WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – The Dunham Children’s Learning Center at Pennsylvania College of Technology received a $6,000 Keystone Stars Continuous Quality Improvement grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services through STEP Inc.

Keystone Stars is an initiative of the Pennsylvania Office of Child Development and Early Learning to improve, support and recognize the quality of Pennsylvania’s early learning and school-age programs. The Children’s Learning Center at Penn College holds a four-star rating, the highest available through Keystone Stars.

Providing financial awards to Keystone Star 2, 3 and 4 providers is one strategy implemented by OCDEL to improve early learning outcomes. Keystone Stars Continuous Quality Improvement grants are awarded using money from the federal Child Care Development Fund.

The Children’s Learning Center serves Penn College students and employees whose children need high-quality, on-campus care and education while their parents work or attend classes. It is accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children. To learn more, call 570-320-8026 or visit www.pct.edu/childcare.

For information about Penn College, a national leader in applied technology education, visit www.pct.edu, email admissions@pct.edu or call toll-free 800-367-9222.