Hanson Family Life Center is a non-profit child care center providing affordable quality child care for children ages 6 weeks through 12 years old for Forest City and surrounding communities.

Description:
The purpose of Hanson Family Life Center is to provide a quality Christian, community-based child care center that encourages, affirms and nurtures children, youth, families and individuals in all aspects of life. To provide an excellent work environment for all staff where individual gifts, knowledge, creativity, experience and efforts are encouraged, developed and affirmed. To respond to human self-worth needs of children, youth and adults by providing quality programs which will augment existing home-based child care sites. To partnership with employers in the community who desire quality care and education for their employees' families. To secure grants, financial aid and community support to assist with on-going costs for facility, staffing and programming. To encourage, affirm and nurture an attitude that we are a servant of the community to reach out with God's love, words and actions to all people.

History:
Hanson Family Life Center opened its doors as a licensed daycare center on August 4, 1997. We have served hundreds of families providing care from 5:30am - 6:00pm, Monday -Friday, as well as before and after school care and 3 and 4 year old preschool. Hanson Family Life Center is governed by a Board of Directors comprised of parents and community members who meet each month.

Contact people:

Lori Damman, Executive Director, (phone), (email) Lindsay Langfald, Assistant Director, (phone), (email) Jennifer Conrad, Program Director, (phone), (email)

Office fax number: (641) 585-5224

Address:

306 S. 6th Street Forest City, IA 50436 (See a map)

Web Site: None specified