Child Development Center

The Child Development Center of the First Baptist Church, which serves children six weeks old to five years old, is located at 1328 16th St NW, just three blocks from the Dupont Circle Metro station.

At the annual church meeting on May 19, 1982, the congregation of the First Baptist Church adopted a motion presented by Mrs. Elizabeth Turner, to establish The First Baptist Church Child Care Center as a ministry of the church. The Center was started with advice from George Washington University and the late church member Alvin West, who was an attorney

The Child Care Center opened on September 7, 1982. At the time, the Center was only one of three in the Washington area that cared for infants as young as six weeks. In 1989, First Baptist and the Child Care Center received national recognition when they were featured in an article in The New York Times acknowledging their pioneering work in providing year-long children's day care as a service to the urban community.

In 1999, the name was changed to the Child Development Center of the First Baptist Church.

For more information, call 202-387-2206, extension 236.