Community United Child Care Centers

Community United Child Care Centers, Inc. was formed on July 1, 1993 with our Westridge Thode/Rouse center. CUCCC, Inc. is a corporate sponsored, non-profit child development center. The corporate partners include AEA 267 , Exceptional Persons Inc. , Veridian Credit Union , Cedar Falls Schools and Waterloo Schools and Covenant Medical Center (non-active). In 1998, our consortium opened our Valley Park center and our Nordic Drive center in 2002. Our staff include, Degreed Early Childhood Teachers and Assistant Teachers, experienced laypersons, parents and education major students from local universities and colleges. Our staff is trained in Early Childhood Development, Mandatory Child Abuse Reporter, Universal Precautions and are First Aid and CPR (Adult, Child and Infant) Certified.

  • We have centers that are nationally accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) .
  • We serve children who are 6 weeks old through the summer following the child’s 4th grade year. We offer preschool, a school age program and can arrange tutoring
  • We were a national pilot program for Head Start/Community Inclusion, integrating the children together into a regular classroom situation
  • CUCCC, Inc. was also a pilot program for the U.S. Dept. of Labor and its Child Development Apprentice program.
  • Member of The Greater Cedar Valley Chamber of Commerce , Cedar Valley's Promise and many other organizations

 "Partnering with families to nurture and educate tomorrow's leaders"

      Our mission is to provide quality child care in a warm and nurturing atmosphere. We offer developmentally appropriate activities in small and large group settings designed to enhance the social, emotional, intellectual, language and physical development of each child served. We serve all children.

"Providing quality child care in a nurturing environment"

  • We believe in promoting the emotional, intellectual, social, physical and language development of each child
  • We believe activities should be fun, innovative and appropriate for the development level of each child
  • We believe that coordinating community resources maximizes opportunities for our children and families
  • We believe in classroom diversity and inclusion
  • We believe our caring staff is essential to the delivery of our mission
  • We strive to attract, develop and retain quality employees
  • We strive to provide an environment which fosters optimal learning by providing:
    • Emotional and physical safety
    • Consistency in daily routine
    • A caring staff                         
  • To increase our financial capital and to utilize our funds in appropriate ways
  • To increase the effectiveness and efficiency of the Administrative Team
  • To improve the Center's technological effectiveness in serving children and their parents
  • To develop and adopt a unified curriculum in all CUCCC centers that is based on an individual child's development milestones so as to maximize each child's potential
  • To strengthen the effectiveness of the Board of Directors
  • To recruit and retain caring, committed and competent staff for all positions within CUCCC
  • To constantly evaluate and implement innovative programs and services within child care

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