Partnerships

The following partnerships enable ICIC to provide resources to the child care centers that they may not have had otherwise. Because ICIC has such a strong relationship with the child care community, these organizations rely on us for information on inner city sites, and we rely on these organizations to provide the centers with more materials and information (books, training materials, workshops etc.) helping them to improve their quality and become accredited.

First Time Computers
First Time Computers fixes up donated computers and printers, installs needed software or devices, and provides internet connectivity to the centers

Make Kids Smile Foundation
Run by Virginia real estate managers, this foundation provides centers with age appropriate, safe, brightly colored playground equipment

First Book
A national organization from which ICIC receives its beautiful award winning books for its literacy and training programs, as well as books for the children to take home

The Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts
The Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts is a program of the Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts . Founded in 1981, the Institute places professional performing artists in classroom residencies, bringing the arts to groups of preschool children, their teachers and parents.

PBS-Ready to Learn
Ready to Learn is a national literacy program from PBS. Through workshops, they teach parents and early childhood educators at the centers we work with how to use children's television programs as a springboard to use books and activities with children to teach them important skills.

Woodworkers for Children's Charity
This charity donates handmade bookshelves and wooden toys to the centers to help create cozy book corners

Children's Legal Aid Committee
Established by ICIC, the Children's Legal Aid Committee is a groupof lawyers who are available to assist center directors with their legal problems