List of Participating Programs in the BBF Pilot (January 2024-December 2024)

Building Bright Futures pilot participants were made up of a myriad of organizations, collaborating together to support our future educators. Working with BBF and our partners, these organizations are blazing trails!

CHILD CARE CENTERS
EMPLOYER ORGANIZATIONS
SPONSOR ORGANIZATIONS
  • NC Pre-K
  • Early Head Start
  • Head Start
  • Private preschool
  • Faith-based preschool
  • Family child care home centers
  • Public school systems
  • Community colleges
  • YMCA/YWCA
  • Medical centers
  • Bilingual schools
  • Montessori
  • Mixed income
  • Inclusive
  • Child care centers
  • Community colleges
  • Smart Starts/NC Partnerships for Children
  • CCR&Rs
  • Regional ECE organizations
  • Workforce groups
 

Building Bright Futures Pilot Participants

The following organizations were Building Bright Futures pilot participants. Please note that some organizations listed may represent one locally-owned child care center, and not the organization as a whole. Some may also represent more than one location.

Not all pilot participants have apprenticeship programs. Participation represented their interest in learning more about and considering it as a workforce solution for their organization. There are also many other organizations engaged in early childhood education apprenticeships with which we and our participants collaborate.

Child Care Providers

  • A Dream for Spoiled Kids Learning Academy
  • A Grace Academy
  • A Kind Garden
  • A New Adventure
  • A New Beginning - Lenoir
  • A New Beginning - Newton
  • A Safe Place Child Enrichment Center
  • Al Huda Academy
  • All-Star Learning Center
  • ANB Early Care and Education (II, III, and IV)
  • Arrow Christian Preschool
  • Ashe Developmental Day School
  • Asheville City Schools Preschool Program
  • Barbara H. Curtis Center (Methodist Home for Children)
  • Begining & Beyond
  • Best Enrichment CDC
  • Beth Meyer Preschool
  • Blossom's Day Care
  • Blue Ridge Community Action
  • Blue Ridge Daycare
  • Branches Community School 
  • Bri's Caring Heart Child Care
  • BROC Head Start Sizemore
  • Brown's Early Learning School
  • Burlington First Presbyterian Child Development Center
  • Care-O-World Early Learning Centers
  • Charlotte Bilingual Preschool
  • Children and Families First
  • Church Childcare
  • Creative Minds Preschool
  • Creative Schools at Davis Park
  • CreativePlay Preschool
  • Denise's Learn and Play
  • Durham Pre-K - Child Care Services Association (CCSA)
  • Eagles Nest Child Development Center
  • Epiphany Early Learning Center
  • Evolve Early Learning Center
  • Faulk Kidland Childcare Center
  • First Presbyterian Day School 
  • Foundations Builders Academy
  • Frankie Lemmon School
  • Generations Child Development Center
  • Golden Child Development Center
  • Guru Academy
  • Herman E. Moore Academy
  • Hickory Foundation YMCA CDC 
  • Higher Learning Child Care Academy
  • Hillel Preschool
  • Holly Ridge Quality Child Care Preschool
  • Holly Springs Academy
  • Hug-A-Bear Childcare Center
  • Irregular Time
  • Johnson Pond Learning Center
  • Kelli's Little Angels ECDC
  • Kiddie College Early Learning Center
  • Kids' Academy
  • Kids Party Zone & Daycare Center
  • Kids 'R' Kids RTP
  • Kids Rising in Success Childcare Center, CLC
  • Krystal's Quality Care
  • L'Academy Language Immersion Preschool
  • Latino Educational Achievement Partnership 
  • Learning Thru Play
  • Legacy Academy for Children 
  • Lil Explorers Learning Center
  • Lilly's Network
  • Linking Connections Learning Center
  • Little Believers Academy II
  • Little Bulldogs CDC
  • Little Destiny Literacy Center
  • Little Feet Learning Academy
  • Little People Preschool
  • Little Stars CDC Claremont
  • Little Sunshine Academy - Greenville
  • Little Sunshine Academy - Winterville
  • Little Sunshine Schools - Ayden
  • Little Sunshine Schools - Greenville
  • Little Sunshine Schools - Morehead City
  • Little Sunshine Schools - New Bern
  • Little Sunshine Schools - Winterville
  • Little Town Learning Center
  • Little Warriors Christian Academy
  • Locust Child Development Center
  • Lots of Love and Learning
  • Mary Kelly Day Care 
  • McDowell Early Head Start 
  • Methodist Home for Children - Jordan Center
  • Methodist Home for Children - Curtis Center
  • Ms. Jo's Childcare
  • Mt. Jefferson Child Development Center
  • Mt. Pilot Enrichment Center
  • My Neighborhood Playhouse
  • New Life Child Development Center
  • New Life Child Care
  • Northside Children's Learning Center 
  • O. Leonard Moretz Foundation - YMCA
  • Oak Village Academy - Holly Springs
  • Oak Village Academy - West Cary
  • Opening Doors Preschool II
  • Pamper, Hugs & Luv Learning Center No. 2
  • Partners in Learning
  • Pearls Promise Early Learning Center
  • PlayWorks Early Care and Learning Center 
  • Precious Minds Learn N Play Academy
  • Precious Promises Academy
  • Primary Colors Early Learning Center
  • Primrose School of Chapel Hill East
  • Princeton Daycare
  • Providence: A Christian Montessori Community 
  • Providence Preparatory School
  • Quality Child Care
  • Quality Child Care, Inc. (Greensboro)
  • Randy's Five Star Academy
  • Refuge Early Learning Center
  • Richfield Child Development Center
  • Rising Stars Juniorversity Child Development Center
  • Rising Stars of Wilmington
  • Rising Stars of Farmville
  • Rising Stars of Greenville
  • Save the Children Head Start (Cabarrus)
  • Sherrills Ford Learning Academy 
  • Small Folks 
  • Small Miracles Child Care Services
  • Sneads Ferry Quality Child Care and Preschool
  • Southeastern Community College CDC
  • Spark Academy
  • Sprinkles of Joy Childcare
  • Sprouts Early Learning Academy
  • Steps & Stages Children's Center
  • Success Academy
  • Sugar N Spice Preschool
  • Sunny Side Academy
  • Sunshine Bright Academy - Morehead City
  • Sunshine Scholars Academy - Ayden
  • Sunshine Scholar Academy - New Bern
  • Temple Beth Or Preschool
  • The Cary School
  • The Goddard School - Cary
  • The Goddard School - Holly Springs
  • The Goddard School - Raleigh, Ridge Road
  • The Jordan Child and Family Enrichment Program
  • The Learning Center
  • The Learning Experience - Cary
  • The Learning Experience - Durham
  • The Learning Place at Novant Health Thomasville Medical Center
  • The Learning Tree
  • The Right Direction Childcare
  • Tiny Treasure Kids
  • Touched By an Angel - Open Arms
  • Trinity Baptish Church Childcare Center
  • Truly Unique
  • Turning Point Community Development Corporation
  • Vance-Granville Community College Child Care Center
  • Verner Center for Learning
  • Victory Learning Academy Inc.
  • Wanda's Little Hands Education Center
  • White Rock Child Development Center
  • WNCSource - Clear Creek Children's Center
  • WNCSource - Dana Children's Center
  • WNCSource - Sugar Hill
  • WNCSource - Tebeau Children's Center
  • Yates Baptist Child Development Center 
  • Young Explorers Child Care Academy
  • YWCA Youth Enrichment Program

Public School Systems

  • Buncombe County Schools
  • Caldwell County Schools
  • Cleveland County Schools
  • Halifax County Schools
  • Johnston County Public Schools
  • McDowell County Schools
  • Pitt County Public Schools
  • Polk County Schools
  • Surry County Schools
  • Yadkin County Schools

Community Colleges

  • Alamance Community College
  • Blue Ridge Community College
  • Catawba Valley Community College
  • Cleveland Community College
  • Johnston Community College
  • Southeastern Community College
  • Vance-Granville Community College
  • Wake Tech Community College
  • Western Piedmont Community College

Other Early Childhood and Apprenticeship Organizations

  • Albemarle Alliance for Children and Families
  • Anson Partnership for Children
  • Choanoke Area Development Association of NC (CADA)
  • Down East Partnership for Children
  • One Place Onslow
  • Partnership of Ashe
  • Surry-Yadkin Works
  • Wilkes Community Partnership for Children