BRATTLEBORO — Meeting Waters YMCA is accepting applications for its Child Care Transportation Program in Brattleboro.
Its morning run picks children up from their home and delivers them to any state-licensed child care program located in Brattleboro. In the afternoon, it brings children back to their homes. A staff of two assures children's safety during transitions and transportation.
The program is available at no cost to Brattleboro children and families. Eligibility is limited to children who are in state Protective Service Care, whose families are receiving Family Support Services, or whose parents receive Child Care Subsidy and have a demonstrated transportation need.
This is the eighth year Meeting Waters YMCA has provided this service. Prior to that, Brattleboro Child Development (BCD) had run the program for more than a decade. BCD went defunct in 2003. BCD's Board of Directors donated their 15-passenger van to Meeting Waters YMCA who was then awarded the state contract for the Child Care Transportation Program.
In 2008, with new federal safety guidelines regulating the use of 15-passenger vans, Meeting Waters YMCA purchased a 15-passenger mini-bus.
More information about the regional Y's Child Care Transportation Program is available at www.meetingwatersymca.org or by calling their Brattleboro office at 802-246-1036.