ALBANY — The Albany Jewish Community Center will expand its child care programs, build an addition and rearrange its entire center, thanks to a state grant.
The center used to run 15 prekindergarten rooms, with just one infant room and two toddler rooms. Now that school districts are offering free prekindergarten, the JCC is no longer seeing as much demand for that age group. But there is a huge demand for infant and toddler rooms, which must be set up very differently.
With part of a $5 million state grant through the new NY BRICKS program, the JCC will add one child care room. It will also change the rooms, with only five rooms for prekindergarten, while there will be six infant rooms and seven rooms for toddlers…