Daycare open 22 hours a day to benefit Elkhart parents
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Posted: 1:30 AM Mar 15, 2010
Daycare open 22 hours a day to benefit Elkhart parents
Elkhart, IN
As Elkhart residents get back to work, Foundations Child Care is opening to cater to busy parents. They will be open 22 hours a day, Monday through Saturday, and they won’t charge extra for late night or early morning child care.
Reporter: Nick McGurk
Email Address: nick.mcgurk@wndu.com
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As Elkhart residents get back to work, Foundations Child Care is opening to cater to busy parents. They will be open 22 hours a day, Monday through Saturday, and they won’t charge extra for late night or early morning child care.

Foundations Child Care in Elkhart will officially open on Monday. On Sunday, they offered a tour and open house to show off the facility – and explain their philosophy.

"Parents don't work banker’s hours anymore,” said Jennifer Fisher, who is starting up Foundations Child Care as a not-for-profit business. “With the service industry, the medical professionals and just the factories in this area, we really need an option that meets the needs of everybody in the community,” she said.

Fisher is a mother. She says she’s struggled with the time constraints—and excessive costs—of most daycares. So she thought something needed to change.

"We've decided instead of penalizing the families that are going to work, that we would offer a little bit of a different approach,” said Fisher.

From 4 a.m. Monday morning to 2 a.m. Sunday, the center will be open. And no matter when you drop off your kids, the rate stays constant.

"There's no penalty for using early morning or late night care, Saturday care is the same price as Friday care,” said Fisher.

Foundations Child care offers a full-time program of 50 hours per child, per week, to be used in any way parents choose. But there are part-time options for kids, too.

This week they are offering free enrollment to celebrate the grand opening.



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