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Children Initiatives

The Department of Children Initiatives (DCI) leads Allegheny County’s commitment to children and youth and the programs that serve them. DCI provides the local government structure to support equitable access to high-quality programming for children and their families through systems building, internal and external partnerships, and resource development.

Caring for children in high-quality Early Care and Education and Out-of-School programming drives the economic engines of Allegheny County by simultaneously allowing families to work and positively shaping the lives of children. The work of the Department of Children Initiatives improves the wellbeing of all children, prosperity of their families, and the competitiveness and vitality of Allegheny County.

About

Learn about the mission, goals, and vision of DCI.

Birth to Five

DCI’s Birth to Five efforts focus on addressing the challenges and systemic barriers families face in accessing quality child care and early learning services for their youngest children.

Out-of-School Time

DCI’s Out-of-School Time (OST) efforts supports children during the time spent outside of the traditional school day.

Doing Business with Children Initiatives

Review active and past solicitations, and resources for working with the Department of Children Initiatives.

Workforce

DCI’s Early Care and Education (ECE) and Out-of-School Time (OST) workforce efforts focus on supporting the corresponding workforce that provides daily programming for children and youth.

Public Data and Reports

DCI uses data and geographic information to inform decision making, communicate with the public, and be a resource for youth service-related data and analytics.

Children's Fund

Learn about the creation of the children’s fund to provide resources to early childhood learning and out-of-school time programs across Allegheny County.

Leadership and Staff

Meet DCI’s leadership team and staff.

Interested in working with DCI?

Contact

Questions? Call 412-350-4636 and select Option 2.

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