Child Care and Early Childhood Education are Important for Our Workforce

children finger paintingChild care and early childhood education is integral to our working parents, the community at large, and our economy. Twin Cities Development (TCD) hopes this directory of licensed providers is just what your family needs.

For more information and resources to help guide you through your child’s early development, visit the Buffett Early Childhood Institute at the University of Nebraska.

Roster of Licensed Child Care and Preschool Programs in Nebraska is available. For assistance, call 1-800-600-1289.

Community for Kids Initiative Developed to Address Shortages

The Communities for Kids Initiative (C4K) was created in Gering, Scotts Bluff County, in response to community requests for assistance with shortages of high-quality early care and education programs — shortages that both impact children’s optimal development and pose a challenge for communities hoping to attract and retain the viable workforces they need to thrive.

Communities for Kids partners with communities’ public and private entities to support and coordinate planning for access to high-quality early care and education for all children birth through age eight. These partnerships are customized to address each community’s unique assets and needs — so each community can grow and prosper well into the future. C4K Gering has developed a child and after-school care resource directory.

Child Care Centers and Preschools

Apple Academy

308-635-6852                                   

1635 Virginia Ave.
Gering, NE

Blessed Beginnings Early Childhood Center

308-633-2340

101 E 20th St.
Scottsbluff, NE

Briarwood Preschool and Childcare

308-632-6074

1927 Broadway
Scottsbluff, NE

Calvary Lutheran School of Early Childhood

308-635-7666                                            

17 East 27th St.
Scottsbluff, NE

Child Development Center

308-635-1215

1406 14th Ave.
Scottsbluff, NE

Community Christian School

308-632-2230                                       

511 West 14th St.
Scottsbluff, NE

Eva's Childcare Center

308-672-6590                                                

1805 11th St.
Gering, NE

Faith Lutheran Preschool

308-436-4307                                             

2055 U St.
Gering, NE

Head Start - Gering Center

308-436-2724                                                     

2005 4th St.
Gering, NE

Head Start Scottsbluff Center

308-632-3881

1202 11th Ave.
Scottsbluff, NE

Health and Family Resource Center

308-633-3321                           

975 Crescent Drive
Gering, NE

Helping Hands

308-632-5857                                                              

1901 East 31st St.
Scottsbluff, NE

Joyful Noise Daycare

308-436-4415                                                  

1100 O Street
Gering, NE

Kids First Preschool and Daycare

308-635-2069

2002 4th Ave.
Scottsbluff, NE

Kids Inc. Child Care

308-313-3070

1260 J St.
Gering, NE

Kids R Us

308-632-6074

624 W 20th St.
Scottsbluff, NE

The Learning Tree Child Care Center

308-436-5200

1025 Five Rocks Road
Gering, NE

Noah's Ark Kids Care

308-436-7700

First United Methodist Church
900 O St.
Gering, NE

Panhandle Day Care Center

308-632-1363

1517 Broadway
Scottsbluff, NE

Ready Steps Preschool

308-436-5656                                                

770 L St.,
Gering, NE

Smiley Bug's Childcare

308-436-2847

1200 11th Street
Gering, NE

WNCC Child Development Center

308-635-3231

3118 17th Ave.
Scottsbluff, NE

YMCA Pre-School/Pre-Kindergarten

308-635-2318

22 South Beltline Hwy E.
Scottsbluff, NE

After School Care

Guadalupe Center

308-632-2845

1200 East 9th St.
Scottsbluff, NE

YMCA After School Care — Excel After the Bell

308-635-2318