Organizations Filed Purposes:
The mission of the Highlands Community Child Development Center is to provide affordable, high-quality, preschool child care and early childhood education in a safe & loving environment to young children and their families.
Highlands Community Child Development Center (HCCDC) uses age-appropriate curriculum selected for each age group and applies the early childhood education programs in individual lesson plans. Basic skills development is augmented by programs in creative play, art, crafts and music appreciation. In the fall of 2012, the board of directors approved the integration of the Music Appreciation Program into the programs curricula and provided this early childhood musical education to all children enrolled in our pre-school class. In 2017, the Music Appreciation Program was expanded to include Toddlers which provides Music Appreciation 3 days per week for Toddlers through Pre-School. HCCDC's programs are coordinated with the Highlands and Summit Charter Schools' teaching staff to ensure a smooth transition from the center into public or charter school.
Additional services provided at the Center by Macon County agencies are speech and hearing therapy, nutrition and counseling for parents of children with special needs. The Center provides affordable, high-quality, preschool child care and early childhood educational and social development in a safe and loving environment to all families regardless of race, religion, creed, national origin or financial ability. Current enrollment included 22 Hispanic, 2 Asian, 1 Ukrainian, 3 Mixed Race and 15 Single Parent families. In 2018, HCCDC began using a new software that helps track attendance, processes billing and payments and has capability to communicate with all parents or individual family units when needed.
HCCDC is the only state-licensed child care center in Highlands and eastern Macon County providing services full time - 10 hours per day, 5 days per week for 12 months each year. The center is licensed by the State of North Carolina to serve 74 children from 6 weeks to 5 years of age. Enrollment for the full year of 2019 averaged 74 children for the year with normal seasonal variations. Fourteen children graduated in August and entered the area public and charter school systems. For the year, HCCDC provided services to 62 families represented by 90 parents and grandparents living in Macon, Jackson, and Rabun counties and working in and around Highlands. 31 children are from lower-income families who qualify through Macon and Jackson County Social Services for tuition support from the NC Child Care Subsidy Program. Aproximately 60 percent of the families of our students qualified for support in the form of free or reduced lunches from the NC Food Program (NC CACFP).
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Pat Hedden | Program Director | 40 | $47,676 |
| Glenn Coghlan | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Cathy Manning | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Betsy Helms | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Hilda Patrick | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Ann Flynn | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Frances Oakley | Board Member | 2 | $0 |
| Nancy Curlee | Secretary | 1 | $0 |
| Claude Sullivan | Treasurer | 3 | $0 |
| Judy Joyner | Vice President | 4 | $0 |
| Delanie Mehder | President | 7 | $0 |
Data for this page was sourced from XML published by IRS (
public 990 form dataset) from:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/irs-form-990/202013189349309201_public.xml