Capital Area Early Childhood Training Institute

The Capital Area Early Childhood Training Institute (CAECTI) is a community-based professional development and research organization of the School of Behavioral Sciences and Education at Penn State Harrisburg. The purpose of the Institute is to improve the quality of child care for young children by developing, providing, and coordinating a wide variety of professional development opportunities and early childhood services in the South Central Region of the Commonwealth.

Institute services include: Non-credit CDA programs, professional development workshop/series, and STARS technical assistance, as well as Early Childhood Mental Health Project services to Keystone STARS early learning programs in the South Central Region of Pennsylvania.