Children's Institute

Children’s Institute knows that children’s social emotional health is greatly impacted by times of anxiety and the recent news about COVID-19. Visit our resources page on how to share information such as this with young children as well as other useful topics to help children and their families navigate through the current situation.

PLEASE NOTE: The Children's Institute office at 274 North Goodman Street is now closed, however, all employees are working from home. You can reach any of our staff by calling 585-295-1000, and adding the extension, or through email.

Message from Ann Marie White, Ed.D., Executive Director

Are you looking for a learning and networking opportunity in the central New York region? Save the date for our Whole Child Connection Conference, taking place in Fairport, NY, on October 22-23, 2020.

Conference details

Learn more about how Children’s Institute is working with the Diocese of Rochester schools to implement social emotional learning.

Read the Catholic Courier article

“Investing in our children means Investing in the future of our community” said Congressman Joe Morelle as he announced $1.5 million in funding to the All Kids Thrive program that will expand Children’s Institute’s GROW-Rochester program to provide health, development, and behavior screenings for children ages 12 months to 5-years.

Press release
WXXI news
13WHAM coverage

To learn more about GROW and how it will impact our community, please take a moment and watch our new video.

Children’s Institute’s GROW program is breaking new ground by screening all three-year-old children in the city of Rochester to address potential health and developmental concerns prior to enrolling in Kindergarten. Learn more and view a GROW video that shows the program in action and the importance of screening young children.

2020 community screenings

2018-2019 annual report article