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Promoting quality and choice in Massachusetts child care.

The Preschool Enrichment Team (P.E.T), a non-profit resource, referral, and training agency, offers information to families, teachers, and employers on: Massachusetts child care, infant and toddler care, preschool education, after school programs, subsidized care, children with special needs, summer camp, asthma, lead poisoning prevention, and more. Since 1976, we've been here for the Western Massachusetts community. While we serve the Springfield, Greater Springfield and Hampden County area, we hope this web site can be a resource for all. For Massachusetts child care resource and referral programs outside of Hampden County, visit www.qualitychildcare.org. Outside of Massachusetts, visit www.childcareaware.org.
 
 
 
 
 


Contact our Springfield, MA office at 413-736-3900 or toll free at 877-478-7727 for personal assistance if you are:

  • A family needing solutions to child care or preschool dilemmas
  • A teacher or provider seeking information about professional development
  • An employer thinking about family-friendly opportunities for your company

If you live or work in Western Massachusetts - Springfield, Greater Springfield, Westfield, Holyoke, and other surrounding communities - and you are interested in learning more about Massachusetts child care options, let P.E.T. help!

For Families

  • Information and referral services to early childhood programs: child care centers, often called daycare centers; family child care homes, sometimes referred to as home daycares; nursery schools; Head Start; school age programs; and summer camps - a Hampden County, Massachusetts child care finder!
  • Customized referrals for families with children who have a disability or special need
  • Checklist for choosing and comparing child care settings
  • Information about a caregiver for your child in your home
  • Telephone consultation with a child care specialist regarding your specific questions
  • Child care subsidy information

All above services are available in English or Spanish.

For Early Childhood Education Professionals

  • Workshops, conferences, seminars, college courses
  • Entrenamientos en Espaņol
  • Consultation to your program
  • Referrals to your center or home
  • Information on starting a home daycare or daycare center
  • Newsletter and resource library
  • Technical assistance
  • Advocacy information
  • Career counseling

For Employers and Community

  • Lunchtime seminars
  • Enhanced child care referrals
  • Consultation regarding on-site child care
  • Child care, parenting, child development information
  • Statistics on child care supply and demand
  • Child care needs assessment

In addition to helping the community learn more about the importance of quality child care in Massachusetts, the Preschool Enrichment Team works to expand and improve the quality of care available to all families. We are active members of many national, regional, and local organizations including: the National Association for the Education of Young Children, the National Association of Family Child Care, the National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies, Massachusetts Child Care Resource & Referral Network, Massachusetts School Age Coalition, Massachusetts Council of Human Service Providers, The Rotary Club of Holyoke, South Hadley and Granby, and the Greater Springfield Chamber of Commerce.

Call our Springfield, MA office at 413-736-3900 or toll free at 877-478-7727, or email us at info@preschoolenrichmentteam.org to find out more.

 

 

 
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PRESCHOOL ENRICHMENT TEAM OFFICE
If you get lost or the doors of the building are locked, call 736-3900 and press ext. 120
Mass Pike Exit 6 - Springfield, at light at end of ramp turn left onto Rt. 291. Follow Rt. 291 to Exit 2B Dwight Street Exit, at end of ramp take left at light (this is Dwight St.). Through 4 sets of lights, turn right onto Bridge Street. Our office, at 293 Bridge Street, is on the left next to Cafe Manhattan.
From Rt. 91 South Exit 7 Downtown Springfield - stay in left lane and turn left at light, then left again onto E. Columbus. Turn right onto Worthington, through one light (Main St.) turn right onto Stearns and right onto Bridge Street. Our office, at 293 Bridge Street, is on the left next to Cafe Manhattan.
From Rt. 91 North Exit 4 Broad St., you are on East Columbus. Go through lights, turn right onto Worthington, right onto Stearns, right onto Bridge Street. Our office, at 293 Bridge Street, is on the left next to Cafe Manhattan.