* Provides food reimbursement to providers who have daycare programs. Training opportunities available.

Provides a one-stop resource for child care needs. Offers child care resources and referral, child care licensing and registration, training and education for child care providers, and administers the Child and Adult Care Food Program.

* Provides nutrition education and reimbursement for meals and snacks to enrolled child care providers.

Provides supplementary nutrition in the form of healthy meals and snacks for preschool and school-age children and adults that are receiving day care. Locations include licensed child care centers, head start programs, family day care homes, adult day care centers and homeless shelters serving families are eligible to participate and are reimbursed for a portion of the meals served. This program is administered at the federal level by the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

* Offers full-day Pre-K programs for 3 and 4 year-old children.

Provides referral to family day care, group day care, school-age child care programs, and center-based day care. Recruits, trains, and supports family child care providers. Publishes Child Care Directory and Summer Directory to assist families when making child care plans.

Provider child care providers funds to help with their child care food expenses.

Reimburses providers for nutritious snacks and meals that they serve to children in their care. Snacks and meals must meet USDA guidelines in order to receive reimbursement.

Assists parents with child care referrals and options paying for child care. Assists child care providers with technical assistance and training for all modalities of child care. Offers start up grants for in-home registered or licensed programs. Provides reimbursement to child care providers for serving healthy/approved meals and snacks through the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP). Provides application assistance for Legally Exempt providers, including health and safety grants.

A branch of the Jamestown YMCA that offers outreach services to youth and families. After school programming is available during the school year for free or nearly free. A full service kitchen provides healthy meals to program participants and also delivers meals to other locations hosting after school programs (including agencies other than the YMCA) in the Jamestown area. These meals are offered free of charge to children (K-12th grade) through the USDA's Child & Adult Food Program (CACFP), which is available to program participants located in geographic areas deemed "at risk". Also provides lunch programs daily during summer months, and offers a variety of summer programs and children's camps on and off site.

A nutrition education and meal reimbursement program helping providers serve nutritious and safely prepared meals and snacks to children and adults in day care settings. Program will also help child care providers pay for the meals served to children in their care, teach providers how to plan and serve meals that meet childcare standards for nutrition, and provide training to help providers run their home-based businesses or child care centers in a professional manner.

Focuses on creating asset development opportunities for both residents and entrepreneurs. Assists individuals in growing and investing in their communities by providing lending capital, training, consulting, technical assistance, seminars, workshops, and low-cost business rental space to new and existing businesses that would otherwise lack access to these services. Assists area residents in developing asset based thinking by providing financial literacy training, basic budgeting, and home appliance loans to combat predatory lenders. Loan programs and Cottage Industry Assistance Program target low to moderate income existing and prospective individuals. Chautauqua Microenterprise Loan Fund and the Women and Minority Microenterprise Loan Fund Programs help small businesses by providing small business start up and expansion loans. The small business incubator offers small businesses an opportunity to grow and stabilize with subsidies around rent, business services, and technical assistance. Serves as a Warming Center during times of excessive cold and as a Cooling Center during times of excessive heat. Always call ahead to make sure a Warming/Cooling Center is open before going there.

Provides partial reimbursement for nutritious meals and snacks served to children in legally exempt, family, and group child care settings. The program helps providers plan healthy meals and boost healthy eating habits in children.As a CACFP Sponsor, Child Care Council of Nassau provides on-site personalized one-on-one nutritional training and technical assistance. Child Care Council of Nassau also offers free nutritional workshops that count towards the NYS OCFS state-mandated training hours and assists child care providers in maintaining compliance with program requirements and NYS OCFS regulations.

A program that provides supplementary nutrition in the form of healthy meals and snacks for preschool and school-age children and adults receiving day care. Licensed child care centers, Head Start programs, family day care homes, adult day care centers and homeless shelters serving families are eligible to participate and are reimbursed for a portion of the meals served. In the United States, the program is administered at the federal level by the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The program’s goal is for the children to develop good eating habits, improve their overall health and nutrition, and further educate children and adults on the importance of good nutrition. Providers are reimbursed for a portion of the meals and snacks that meet the nutritional requirement for children up to the age of 13 that are enrolled in their program.