande, Ohio University, Jackson High School, and Buckeye Hills Career Center pursuing early childhood education.
👵 Fostering Generations
We proudly partner with the COAD Foster Grandparent Volunteer Program, welcoming senior volunteers—“grandparents”—to engage meaningfully with children and support our staff
Our History
We began as an off-shoot of Community Action to fill the need for child care in Jackson. We were initially incorporated under the name 'Milton Day Care Center' and the program was housed in the old Milton School, located just off SR 32 near Wellston. Our name was later changed to 'Child Development Center of Jackson County' to better describe our purpose as a child care program with an educational component. We moved into a new facility on E. Broadway Street in 1976, and eventually started a smaller second facility on Burlington Road where additional children could be served. After much planning, fundraising and assistance from USDA RD and other State, Federal and local agencies, we were able to begin construction of a new, much larger state-of-the-art childcare facility on Pattonsville Road in the fall of 2006. Our goal finally became a reality when we opened the current facility on August 13, 2007! Services Provided
We provide many low-income families with child care so parents can work or attend training, thus offer rates that are lower than most programs. We are committed to helping those in need and desire to continue to promote healthy children and families by providing nutritious meals, health and nutrition education, and daily physical activities for all children regardless of their age, ability, race, family income. We believe in starting at a young age to build healthy minds and bodies, with this in mind we provide all children enrolled with two meals daily (breakfast and lunch), plus an afternoon snack. For many of our children these are the only nutritional meals they receive daily. Each meal meets one third (1/3) of their daily nutritional requirement based on UDSA Child and Adult Care Food Program guidelines, and meals for our infants include iron fortified infant formula and cereal. We are currently the only provider in the county that provides these meals. We provide services that exceed state requirements; have a prescribed individualized curriculum for all ages served; have educated, well trained and experienced staff members who continue to receive specialized training annually; we provide free social/emotional and development screenings, and offer hearing and vision screenings for young children ; we also provide health insurance for employees as well as vacation and holiday pay; and participate in the TEACH Program, which offers scholarships to staff members who desire to further their Early Childhood Education.
