The primary goal of childcare services and facilities in New Canaan is to provide a safe environment for care and learning. These facilities are mostly meant for children aged between six weeks to twelve years. The commitment is to protect and serve children in settings outside their homes. They provide the basic health and safety requirements for all children in their care. Low-income, special needs, abused and neglected children, fragile adolescents are given personalized attention besides a healthy growth environment that ensure structured and wholesome development in children. The basic requirements, however, are that parents must be working and the gross family income per month must be at or below the income limit for the family size.