AT A GLANCE 

At the National Early Education Career Institute, we are achieving more with our initiatives as a nation-wide industry resource for childcare providers and early care practitioners. We work on many exciting projects helping to improve the career experience of diverse populations. As a nonprofit institute we value the impact providers have on the economical flow of our nation, as they provide childcare while fostering the development and well-being of children.

We acknowledge the important role they play as essential service providers to communities across the nation. 

What We Do:

• Provide low cost/debt free CDA and ECE Certificate credential for qualifying learners.

• EECI is a US Department of Labor ECE Registered Apprenticeship Sponsor bringing jobseekers and employers together.

• We offer Certification and Credential courses all include One on One support for all students including individuals earning GED and/or with learning disabilities.

• We build confidence and bridge academic gaps of higher education readiness. 

• Childcare Desert Entrepreneur (Business Owner) support for learners in communities with very few and/or no childcare facilities 

• Gather information and data to research barriers impacting childcare industry workforce barriers and present to CCRR and attempt to build collaborative community childcare partnerships.

• We travel to meet the needs Face to Face of rural and tribal communities to provide competency courses to eliminate access of formal education barriers for communities serving America's most vulnerable children.

• Our nutritional program sends fruit and vegetables to childcare providers experiencing food insecurities while transitioning into the school or workforce as an effort to aid in promotion of healthy practices for childcare laborers.

• Our team attend round table discussions, host Club House events and use social platforms to support policy changes that will promote better wages for childcare laborers.

• EECI provide mitigation and stabilization support for community, state, and workforce development boards development through cohort services while strengthening local partnerships.