- Seamless delivery system for children and youth ages 4 weeks to 18 years
- Predictable Services offered at all installations
- Safe, Healthy, Family Friendly Environments
- Well-managed programs
- Accountability for Army, Program, Staff / Child / Youth and Family Outcomes
- Satisfied customers – Children / Youth / Parents / Army / Congress
- Maintaining status as – Benchmark for America’s Child Care Program
- Becoming – Benchmark for America’s Youth Program
- Providing a safe, caring, and healthy learning environment.
- Helping children/youth develop constructive, thoughtful and creative qualities in order to become diligent and caring people.
- Providing opportunities for children/youth to experience success and failure without criticism.
- Encouraging children/youth to develop and sustain a positive self-image.
- Enhancing children’s understanding and use of language, and knowledge of the world around them.
- Promoting children’s physical development and skills through movement experiences.
- Providing children with positive social experiences and role models.
- Being aware of each child’s abilities and needs, and respecting and nurturing individuality.
CYS Mission, Vision, Philosophy and Goals
Mission
To reduce the conflict between mission readiness and parental responsibility by offering quality programs and accountability for children and youth.
Vision
Philosophy
We understand that our customers come to us with a variety of needs with regard to childcare and we are prepared to assist them in locating services that will best meet the needs of their Family. As children grow, their developmental needs change; and we want the transitions between programs to be smooth and beneficial to all who use our services. All staff are cross-trained. In addition to the age-specific training staff receive throughout employment, all staff receive invaluable orientation training regarding care for children from birth to 18 years of age. Our staff are extremely flexible, and many work in multiple programs, providing quality care to children of multiple ages - a seamless delivery system.
Child & Youth Services (CYS) programs and facilities create a warm, happy, safe and healthy place for children and youth. The programs reflect knowledge and understanding of the growth and development of children. Programs are both age and individually appropriate; that is, the program is designed for the age group served and is implemented with attention to the needs of the individual child enrolled. The programs are designed to provide experiences that enhance and support the physical, emotional, social, cognitive, creative and positive character development of each child/youth while responding to the unique needs of Army Families.
Through physical development, the program assists children/youth (4 weeks-18 years) to develop and improve fine and gross motor skills, to grasp the fundamentals of an activity, and instill an understanding of the use of teamwork to reach common goals. Emotional development is fostered by providing understanding, communication and positive guidance through all interactions in CYS programs. Social development will be provided in environments that foster multicultural music/art experiences and social/life skills within a selection of program choices.
Goals
CYS is committed to ensuring a high quality, affordable, available, accountable and developmentally appropriate program by:
Accreditation
All eligible CDCs are accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAYEC). NAEYC is a civilian, membership-supported organization, committed to fostering growth and development of children from birth through 8 years of age. Early childhood programs accredited by NAEYC's accreditation department have voluntarily undergone a comprehensive process of internal self-study, invited external professional review to verify compliance with the Criteria for High-Quality Early Childhood Programs; and have been found to be in substantial compliance with the criteria. For more information about NAEYC, call 1-800-424-2460
