Affording all children in our community high-quality early education is the CDA mission, accomplished by creating a safe, nurturing place for young children to prepare for school. Focused on children from our community's low-income working families, the CDA provides outstanding full-day early care and learning. Nationally accredited and three-star Quality Rated, our program is tailored to meet our students' needs by emphasizing early literacy, language acquisition, and family stability.
Each year, the CDA Children's Center prepares 240 economically-disadvantaged preschoolers for kindergarten and enables their parents to maintain steady jobs. The families served by our Children's Center have a median income of $19,700-about ¼ of metropolitan Atlanta's median household income. Consequently, 90 percent of our students qualify for free/reduced lunch.