Children's Harbor Portsmouth

We are a non-profit agency that has been in operation since 1911. We operate five (5) early childcare centers in Norfolk, Chesapeake, Portsmouth, Suffolk and the Eastern Shore. We also run a highly impactful community training department, distribute emergency tuition assistance funds, and support family day homes through the CACFP program. We have a staff size of approximately 100, including 15 corporate staff members.

VISION

Advocating for access to quality early care and education for all children.

MISSION

By providing places and programs, Children’s Harbor is the model for comprehensive services for children.

Children's Harbor provides quality, developmentally appropriate early care/education in four centers, year-round for children ages 6 weeks to 12 years. We provide places and programs for children across Southampton Roads. Our primary focus is offering quality early childhood education for families with young children. Our agency also hosts a Community Training and Professional Development department serving ECE programs all over SHR. The full-service training department is unique to the area and has been developing and facilitating professional development opportunities to SHR's ECE providers since 1974. The same department administers an emergency tuition assistance program for families in crisis. Additionally, we operate the USDA Child/Adult Care Food Program for Family Day Homes across SHR. The agency has been in operation since 1911 and has become a hub in the ECE industry for quality early care resources, support and services.