Bergen Community College: Child Development Center Selected For State Grant

Press release from Bergen Community College:

February 5, 2025

The renovated Child Development Center features a new security system and flooring.

“I am incredibly grateful that the Child Development Center has been awarded with the NJDEA grant,” CDC Director Jessica Blundo said. “The improvements will significantly improve the health and safety of the CDC environment, ultimately leading to a cleaner and safer center for the students and families we serve.”

The CDC, which has provided an early childhood education program for students, faculty, staff and the surrounding community since 1982, features three classrooms with a total capacity of 45 young learners. The CDC is accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children.

Blundo said much of the CDC has remained the same since its opening, aside from an addition completed in the 1990s. She credits the College’s grants department and Senior Grants Writer Mark Molisani for helping to secure the renovation funds.

“The CDC has needed these improvements for quite some time but has struggled to find funding to complete such major projects,” she said.

Based in Paramus, Bergen Community College (www.bergen.edu), a public two-year coeducational college, enrolls more than 13,000 students at locations in Paramus, the Philip Ciarco Jr. Learning Center in Hackensack and Bergen Community College at the Meadowlands in Lyndhurst. The College offers associate degree, certificate and continuing education programs in a variety of fields. More students graduate from Bergen than any other community college in the state.

This press release was produced by Bergen Community College. The views expressed here are the author’s own.