Reagan Building’s day care center offers range of services to feds
A snapshot of Triangle Tots, one of 28 child care facilities in the Washington area that GSA oversees.
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| USAID employee Daniel Stoll enjoys a quiet moment with his 4-year-old son, Ethan, at Triangle Tots. |
Triangle Tots, run by the for-profit organization Bright Horizons, is a day care facility in Washington's Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center. Dan Stoll, a human resources official at the U.S. Agency for International Development, has two children enrolled in the center, and calls the program's dedication to the well-being of its young charges one of its strongest selling points. The center includes rooms for infants, toddlers and kindergarten-aged children; round-the-clock security provided by the Federal Protective Service; a nursing room for mothers; and classes based on the Creative Curriculum program, which emphasizes concrete learning experiences.
The General Services Administration oversees roughly half of all government-maintained centers, including Triangle Tots. Here's a rundown of the center:
- $13,208: Average annual cost per child for federal employees
- $13,884: Average annual cost per child for nonfederal employees
- 1998: Year the facility opened
- 114: Number of children currently enrolled
- 3.4: Number of nonfederal employee children enrolled
- 95: Number of families enrolled
- 937: Number of families on the waiting list
- 2: Number of outdoor playgrounds
- 6 weeks to 6 years: Ages of children enrolled