Pennsylvania continues its support of quality early childhood education encouraged by Governor Rendell through a number of new initiatives.

The Office of Child Development has been created as a partnership of Pennsylvania's Department of Public Welfare and Department of Education allowing a more concise focus on issues in Early Care and Education.

Results of this focus have been the new Keystone STARS program for quality child care, continued supportive funding for early education in the form of Accountability Block Grants, Head Start Supplemental Assistance programs, and Partnership for Quality Pre-Kindergarten Program, increased funding for T.E.A.C.H. (Together Education And Compensation Helps), and creation of the Early Learning Keys to Quality initiative.

Fayette County is pleased to be a part of these initiatives with the Fayette County Early Care and Education Committee. It is also excited by the support of Fayette County Child Care Providers for the Keystone STARS program for Quality Child Care. The following regulated child care providers are enrolled in Keystone STARS (as of December 2005):

ABC Schoolhouse Ann Tanner Family Day Care Cheryle Morris Family Day Care Country Kids Learning Center Deborah Koonse Family Day Care Denise Bowers Group Home and Family Day Care Duck Hollow Discovery Learning Center and Cub's Den Francis Timperio Family Day Care Health First Medical Center Day Care Center Ida Harbarger Family Day Care Imagination Station Day Care Joyce Campbell Family Day Care Kid's Korner Child Day Care Little Blessings Day Care Little Kid Zone Child Care Nemacolin Woodlands Day Care

Ohiopyle-Stewart Community Day Care Center Open Arms Day Care Pandacare, Inc. Patty Marmol Family Day Care Playland Day Care Rainbow Dreams Group Day Care Smithfield Learning Center, Inc. Tressler's Faith Learning Centers Uniontown Jewish Community Center Y Kids Learning Center (Uniontown) YMCA Child Development Center (C'ville)