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Oregon Stories of Recovery
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| KLCAS offers Sunshine Tykes drop-in daycare center |
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 ARRA dollars have been hard at work at Klamath and Lake Community Action Services (KLCAS). After securing a certified site and staff, KLCAS now offers Sunshine Tykes, a drop-in day care center designed for low-income families. As of last month, Sunshine Tykes has been filling up everyday. Staff members are placing people on a waiting list for services. Typical activities that parents participate while their children are at the center are attending domestic violence counseling, attending Klamath Community College, running errands, working a part-time job, and going to Dr. appointments.
Sunshine Tykes is very similar to a typical daycare or preschool. The curriculum includes activities that teach letters, numbers, shapes, and colors. Other activities include arts and crafts, outside and inside games, music, and science. In between all of these activities, kids have a chance to play with toys and interact directly with each other.
Sunshine Tykes also offers monthly trainings that emphasize establishing a healthy family structure. Training topics vary from “Rainy Day Activities to Do with Your Child” to “Yoga for Children.” Additionally, the center will be offering classes for child chare providers in cooperation with the Child Care Resource Network and on-the-job experience for volunteers from the community who are interested.
Kris John, director of Sunshine Tykes, says that there are many plans for the center in the future. “I would like to expand the capacity of our existing age groups, find more volunteers, and I would like to see us expand our hours and possibly increase the ages of the clients we serve.” While expansion is the ideal goal of the center, John states that the primary objective is to find more funding after ARRA dollars run out.
Article provided by Community Action Partnership of Oregon. See www.caporegon.org for more information.
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