Beloved senior and day care centers saved by Council action
Thanks to a total $1.8 million allocation from the City Council, Williamsburg’s Swinging 60’s Senior Center and Small World Daycare will remain open.
“Swinging 60’s and Small World were established by community members who saw a void in locally based senior and child services,” said Councilmember Diana Reyna. “It is my duty as the local elected official to uphold this legacy and to ensure that our senior centers and daycares are based in the community, serving the community, and supported by the community.”
The two programs, housed at 211 Ainslie Street, were in danger of being shut down after Small World Daycare was not granted Early Learn, a new childcare program implemented by the city’s Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) in 2012. The lack of funding that grew out of that decision resulted in the Department of Aging terminating its contract with Swinging 60’s, which shares a building with Small World.