Community Child Care Center

For more than 50 years, First Step Inc. has been a child care service group that serves children with special needs in the Nashville community. Based in Nashville, Tenn., the clinic operates a Child Development Center offering interventions and educational services for children with severe medical conditions. Its services include child-specific care, on-site nursing, early literacy programming, including a Community Outreach Program and The Ayudando Ninos Program. The organization's program serves more than 125 children with special needs and its families. Additionally, it focuses on offering learning program for children ranging from six weeks up to five years old with emphasis on individual development.

Mission and Service Fannie Battle Day Home for Children is the second oldest childcare center in the United States. Our mission is to continue the tradition established n 1891 by our founder, Miss Fannie Battle: to provide affordably high-quality child care, for at-risk children in a nurturing environment while empowering families to reach their potential. Fannie Battle is licensed by the State of Tennessee receiving the highest 3-Star rating and is also a United Way of Middle Tennessee funded agency. Fannie Battle also participates in the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee's GivingMatters. We are a year-round childcare center open Monday-Friday, 6: 30 a.m.-5: 30 p.m. The Day Home offers Infant/Toddler, Preschool, Pre-K, and School Age Programs to 82-96 children ages 6 weeks to 10 ( 12 years during the summer ). Fees are set on a sliding scale according to income and parents are required to be working, in school or in a job training program. 90% of our families are classified by the federal government as low income. 56% live in Public Housing and 94% qualify for free or reduced meals. 89% are from single parent homes and 87% are of African American heritage.