Carol

Carol was a single mother of a six-month old baby girl when she came to us very worried about who would take care of her daughter when she made the decision to go back to work and school. The tuition subsidies that Carol received for her daughter enabled her to “finally get off welfare” (quote from Carol), get a job and support her family, and go back to school. Carol feels secure in the care her daughter receives at the Nursery and she feels grateful that “Staff are so loving”. Carol’s daughter has since graduated from the Infant to the Toddler Room, and has progressed and is now a happy Preschooler in our program. Carol is amazed at the progress her preschool daughter has made by being part of the Nursery environment; she has also recently enrolled her new baby in our infant program, who is also progressing happily in the loving and nurturing care of our infant staff team. We are proud of Carol, too, as she has recently graduated from a teacher credential program and now has a full-time teaching position that has enable her to increase her income and bring her family closer to self-sufficiency. Her family still is not to the level of complete self-sufficiency, but thanks to generous donations from our financial supporters, she is able to balance her child development costs with her costs of providing the necessities for her family!

David

David was initially attracted to the Nursery 3 years ago because it offered income based tuition that he could afford for his two children while he was working and going to school. He enrolled his children and became an active part of the Nursery’s thriving community of children
and families. When he was laid off from his company he was concerned that his children would have to leave the Nursery and miss out on the important early learning they were experiencing. Fortunately, the Nursery was able to provide him subsidized funding to keep his children
enrolled. When the State of California budget cuts resulted in the Nursery losing that subsidized funding he once again faced the inability to pay for quality early learning experiences for his children. Once again the Nursery stepped up and found alternative financial support so
his family could remain part of the Nursery community. He is extremely grateful to the staff at the Nursery for helping him find the necessary financial resources in his family’s time of need.

Chloe

A sweet, cheerful, three year-old was enrolled in San Jose Day Nursery’s subsidized early learning program when she was 13 months old. Little “Chloe” has endured many changes in her young life. She was put into foster care when her mother was unable to raise her. She was unsuccessfully returned to her mother several times, and finally adopted by her foster parents. During this transition time in little “Chloe’s” life her foster parents kept her enrolled at the Nursery to provide her important stability in an already unstable life. Throughout all these changes, her foster parents, in partnership with the Nursery, provided her consistent love and support. Her foster mother, now parent, cannot say enough good things about the care she receives at the Nursery, “Children are encouraged to be respectful, independent and to have empathy for others. The Nursery teaches children in a non-aggressive way to be good at setting boundaries and how to express themselves.”