About Harbor Child Care

Harbor Child Care began in 1973 by our founder Jill Rooney as a day care center with eight children in a home in Sea Cliff.

Recognizing the need for safe and reliable child care for numerous families throughout Long Island, that home grew to six centers across Nassau County. We are now one of the largest not-for-profit organizations dedicated to full-day child care, early childhood, and school-age education on Long Island. We have grown from our original eight children to approximately serving 1,000 children Monday through Friday year-round in our five centers. We believe over 20,000 children have benefitted from an enriched educational environment and loving and skilled teachers.

Our most recent center in Roslyn opened in 2024. This location partners with the Garden City school district to provide universal pre-k starting at seven. We have expanded our scope beyond early childhood education to include school-age education through our before and after-school programming.