• Waiting List and Registration Information
• Serving Children with Special Needs
• Tuition Rates
• Tuition Subsidy Programs
• Subleasing Child Slots
• Withdrawal from FEELC

For additional information about enrollment, contact Wendi Boggess , 541-4782, boggess.wendi@epa.gov.

Waiting List and Registration Information

Waiting List

Application for enrollment of children ranging in age from six weeks through four years old will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. Priority for admission to FEELC is as follows.

First: Federal employees

Second: Visiting Fellows, other Trainees on Stipends at Federal facilities, and children of FEELC staff.

Third: Contractors for Federal Government Agencies and Non-Federal siblings of current or past students attending FEELC.

Please apply to be on our waiting list by printing, completing, and mailing a

Wait List Registration Form (22 KB)

Please Note: The average wait list period is 9-10 months.

Registration Fee

First Environments requires a $50.00 wait list registration fee. This is charged per child and will be applied to your first tuition payment.

* Please note: This fee is non-refundable if First Environments offers a spot within a year of list date, and it is not accepted.

Deposit

A $300 is required prior to attendance. This deposit, minus any monies due, will be refunded upon withdrawal from the Center.

Serving Children with Special Needs

The Center will consider the enrollment of children with special needs. The center does not, however, primarily serve such children. Each special needs child will be considered on an individual basis. Before the application is considered, the parents must furnish the Director with a complete evaluation.

If a child is admitted before any special needs have been identified, the Center will reserve the right to request a complete evaluation to ascertain if the child's needs can be fully met.

Tuition Rates

Bi-Weekly Tuition Rates

During transition times, the ratio may change by one. Please note that there are floating teachers for each age group that are not reflected in the classroom ratios.

Tuition Subsidy Programs

EPA Program

Federal EPA employees families with income of $69,000 or less annually may be eligible to participate in EPA's Child Care Tuition Assistance Program.

This program applies to both permanent full- and part-time Federal employees whose child/children are between the ages of birth and 13, or are disabled and under the age of 18, and enrolled in family child care homes or center-based child care. The child care provider must be licensed and/or regulated by Federal, state or local authorities. The total gross family income may not exceed $69,000 annually.

For more information, please contact EPA Liaison, Steve VanHorn
(VanHorn.Steve@epamail.epa.gov; 919-541-5446)

NIEHS Program

The NIH Child Care Subsidy Pilot Program is due to be launched in FY 2005, and an announcement about this program is expected soon from Dr. Kington (NIH Deputy Director). Following this announcement, an extensive promotional campaign will be rolled out to inform the NIH populace. It is estimated that the program will possibly fund about 25-50 families across NIH, For more details, go to http://does.ors.od.nih.gov/

Subleasing Child Slots

First Environments Early Learning Center wants to make a difference in the lives of families and understands that there are many different working schedules. We do not offer part-time spots, but we do allow families to share days of the week. The rules are as follows:

• You may only share with one family.

• You have to share a minimum of two days a week and no more than three.

• We do not allow children to share hours of the day only days of the week.

• There are only two shared spots per classroom at a time.

First Environments contracts with one family. In the event that the child whose family holds the spot leaves our school the child who shares the spot will no longer have placement at our school. Children on FE waitlist will be selected to fill any openings within the center.

Withdrawal from FEELC

To withdraw your child from enrollment at FEELC, it is the Center’s policy that parents should:

• Use the Center’s withdrawal form to provide written notice of the intent to withdraw from FEELC. (51 KB)
   
• This written notice must be provided 30 days (minimum) prior to the date of withdrawal. In the case of rising Kindergarteners, the Center requires 45 days notice.
   
• Failure to provide written notice before withdrawal will result in Parents being held responsible for 30 days of tuition costs beyond the date of withdrawal and possibly forfeiture of the security deposit.

To obtain more information about this process, please contact the Center’s Enrollment Specialist.

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