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You Made a Way
Christiana Childcare Center
The Christiana Childcare Center helps single parents who work full time, cannot afford the cost of childcare and live in Ewing Township, New Jersey. We currently have openings and are accepting applications. If you would like to apply to enroll your child(ren), please fill out the form below.
Christiana Childcare Center
The Christiana Childcare Center helps single parents who work full time, cannot afford the cost of childcare and live in Ewing Township, New Jersey. We currently have openings and are accepting applications. If you would like to apply to enroll your child(ren), please fill out the form below.
Did You Know . . .
OUT OF ALL FAMILIES WHO CAN'T AFFORD BASIC NECESSITIES IN NEW JERSEY . . .
58% are households led by single parents.
OUT OF ALL HOUSEHOLDS LED BY SINGLE MOTHERS IN NEW JERSEY . . .
73% cannot afford basic necessities.
OUT OF ALL HOUSEHOLDS LED BY SINGLE FATHERS IN NEW JERSEY . . .
53% cannot afford basic necessities.
The majority of these single parents work full time (or more), yet cannot afford their families' most basic necessities,
YET are just over income caps to qualify for any assistance.
By the very nature of being a single parent, there is no other partner to help. In many cases single parents are alone with no one to help them.
Basic necessities include: childcare, housing, food, transportation, health insurance, technology such as a cell phone & taxes.
THIS IS A NIGHTMARE that these single parent led households are suffering IN OUR OWN COMMUNITIES
BUT . . .
You Made a Way is here to help!
We help single parents who cannot afford basic necessities by: helping with the cost of and expanding the hours childcare is traditionally offered, providing financial coaching, providing case management, providing legal document preparation & services, providing life coaching & conducting research and advocacy.
Although I was able to meet my eventual husband and be rescued from this impossible nightmare, I never forgot about all of the single parent-led families who are still suffering a similar plight.
So, I crated You Made a Way to advocate and aid these single parent-led families.
But we need your help. If you are touched by our vision and my story, we would be so grateful if you would donate or volunteer your time and expertise. Thank you for supporting single parents in your community!
Meet the Founder: Crystal Fedeli
You Made a Way was birthed out of a combination of my personal experience and learning during my graduate studies that my struggle as a single parent was not unique.
I experienced this impossible nightmare explained above when I was a single mother too.
When my first child was just 2 months of age we were homeless, food insecure, we did not have reliable transportation, and more.
I was not able to get my first child's father into a courtroom for a child support hearing until she was 1 year of age. The attorney charged me a $1,500 retainer for me to only be awarded $69 a week.
Although we were receiving benefits at the time, it was not enough to afford all of our basic necessities.
Even when I acquired full time employment I was still unable to afford all of our basic necessities including daycare, yet we did not qualify for any assistance.
I was unable to afford basic necessities for the first year and 8 months of my first child's life until I met my husband.
To helping our community,
Crystal L. Fedeli
Founder & Executive Director of You Made a Way
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