CentroNía

Educating children and youth, and strengthening families, in a bilingual, multicultural community.

Our commitment is to provide affordable and accessible high quality child care education to low-income, working families. Through our multiple child care sites, we are responding to one of the most important and challenging essential services facing the residents of the District of Columbia and the greater metropolitan region. CentroNía is a community-based organization, nationally recognized for its award-winning programs in the field of early childhood education, professional development to educators, and family support services in a bilingual and multicultural environment to more than 2,500 low-income children and families. Our holistic approach and wraparound services ensure that the children and families we serve receive the support they need to succeed academically, develop a strong sense of community, and live healthy and active lives. For more than 35 years, our programs have grown and expanded to meet the evolving needs of our children, families, and the residents of the communities we serve.

CentroNía is a nationally recognized, multicultural learning community with a pioneering approach to bilingual education. While offering a welcoming environment that encourages intellectual adventure, CentroNía?s dynamic curriculum thrives to engage the whole family by providing guidance in each step of the way for children, youth and parents to achieve their goals. Programs include Early Childhood Education, Food and Wellness, Family Support, Out of School Time Programs, and the CentroNía Institute.

Read to the children, clean up, work on the garden, play with the children, participate in center-wide activities (face painting and art activities)