Guilford Child Development

Founded in 1967, Guilford Child Development (GCD), in collaboration with numerous community partners, offers five family-centered programs that help young children and families in Guilford County North Carolina reach their full potential.

Throughout our history, we’ve learned that being part of a firm foundation that helps children become healthy, respectful, productive citizens really does make a difference in our communities.

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Through five distinct yet supportive programs, Guilford Child Development provides services that help individuals, families, and communities overcome life challenges and achieve future success.

• Catering for Kids (CFK)
  Provides nutritious culturally-diverse meals to kids at Guilford Child Development centers and other childcare centers.


• Head Start/Early Head Start (HS/EHS)
  Provides high-quality preschool education to at-risk children (ages 0-5) at 12 four and five star HS/EHS preschool centers located in Greensboro and High Point.


• Learning Together (LT)
  Provides a supportive, comprehensive literacy program for immigrant and minority moms and their children as they work to accomplish and sustain their educational and vocational goals.


• Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP)
  Provides nurse-home visitation to low-income first-time moms. A nurse-home visitor educates the mom about the growth and development of her baby and helps her become more self sufficient.


• Regional Child Care Resources and Referral (RCCR&R)
  Provides online child care search tool, online referral request, parent counseling, child care scholarships, provider training, & employer child care services.

Please choose one of the following GCD job application formats.

Mail or Fax your completed application to the numbers shown on the application, or email your completed application to apply@guilfordchilddev.org. Adobe Acrobat Format Requires printing for completion. You cannot type directly into the form.
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Mission: To help young children and families reach their full potential.

Agency Goals

Striving for Excellence
To strive toward becoming a model agency in order to achieve our mission of helping
children and families reach their full potential.

Family Focus
To provide family centered services by honoring cultural and ethnic diversity, by listening to families, and by making agency decisions based on their well being.

Community Partnerships
To contribute to the community through broad-based collaboration, effective public relations, and advocacy for young children.

Staff Development
To provide, at all staff levels, professional development opportunities, equitable compensation and reflective supervision.

Organizational Development
To nurture the organization by a shared vision, focused leadership and sustainable funding.

Continuous Improvement
To enhance Agency decision making, fiscal integrity and quality assurance by creative use of information technology.

Agency Culture
To foster an agency culture that values the contribution of all staff members, establishes effective communications with staff and the public, and builds trust among staff, board, policy councils, and the community we serve.

Guilford Child Development offers an attractive compensation package complete with the following benefits:

• Health Insurance
  
• Life Insurance
  
• Long and Short Term Disability
  
• Dental and Vision
  
• Retirement Plan
  
• Flexible Spending Plan
  
• A Rewarding Career!
  

Our agency video gives you a special insight into the challenges underserved children face in our community and the programs that help them achieve school and life success.

Length: 8 min. 59 sec.

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