Childcare

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Brighter Futures Indiana

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• Local help finding childcare 

• Provides vouchers to pay for childcare

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1 (800) 299-1627 

Hours: Mon-Thurs 8am-7pm 

  Fri 8am-5pm

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Brightpoint

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• ​Provides vouchers to pay for childcare

• Free Pre-K for four year old children whose families qualify (onmywayprek.org)

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220 W. Colfax Ave., Suite 150, South Bend, IN 46601

(260) 423-3546

24-Hour Appointment Line: (800) 589-2264 (For Energy Assistance, Child Care, and Health Coverage Enrollment-CKF Appointments Only)

childcare@mybrightpoint.org

Office hours:  Mon & Wed 8am- 4:30pm

   Tue & Thurs 10am-7pm

   Second Saturday of the month 8am-4:30pm

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Head Start

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• Offers cognitive, social, and emotional development skills to children up to five years old

• Provides services to low-income families located in Elkhart and St. Joseph County schools

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245 North Lombardy Dr., Door 1, South Bend, IN  46619

(574) 393-5864
Toll free: (866) 440-8843

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Consortium:

School City of Mishawaka

Penn-Harris-Madison School Corporation

El Campito

South Bend Community School Corporation

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Indiana Parenting Institute of Saint Joseph County (IPI- SJC)

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• Afterschool Programs offered FREE of charge:

• Out-of-School Learning at Washington and Riley High Schools

• Career Pathways

• Enrichment

• College and Career Readiness

• Academic Support Services

• Family Engagement

• College Visits

• Workforce Readiness

• Summer Programs include:

• Summer of Innovation (STEM studies in conjunction with South Bend School Corp)

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215 W. Madison St., South Bend, IN 46601

(574) 404-6170

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Safe Families for Children

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• Temporarily host children and provide a network of support to families in crisis

• Provides free childcare 

• Safe Families is not adoption or foster care

• Parents keep full custody of their children while in a Safe Families stay

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(219) 465-7777

info@safefamilies.net

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