Children's Services

• Gads Hill Child Development Center

  Opened in February 2002, the Gads Hill Child Development Center serves 170 children and their families. The Center is located at the Sinai Community Institute's (SCI) Center for Families and Neighbors, and is a collaborative effort, joining forces with the North Lawndale Employment Network, SCI's WIC program, and the array of family-centered support and prevention services of the Sinai Community Institute. The ultimate goal of the Child Care Center is to partner with parents in strengthening families.

  The Child Development Center offers the following programs:

   
  • Family Support Services
  • Head Start
  • Illinois state Pre-Kindergarten program for educationally at-risk children
  • Early Head Start
  • Club Learn

   

• Head Start
  
  Our Head Start program provides high quality, on-site early-childhood education and healthcare services to 100 three to five year olds and their families.  Head Start activities take place at our Child Development Center in North Lawndale, with six state of the art classrooms.
  
  
• Early Head Start Enhanced Daycare Homes

Providing daycare for 25 children, ages 6 months - 3 years, through seven home care providers, who are supervised and supported by a Gads Hill professional in specially qualified and licensed day care homes.  The children participate in a stimulating environment of nurturing activities that address their cognitive, social, emotional and physical growth needs. 

• Home-Based Head Start
  
  Our home-based, Head Start program serves children ages three to five and their families by promoting the children's healthy development, preparing them for success in school, and supporting their parents' personal and career growth. Teachers from Gads Hill travel to participants' homes.