Community Child Care Center

What Community Child Care Center does

Community Child Care Center (CCCC) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, NAEYC-accredited child care center located at 1250 Fifield Avenue inside the Commonwealth Terrace Cooperative on the University of Minnesota's St. Paul campus. Founded on May 28, 1974, it is recognized as the State of Minnesota's oldest non-profit, parent cooperative child care center. The center operates three age-based classroom programs — Toddler Room (16-33 months, capacity 14), Younger Preschool Room (33 months to 4 years, capacity 14-16), and Older Preschool Room (4 years through kindergarten, capacity 14-18) — totaling roughly 46-48 enrolled children, with teacher-to-child ratios of 1:5, 1:7-8, and 1:8 respectively. Operations run year-round, Monday through Friday, 7:15 AM to 6:00 PM, with daily breakfast, lunch, and snack supplied by catering partner Caravan Kids under USDA CACFP meal pattern guidelines.

The center's service stack is built on a curriculum platform of third-party, evidence-based tools: Teaching Strategies Gold for child assessment and planning, the Second Step social-emotional curriculum, and the Woven Word literacy curriculum. Programming is differentiated by age band rather than technology, and there is no proprietary technology layer; the technical backbone is operational rather than software-driven.

CCCC's revenue model is subscription-style weekly tuition, with full-time, part-time (morning-only or afternoon-only), and limited-day (MWF or T/Th) enrollment options. A sliding fee scale provides income-based discounts for CTC residents and University of Minnesota students, and the center accepts CCAP and Pathway 1 scholarships. Priority on the wait list is given first to CTC families, then to UMN student parents, then to UMN faculty and staff, with surrounding community families admitted on a space-available basis. The organization is governed by a parent-elected Board of Directors operating on a cooperative model, with a full-time Director handling day-to-day operations. Strategic partnerships with CAPRW Head Start, the U of M Student Parent HELP Center, CTC, and the USDA CACFP program extend its service scope, referral pipeline, and subsidy base.

Name

Community Child Care Center

Legal name

Community Child Care Center

Website

https://umncccc.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1974

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Community Child Care Center is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, NAEYC-accredited child care center in Saint Paul, Minnesota, serving roughly 46-48 children aged 16 months to 5 years from the Commonwealth Terrace Cooperative, University of Minnesota students, faculty and staff, and surrounding community families via weekly tuition and a sliding fee scale.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Child Care and Early Childhood Education Services

NAICS

Child Care Services (624410)

SIC

Services-Child Day Care Services (8351)

akta.pro primary industry

Co-Op / Parent-Participatory Childcare Centers (EDACAAAM)

akta.pro secondary industry

Toddler-Focused Childcare Centers (EDACAAAG)

Keywords

• Child care services
• Early childhood education
• Preschool programs
• Parent cooperative child care
• Toddler daycare programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Saint Paul

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Child Care Tuition Fees: CCCC generates revenue through weekly tuition fees for child care services. Fees vary based on enrollment type (full-time, part-time, mornings, afternoons, specific days). A sliding fee scale provides discounted rates for CTC residents and University of Minnesota students.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Community Child Care Center (CCCC) is a single-site, NAEYC-accredited non-profit child care center that delivers licensed early childhood education and daycare for children ages 16 months through 5 years across three age-segregated classrooms (Toddler Room, Younger Preschool Room, Older Preschool Room). It offers full-time, part-time, and limited-day enrollment options with meals included, a sliding fee scale for qualifying families, and serves families of Commonwealth Terrace Cooperative residents, University of Minnesota students, faculty and staff, and surrounding community families.

Product overview

Community Child Care Center (CCCC) is a single-site child care center offering age-based classroom programs for children 16 months to 5 years. The center operates three distinct programs: Toddler Room (16-33 months), Younger Preschool Room (33 months-4 years), and Older Preschool Room (4 years-kindergarten). Programs differ by child-to-teacher ratios, curriculum approaches, and daily schedules, with all three programs sharing the center's core philosophy of 'educaring' through play-based learning. Meals are provided through an external catering partner, Caravan Kids.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Toddler Room Program Licensed child care program for children 16 to 33 months old at Community Child Care Center, with a teacher-to-child ratio of 1:5 and capacity for up to 14 children. The schedule meets individual child needs through fixed nap and meal times and flexible activities, and serves as the entry point to CCCC's three-room early childhood education model.
• Younger Preschool Room Program Licensed child care program for children 33 months to 4 years old at Community Child Care Center, with a teacher-to-child ratio of 1:7-8 and capacity for up to 15 children. Focuses on expanding social skills, independence, problem-solving, and emotional recognition, and incorporates the Second Step social-emotional curriculum and Teaching Strategies Gold assessment.
• Older Preschool Room Program Kindergarten preparation program for children 4 to 5 years old at Community Child Care Center, with a teacher-to-child ratio of 1:8 and capacity for up to 18 children. Uses the Second Step social-emotional curriculum and Woven Word literacy curriculum to build school readiness skills, and applies Teaching Strategies Gold assessment to share progress with families.

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• CAPRW Head StartcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCCCC is an official Head Start Partner, providing comprehensive child development services in coordination with CAPRW Head Start. Head Start and Early Head Start are comprehensive child development, health and social service programs for low-income families.
• Commonwealth Terrace Cooperative (CTC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCCCC is located within the Commonwealth Terrace Cooperative on the St. Paul campus. Many CCCC families reside in CTC, and the two cooperatives co-sponsor events throughout the year. CTC is a cooperative housing development for qualifying members of the University of Minnesota community.
• U of M Student Parent HELP CentercoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCCCC works with the Student Parent HELP Center which provides child care, housing, lactation, and child care scholarship information for University of Minnesota student parents. The center serves as a referral source for student parents seeking child care services.
• Caravan KidsminorOthersCaravan Kids is the catering company that provides daily lunches for CCCC. Their lunches meet USDA CACFP meal pattern guidelines and include a main menu and vegetarian entree option, plus allergen-free options.
• USDA Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)coreOthersCCCC participates in the USDA CACFP program which provides reimbursement for meals served. All meals (breakfast, lunch, snack) meet USDA CACFP meal pattern guidelines. CCCC is an equal opportunity provider under this program.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• U of M Children's Center (Bright Horizons at U of M): University-affiliated child care center operated by Bright Horizons on or near the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus. The most directly comparable peer — same university ecosystem, same priority demographic of UMN students/faculty/staff, same tuition-and-scholarship model.
• Primrose Schools: National franchise of accredited early childhood education centers serving infants through kindergarten, with proprietary Balanced Learning curriculum. Comparable in age range, accreditation-driven positioning, and tuition-based model, though organized as a franchise system rather than a co-op.
• La Petite Academy: National child care and early education provider with infant, toddler, and preschool programs targeting working families. Closely comparable on age range and tuition model; differs in scale and ownership structure.
• The Goddard School: Franchised preschool system focused on play-based, accredited early childhood education for infants through pre-K. Comparable in age-band coverage, curriculum-led differentiation, and tuition-funded model; differs in being franchise-operated rather than parent-cooperative.

Regional players

• Kinderberry Hill Child Development Centers: Twin Cities-based child development center serving infants through school-age children with an emphasis on early education quality. Comparable as a regional Minnesota operator offering center-based daycare with curriculum differentiation similar to CCCC's program.
• New Horizon Academy: Minnesota-headquartered child care and early education provider with multiple centers across the Twin Cities. Relevant regional peer given overlap in geography, age bands served (infant through pre-K), and focus on NAEYC-style quality standards.

Emerging players

• Celebree Learning Centers: Growing mid-Atlantic child care operator with infant, toddler, and preschool programs. Comparable service mix and accreditation orientation; relevant as a scaling example for what a multi-site, tuition-funded accredited operator looks like.

Broad incumbents

• KinderCare Learning Centers: One of the largest private U.S. child care and early education providers, offering infant, toddler, and preschool programs similar in age-range scope to CCCC's three classrooms. Comparable on core service (licensed daycare/preschool) but operates for-profit and at national scale.
• Childtime Learning Centers: National child care chain offering infant care, preschool, and school-age programs similar in scope to CCCC's three classrooms. Comparable in service breadth and tuition model, but operates as a for-profit national chain rather than a single-site co-op.
• Bright Horizons Family Solutions: Largest U.S. provider of employer-sponsored child care, including university-affiliated centers (notably operating the UMN childcare center at another campus). Directly comparable as a high-quality accredited provider serving university communities, but at vastly greater scale and as a public company.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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