Little Thinkers Child Care Services

Established in 1922, Catholic Charities is a state-licensed social services agency serving people in the Indiana counties of Adams, Huntington, Marshall, Noble, Wabash, Wells, Allen, Dekalb and Elkhart. As a diocese of Fort Wayne, the organization provides help to individuals, families, civic groups, widows and orphans. Based in Fort Wayne, Ind., the community offers an array of services, such as assisting people with difficult circumstances; economic hardships; relationship issues; providing opportunities for employment and promotion of well being. It also offers adoption services, foster care/kinship care and pregnancy services. Additional services comprise community welfare, food pantries, refugee resettlement, immigration and older adult services.

Community Action of Northeast Indiana, located in Fort Wayne, Ind., helps communities, families and individuals in removing the causes and conditions of poverty. It has helped more than 42,000 people living under the poverty line. The organization offers various programs, including Head Start, child care, energy assistance, weatherization, healthy families and family development programs. The community s Head Start program influences the lives of children, and also caters to educational and social service needs of the families of children. The Child Care Development Fund program helps parents maintain employment and complete educational goals, without the financial burden of childcare costs. The programs provide assistance to families with their utility bills, and provide quality child care and age-appropriate immunizations, and medical and dental care to children. The programs also offer families monthly housing assistance, emotional support, developmental screenings, parenting, discipline-related and child development information, and referrals to community resources.