About Us

Hart with a Heart Childcare is Ohio’s go-to education, child care, daycare, preschool, and out-of-school time resource and referral agency.

Serving families, youth, professionals, and the community since 1990.

Our Mission


Hart with a Heart Childcare prepares children and youth for a lifetime of success by building the capacity of professionals to provide high-quality care and education, connecting families to those services, and advocating for systems change.

Our Vision


Our vision is that children and youth are prepared for success in education and beyond.

Our Values


An organization’s core values shape culture and identity, provide clarity to the foundational mission and vision, and serve as a road-map for day-to-day decisions, actions, and behaviors.

Hart with a Heart Childcare’s Core Values

  • Passionate. We are passionate and dedicated to our work, and the
    families, professionals, and organizations we serve.

  • Collaborative. We prioritize working collaboratively within the
    organization and with partners. We are stronger together.

  • Excellence. We take pride in the work we do and are experts in
    our field.

  • Visionary. We are innovators in our field and our work transforms
    the lives of families and children.

Hart with a Heart Childcare works to expand and enhance high quality early childhood and school-age programs and to provide the guidance, support, information, and services families, youth, professionals, and organizations need to assure quality early childhood and out-of-school experiences.

We want to hear from you.

Thank you for your interest in Hart with a Heart Childcare. Please fill out the form below and someone will be in touch soon. Our team is here to support you. Hart with a Heart Childcare serves four counties in Ohio: Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga and Lake Counties. For information outside our service area, you can find your local child care resource and referral agency here: https://occrra.org/