Sprout Start

Assisting families in receiving affordable & quality childcare.

Our Mission

To support our community and the families of young children to lessen the cost and strain of current childcare costs, while maintaining that quality care requires fair compensation.

So how can we have both things? Affordable & quality childcare?

WE CAN HELP!

Sprout Start can assist qualifying families in applying for Childcare Assitance Program (CCAP). Think its unlikely for you to qualify? Think again... New York State has unveiled increased income limits and many lower middle class families now qualify.

Any collaborating licensed (OCFS) childcare program can accept the payment directly from the state.

Do you have grandparents or an in-home sitter?

We can help them become a Legally Exempt Provider and also be paid from the state through CCAP.

We make the process easy and everyone benefits.

Behind Sprout Start

Sprout Start is owned & operated by Jillian Sylvis, a NYS Certified teacher with 12+ years of experience in early childhood education. Jill has been the director of a local Universal Pre-Kindergarten for the past 9 years, which was the inaugural full day program in Niagara County. This unique circumstance has provided her the background to understand both the NYS Education Standards and the Office of Children & Family Services (OCFS) Regulations. She has become well versed in complying and understanding the NYS regulations and how to navigate the required licenses, paperwork, and childcare jargon.
Through her own personal experiences, whether it be conversations with UPK parents, collaborating with local Early Childhood Organizations, and her own childcare needs, she learned more about the Child Care Assistance Program and the state funded options that are available to families. Jill would like to share her knowledge and detail oriented personality to make this a quick and painless process to families.
Her knowledge in OCFS regulations has also aided in having in-home sitters, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and friends become Legally Exempt Providers, so that they can get paid a fair market amount while they care for their loved-one's children.
Jill has begun Sprout Start as an entity to advocate and support our community's families, while aiding them to receive quality and affordable childcare. Click the link below or email her at jillian@sproutstart.org to schedule your free 30 minute consultation.

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We look forward to meeting with you and assisting in making your child care more affordable while ensuring a loving environment for your child(ren). You, too, can have both!

-The Sprout Start Team

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