Child Care Council, Inc. is a member of NACCRRA. NACCRRA, the National Association of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies, is our nation’s leading voice for child care. They work with more than 700 state and local Child Care Resource and Referral agencies nationwide. These agencies help ensure that families in 99 percent of all populated ZIP codes in the United States have access to high-quality, affordable child care. To achieve their mission, they lead projects that increase the quality and availability of child care professionals, undertake research, and advocate child care policies that positively impact the lives of children and families.
Since 1987, NACCRRA has been working to improve the system of early learning for children by:
- Providing training, resources and best practices standards to local and state CCR&Rs that support high quality, accountable services.
- Promoting national policies and partnerships that facilitate universal access to high quality child care.
- Collecting, analyzing, and reporting current child care data and research, including childcare supply and demand trends.
- Offering child care and parenting information and resources to families and connecting families to local CCR&R services.
Today, nearly 12 million children under age 5 are in some type of child care arrangement every week while their parents are at work. On average, children of working mothers spend 36 hours every week in child care.
Too often, child care is hard to find, difficult to afford, and of questionable quality. Check out NACCRRA’s key legislation and background issues for information about child care and related legislation before Congress.
To find out more, visit NACCRRA’s Action Center.
NY State & Local Initiatives
Now available: The 2012 Early Care & Learning Council Public Policy Agenda In Brief and Details! Click Here.
For public policy activities, events, and reports in NY, visit the NYS Early Care and Learning Council.
For the latest NYS Economic Impact of Child Care Study & Report, click here.
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