BlueSkies for Children is a private, nonprofit 501(c)3 program founded in 1983, committed to providing a high-quality support system to children and their families, ensuring the health of today's working families and society. BlueSkies for Children is the only NAEYC-accredited childcare center in Oakland. We are one of the most multicultural and diverse full-time childcare centers in the Bay Area, a model of excellence for the teachers studying early childhood education in the adult education program. Our mission is to practice and teach an optimal approach to education and care of young children based on the interrelated disciplines of human development. Such an approach sustains and supports today's children and families and provides a model educational center for caregivers and the community.