In order to fight successfully COVID-19, first responders, health care providers, transit workers, and other key personnel need to go to work. The New York City Department of Education has created Regional Enrichment Centers: places where the children of front-line workers can be cared for safely while their parents continue to serve the City in this time of need.
Staffed by DOE employees and community-based organization partners, the centers will provide children with three daily hot meals, remote learning time with their teachers, activities like art, music, and physical education, and social and emotional support.
Beginning Monday, March 23, 2020, Regional Enrichment Centers are opening across every borough of the City, with at least two sites in every school district.
The DOE has been reaching out to City agencies, unions, and partner organizations to help identify and contact families of first responders, health care workers, and key transit employees who will need to send their children to the Regional Enrichment Centers.
If you think you might be eligible to send your child to a center near you, please click the following link and complete the questionnaire listed on the DOE website.
https://www.schools.nyc.gov/enrollment/enrollment-help/regional-enrichment-centers
