Buena Vista Children's Services - Discovery Connections Afterschool Program
Clarkdale Discovery Connections Afterschool Program, 989 S Main St A, Cottonwood, AZ 86326
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Buena Vista Children's Services - Discovery Connections Afterschool Program uses a Discovery Connection curriculum that includes time for homework, activities, and dramatic play. The program allows children to spend part of their afternoon on homework and then take part in other planned activities and dramatic play.
Buena Vista Children’s Services was established in May of 1997 as a sole proprietorship. Its mission is to be a community-based, grassroots, nonprofit organization that designs, develops, and implements model programs for children, parents, and educators, with programs that address child abuse prevention, resource, and referral. The organization has received a 21st Century Community Learning Center grant through the Arizona Department of Education and an HRSS Grant from the Arizona Department of Economic Security to recruit, study, and certify child care home providers in Navajo and Apache Counties, and the City Council of Cottonwood awarded a proclamation to honor its 20th anniversary. Community involvement has included collaboration with the Clarkdale/Jerome School District to open Clarkdale Discovery Connection, an agreement with Yavapai College for nursing students to observe and participate in Early Childhood Education classrooms at Bright Futures and Clarkdale Discovery, and a contract with Community Counts to provide free parenting education classes throughout the Verde Valley and Sedona through a grant awarded by First Things First. BVCS has also partnered with Yavapai College to host the Arizona On The Move Early Childhood Education Conference for 20 years, and Bright Futures is its first corporate-sponsored child care in collaboration with Verde Valley Medical Center, offering exclusive child care for VVMC employees.
Last updated January 16, 2026.
Buena Vista Children’s Services was established in May of 1997 as a sole proprietorship. Its mission is to be a community-based, grassroots, nonprofit organization that designs, develops, and implements model programs for children, parents, and educators, with programs that address child abuse prevention, resource, and referral. The organization has received a 21st Century Community Learning Center grant through the Arizona Department of Education and an HRSS Grant from the Arizona Department of Economic Security to recruit, study, and certify child care home providers in Navajo and Apache Counties, and the City Council of Cottonwood awarded a proclamation to honor its 20th anniversary. Community involvement has included collaboration with the Clarkdale/Jerome School District to open Clarkdale Discovery Connection, an agreement with Yavapai College for nursing students to observe and participate in Early Childhood Education classrooms at Bright Futures and Clarkdale Discovery, and a contract with Community Counts to provide free parenting education classes throughout the Verde Valley and Sedona through a grant awarded by First Things First. BVCS has also partnered with Yavapai College to host the Arizona On The Move Early Childhood Education Conference for 20 years, and Bright Futures is its first corporate-sponsored child care in collaboration with Verde Valley Medical Center, offering exclusive child care for VVMC employees.
Last updated January 16, 2026.
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