EBJ’s impact and success extend far beyond the classroom environment, while always keeping its goals as child-centered as the curriculum.
Your gift ensures the continued success of the EBJ program in so many ways. As a registered not-for-profit organization, donations to EBJ are tax-deductible to the full extent allowable by law.
EBJ strives to create a diverse and inclusive environment.
EBJ provides financial aid to families, accommodates school readiness placements with matching funds, and administers the Albert J. Solnit Scholarship Fund, which provides a fully-funded tuition slot at EBJ for a New Haven child for up to five years, from 3 months of age through the preschool years.
EBJ provides professional development opportunities to its early childhood educators.
When rating EBJ’s strengths, the staff is frequently cited as the program’s greatest asset. The Donna Bella professional development fund supports the training and professional development of its teachers to help them explore curricular interests and meet professional standards for child care providers.
EBJ furthers research and education in child development and child care.
Not only is EBJ a leader in providing high quality child care, but it also has become a leader in sponsoring
continuing education for child care providers and early learning educators while highlighting contemporary issues of importance to families. In April 2012 EBJ sponsored a conference on the importance of picture books in child development. An April 2014 conference emphasized the importance of the outdoors in early childhood education and development.
A gift to EBJ is an investment in the community of support that EBJ provides to its families.