Office of Early Childhood Initiatives
The Office of Early Childhood Initiatives (OECI) was established to build on the work of the CUNY Early Childhood Professional Development Institute with a strong 14-year history of public-private partnership focused on services and programs for young children and their workforce. The goals of the new office include creating a new comprehensive portfolio focused on student-parent success at the City University of New York. The OECI is housed within CUNY’s Office of Academic Affairs, which enables a nimble response to address issues and to mitigate barriers that stand in the way of success. The OECI develops and implements funded projects and has a remarkable track record in establishing systems, changing policy, and introducing new paradigms to address persistent and seemingly unsurmountable problems. We work within higher education as well as with city and state agencies, community-based organizations, and philanthropy to create pathways of success for the early childhood workforce, policy-makers, and families – and now, with a focus on student-parents.
CUNY values its student-parents and acknowledges how important it is to support your pursuit of higher education degrees, credentials, certificates, and job training. We appreciate that for each of you, your children come first. CUNY is committed to help you successfully balance all your priorities so you are positioned to succeed. We are proud of our 17 Campus Child Care Centers – each designed to meet the needs of CUNY student-parents and their precious children. You will find that each Center has specially trained staff that are dedicated to student-parents and their children. You will also discover that each Center is unique. We invite you to explore our available services. And if you need assistance, please reach out to us!