Quality New York (QNY) is a comprehensive initiative to encourage New York City early care and education center-based programs to undertake continuous quality improvement. We use the Accreditation System of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) as a tool in this process. QNY is a registered Accreditation Facilitation Project with NAEYC and has worked with over 150 NYC programs.
To achieve NAEYC accreditation, programs engage in an intensive self-study and quality improvement process guided by NAEYC's national standards for early childhood practices. A Quality Advisor, an expert in early childhood education and the accreditation process, offers centers and their staff extensive technical assistance and guides them through the process that is necessary to obtain accreditation.
Quality New York chose the NAEYC accreditation process, because it:
Provides a consistent process for building quality early care and education experiences for children;
Is research based;
Represents a good investment in early childhood education;
Is supported by a professional organization, NAEYC, with a 20 year history in accrediting programs;
Assures parents and the community that they have made the right choice for young children and families.
QNY is a collaboration between CCI, Bank Street College of Education, and the Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies. Quality New York is a lead initiative of the United Way of New York City's Early Education Action Area.
For more information about QNY and how to become an accredited early childhood center-based program, please contact us at 212.929.7604 or visit the QNY website.
To apply for the QNY program, please download the QNY Application.
