Park City Tots
PC Tots is the workforce behind the workforce
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Programs and results
What we aim to solve
In 2014, the Park City Community Foundation asked local nonprofits to identify the most pressing unaddressed problem in Summit County, Utah. Two organizations, Mountainlands Community Housing Trust and Holy Cross Ministries, responded “a lack of affordable daycare.” Since the yearly cost of market rate daycare in the Park City community now equals the cost of state college tuition, the Community Foundation challenged the organizations to “make affordable daycare happen!” What followed was a survey of local families showing there were very few daycare options for low-income parents with young children. Out of desperation, the primary choice was to put children in crowded, unregulated homes or apartments with untrained babysitters where safety, adequate care, and mental and physical stimulation were lacking. Months of research and planning by a committee of locals from different sectors of the community resulted in the creation of Park City Tots.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
High-Quality and Affordable Early Care and Education for Workforce Families
PC Tots has three early care and education centers. We provide high-quality and affordable care by providing tuition scholarships to our low-income families. 80% of our families receive tuition scholarships based on their household income. Our centers employ highly trained and experienced teachers who prepare our children for kindergarten. We enroll children ages 8 weeks - 5 years old. We provide full-day, year-round care to ensure support for workforce families.
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of children served
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Infants and toddlers
Related Program
High-Quality and Affordable Early Care and Education for Workforce Families
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
At full capacity, PC Tots is able to enroll 114 total children at our centers. These children are socioeconomically and ethnically diverse and have subsidized tuition based upon the family's income.
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Goals & Strategy
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Charting impact
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What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
PC Tots' goals are to 1) provide high-quality, affordable and safe child care for workforce families, 2) include children from the diverse socioeconomic and ethnic spectrum represented in the community, 3) focus on low-income families, and 4) through its programs, support the social equity initiative in Summit County.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
PC Tots' strategies include identifying families who need tuition subsidies and providing them with subsidized tuition, caring for and teaching these children to ensure they are prepared for kindergarten, and providing childcare for workforce families so they can earn a living wage and support local businesses in Summit County.
PC Tots' staff and board members work together to provide subsidized tuition and early childhood education to these families. At PC Tots, the teachers provide the direct high-quality childcare and early childhood education to our children; the directors ensure the centers are a safe environment for the children, they hire and train teachers, and they enroll new families in our centers--evaluating their income and circumstance to provide them with needed subsidies; the business manager is responsible for the finances and communications; and the executive director oversees the viability of the organization by procuring funds and supervising the finances and personnel. PC Tots' board members help with fundraising activities and finding donors to support the organization. In this way, PC Tots' key team members work together to provide stable and successful childcare centers that can serve Summit County's low-income workforce by subsidizing tuition.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
PC Tots has been able to raise $250,000 per year since its establishment in 2015. These funds have been procured through grants from local and national foundations, government agencies, corporations, and individuals. Because of the critical need for affordable childcare in Summit County, the Park City Community Foundation, Park City Municipal Corporation, and Vail Corporation have all been incredible partners in supporting our mission. The board of directors and PC Tots staff has worked hard to create a high-quality childcare program that families want to enroll in and that organizations want to support.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
PC Tots' progress on our indicators is as follows: for four years, PC Tots has been successfully operating two subsidized, early learning centers for 114 children 11 hours a day, 5 days a week, every week of the year. Because we are a nonprofit corporation, we are able to offer tuition for more than $300/month less than that of market rate area daycares. Each year we have raised approximately $250,000 to offer subsidies to all families and deeper subsidies for low income families based upon need. We can measure our success by how many families we are able to provide deep subsidies to.
PC Tots knows we are filling a need in the community because we maintain a waiting list consistently numbering around 70 children. We also know that our educational programs are successful because developmental progress is measured by the ASQ-3 (Ages and Stages Questionnaire) which is administered twice a year and includes a parent-teacher conference for each child. These evaluations begin with infants and follow their progress until they enter kindergarten. The post tests for children going on to kindergarten are administered at the end of the summer before they start school. This year, we are implementing administration of the PEEP evaluation (Preschool Entry and Exit Profile) as well. The kindergarten readiness post tests last August (2019) demonstrated our children scored an average of 93% attainment of kindergarten readiness skill.
PC Tots' centers are inspected regularly by the state Childcare Licensing and must pass rigorous requirements regarding health and safety standards and practices as well as requirements for staff qualifications and procedures. Both of our centers have passed every announced and unannounced State of Utah Child Licensing inspection since opening.
PC Tots has operated with consistently sound financial practices and has completed independent audits by Bountiful Peak Advisors every year it has been open with no negative findings. PC Tots has been progressing towards its goals and consistently accomplishing its mission since its incorporation in 2015.
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Park City Tots
Board of directorsas of 01/26/2024
Deb Danson
Mary Leader
Summit Sotheby's
Deb Danson
Social Impact Film Investor
Tony Tyler
Columbus Pacific Development
Lauren King
Guardsman Capital Partners
Courtney Benson
Oasis for Girls
Colby Dailey
Multiplier Advisors
Patty Garcia
People's Health Clinic
Jim Gilligan
The Saramco Foundation
Christine Splichal
Entrepenueur
Sam Mueller
Park City Community Foundation
Steve Sivak
Innovate Wealth
Anne Sinnott
Entrepeneur
Sara Werbelow
Associate Broker
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
Organizational demographics
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Equity strategies
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- We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
- We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
- We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
- We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
- We disaggregate data by demographics, including race, in every policy and program measured.
- We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
- We use a vetting process to identify vendors and partners that share our commitment to race equity.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
- We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.