About 4C

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Our Mission

"To empower the community to provide for its future through developing, coordinating and strengthening programs that care for children."

Historical Overview

4C, a private, non-profit, 501(c)(3) corporation, was organized in 1969 as a committee of the Community Services Council by the Orange County Government and United Way. In 1973, 4C was chartered as a separate organization.

4C operates under a Board of Directors made up of community volunteers who establish corporate policy and provide direction for the agency. The board employs a President and a staff consisting of Administration (including the offices of the President, Accounting and Development), Departments of Family Resources, Child Care Resource Development, Early Childhood Education, and Head Start.

4C Premise

The 4C organization operates upon these basic premises:

The child is the responsibility of the parents. Though the community has an interest in the development and education of each of its citizens, the small child is first the responsibility of its parents. It is they who must have the day-to-day relationship with the child; and in their absence due to employment, it is the parents who should make arrangements for the child's care, instructing the caretaker and providing input on a daily basis regarding the child's learning.

There are numerous child care facilities, private businesses both profit and non-profit, already providing good quality care at reasonable prices in Florida. More are opening every week and still more are seeking consultation regarding opening. If parents are enabled through 4C to pay the published rate at any child care center of their choice, many centers will compete to get the business.