New Beginnings Daycare
New Beginnings Daycare is a state-licensed facility that offers childcare for children age six weeks through six years of age. Director Melinda Milligan oversees a staff of around a dozen employees who care for approximately fifty children when the facility is at full enrollment. As a state licensed daycare, New Beginnings must adhere to strict guidelines that cover all aspects of a child’s day. Additionally, the daycare is inspected yearly by a variety of state and local officials to maintain its license.
New Beginnings has been the proud recipient of grants from CHASI (Children’s Home Aid Society of Illinois). Funds are targeted at specific areas of the daycare program, and in past years have been used to purchase materials and curriculum that strengthened the preschool’s reading program, as well as its hands on science area.
New Beginngs recently expanded its program to include care for school age children. The new classes offer care not only before and after school, but also all day during the summer months.
Information about current openings, as well as rates for both full time daycare and part time preschool programs, can be obtained by calling the daycare at (618) 475-2969 or sending an email to new-beginnings@att.net.