Bright Beginnings, Inc. is a non profit that operates child and family development centers for homeless children whose families are in crisis shelters or transitional housing in Washington, DC. The center offers free, full-day, year-round and developmentally-appropriate childcare and early childhood education for children aged six weeks to five years old. The program is designed to: (a) provide homeless infants, toddlers and preschoolers with a safe, nurturing environment; (b) prepare them to enter kindergarten ready to learn, and (c) support their parents as they stabilize their lives and strive toward self-sufficiency by providing mental health, social emotional and workforce development services to families. Check us out at www.bbidc.org