Sanford Health opens expanded child development center for employees

FARGO — Sanford Health is making room for more of its employees' children. On Thursday, Oct. 29, it celebrated its new Child Development Center with a ribbon-cutting on Amber Valley Parkway in south Fargo. Center Manager Cindy Bernstein says the former downtown building needed extensive work and couldn t accommodate the amount of care they wanted to offer. At the new location, she expects the program to serve about 145 families, compared with 45 at the previous center. Care is available only to Sanford employees, with weekday hours of 6:30 a.m. until 6 p.m. Bernstein says the move also creates more space for some of their youngest children. "So by doing this switch, we were able to expand our infant room by double, and we're able to expand our toddler room, which is 18 months to 3 to triple that program," said Bernstein. While the center doesn t offer before- or after-school care, it does provide care during summer break, days off from school and