Soho Center teams with Hanna-Andersson
in Innovative Pilot Project

Free Quality Children's Clothing for
Family Child Care Providers who go "legit"


As part of our national-model REACH Initiative, the Soho Center is giving away tens of thousands of dollars worth of quality children's clothing to low income family child care providers who are regulated and on the USDA Food Program in Virginia. This innovative pilot project rewards child care providers for doing what's right - meeting their local and state codes and working to run a quality program.  And it enables low-income family day care providers to share these clothes with the families of children in their care. We believe that rewarding good behavior is the key to successful social policy.
Working with selected USDA Food Program Sponsors, the Soho Center distributes Hanna-Andersson children's clothing (typically about $100 worth per provider) to family child care providers who become regulated, are on the Food Program, and are low-income.  In Virginia, meeting minimum state and local safety and health codes and child care regulations is relatively simple.  It includes items like having a smoke detector and getting a criminal background check  - things any child care provider ought to have (and every parent ought to expect).
We are grateful to Hanna-Andersson for their long-standing support of this 
worthwhile and innovative child care initiative. 

For more information about
the Soho Center's Free Children's Clothing Project 
in Virginia, e-mail us at soho@child2000.org

For infomation about Hanna-Andersson
see their web site (click  here)
or call them at 1-800-222-0544

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