Professional Organizations and Support Groups



Delaware Professional Organizations

Delaware Association for the Education of Young Children (DAEYC)
P.O. Box 10686
Wilmington, DE 19850-0686
302-764-1500
www.daeyc.org

Delaware Family Child Care Alliance
302-655-0803 or 302-373-8479 
www.delawarechildcare.com

Nursery-Kindergarten Association of Delaware (NKAD)
302-571-0230
www.nkad.org

Delaware AfterSchool Alliance
Children & Families First
2005 Baynard Blvd.
Wilmington, DE 19802
302-479-1664 Dave Hilyard
www.deasa.org


State of Delaware

Dept. of Education
302-739-4601

Child Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)
302-739-4718 Beth Wetherbee

ECAP
302-739-4667 Connie Moran

Head Start Collaboration
302-739-4667 Betty Richardson

Dept. of Health and Social Services
302-577-4500
www.state.de.us/dhss/dhss.htm

Delaware Healthy Children Program
800-996-9969

Purchase of Care
302-255-9670 New Castle County
302-734-4437 Kent County
302-856-5569 Sussex County

Dept. of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families
302-633-2503
http://kids.delaware.gov/

Office of Child Care Licensing
302-892-5800 New Castle County
302-739-5487 Kent/Sussex Counties
http://kids.delaware.gov/occl/occl_resources.shtml

Office of Prevention & Early Intervention
302-892-4500

Office of Early Care & Education
302-739-4288 Janet Carter


Family Child Care Support Groups

For current support group information, contact Peggy Winslow at 302-479-1676.

City of Wilmington
Kyma Fulgence-Belardo
777-4099

MOT Support Group Organization (Middletown/Odessa/Townsend)
19706, 19709, 19730, 19731, 1973
Kathy Manning
376-3771

Newport/Elsmere/Wilmington Professionals Caring for Children (N.E.W.P.C.C.)
19804, 19805, 19808
Jane Hatfield
994-1084

North East Provider Support Group
19801, 19802, 19 805, 19703, 19809
Thelma Jamison
762-8645


 

Pike Creek Family Child Care Providers
19707, 19711, 19804, 19805, 19808
Terry Windhorst
633-4633

Region 1
19703, 19803, 19809, 19810
Sharon Strohm
798-6303

Smyrna/ Clayton Family Child Care Support Group
Donna McDonald
659-3454

Greater Wilmington Child Care Professionals Alliance
Janet Nagengast 656-6898
Nancy Martin 475-5234
Connie Fitzwater 529-7986


Child Care Center Director Groups

  Kent County
 
Kim Pridemore 857-1720

Sussex County
302-856-3490 Kathy Moore