Provider Resources

With over 2,900 calls from parents seeking child care the resource and referral staff helped find care for 4,152 children last year. Resource and Referral staff fielded 6,380 technical assistance calls from both providers and parents. We are told by providers that our lines provide them with the bulk of their clients. We are also there to support child care providers with help with everything from child development to rates.

 

In order to provide the most up-to-date information to parents, we request you complete a provider survey once a year. You can either complete the survey online or click here to download a PDF copy to return to CCAC via the mail.

Enhanced referrals for military parents needing quality child care. Providing parents with available child care slots, verifying registration fees, prices and other pertinent information families may be requesting. Be sure your provider profile is updated--this is vital to the searches we provide all families!

STARS and CDA classes are offered throughout the community to support child care providers in their education requirements. These are offered in the 11 STARS areas and 8 CDA areas and cost $10 per hour. They can be from 2 hour workshops to all day trainings. For a list of classes & online registration, click here.

Army Child Care in Your Neighborhood (ACCYN) Project was designed to create much needed quality child care for Army families living off-base. This project is the result of a partnership between the United States Army, National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies and CCAC.
Army-affiliated child care centers and family child care homes will receive free training, technical assistance and incentives throughout the program, to help achieve national accreditation and/or a Child Development Associate credential. Army families pay reduced fees, comparable to those charged
on-post. Through the NACCRRA Fee Assistance program, ACCYN providers will be paid the difference between families’ fee and their fee.

For more information, contact Marge Johnson at 360.786.8907 x 112, 360.480.8055 or marge@ccacwa.org.

Professional Consultant will come to you with support on such questions as program administration, child guidance, including children with special needs, lesson planning and curriculum (including kits). For more information, contact Sheryl at 360.786.8907 x104 or sheryl@ccacwa.org

CCAC Trainer comes to your center to offer STARS classes designed for your staff. Call to request a topic from our training calendars or to discuss other potential topics. These are designed to meet the needs of your center. The cost of the 1st hour is $85 with subsequent hours based on enrollment. For more information, contact Sheryl at 360.786.8907 x104 or sheryl@ccacwa.org

Consultation in your home or center to promote children’s social/emotional skills. Click here for more information about this program.

Welcoming children with disabilities into child care settings, includes monthly Cohort meetings and STARS trainings as well as consultation on providing care for children with special needs.

The Raising A Reader mission is a simple one addressing a national need for effective pre-literacy programs. One in three children entering kindergarten lacks basic pre-reading skills, and almost half of low-income children are read to less than three times a week. As a result, many of these children never develop strong reading skills, a key factor in determining high-school graduation and life-long success.

Safe Kids exists to eliminate accidental childhood injury and death. Safe Kids is a network of community partners dedicated to preventing accidental injury to children ages 14 and under. Through this program, Child Care Action Council provides wheeled sport safety information and low cost helmets; child passenger safety information and reduced price car seats (income qualification required); water safety information and low cost life jackets and more.

Local
Parent to Parent
South Sound Association for the Education of Young Children
Thurston County Family Child Care Association

United Way of Grays Harbor & Pacific Counties
United Way of Lewis County

United Way of Mason County

United Way of Thurston County

 

State
ARC of Washington
Department of Early Learning (DEL)
DEL Webpage for Providers
Division of Developmental Disabilities
State Training And Registry System (STARS)
Washington Association for the Education of Young Children
Washington Council for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect

Washington State 211
Washington State Child Care Information System
Washington State Family Child Care Association
Washington State Child Care Resource and Referral Network

Washington State Laws for Family Child Care Providers

Washington State Laws for Child Care Centers

 

National
Birth to Three
National Association of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies
National Association for the Education of Young Children
Teaching Young Children
Punky's Child Care Organization
Child Care Aware

Cuidado de niños enterado en español
National Family Child Care Association
Council for Professional Recognition (CDA Council)
National Association of Child Care Professionals

 

Publications
Child Care Action Council Newsletter

Child Care Action Council Annual Report

Child Care Quality Indicators

Child Tax Credit Information

Baby Tips e-book from 4ParentsNetwork.com

Child Care Subsidies

Choosing Childcare

Family Child Care Home Licensing Basics

Guide to the Early Learning and Development Benchmarks

Healthy Childcare
ParentMap Magazine