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Causes: Child Day Care, Children & Youth
Mission: Bloomfield early learning center, inc. (belc) provides child care and early childhood education to families with low/moderate income from bloomfield and surrounding communities. Belc offers programs that allow each preschool aged child to achieve their full potential.
Programs: The bloomfield early learning center, inc. (belc) is funded for 50 child day care pre-school children and 40 school readiness pre-school children through the state department of education. Both of these grants require the provision of full-day, year-round educational care and programming for low and moderate income families. School readiness funds are restricted to bloomfield children while the child day care funds are open to all connecticut residents. In addition, all children enrolled in the program receive breakfast, lunch and afternoon snack at no additional cost through the child and adult food program. During the year ended june 30, 2017, the organization provided care for approximately 180 children.