PARENTS:  Child care can be an economic and emotional dilemma for parents; they must work, and at the same time, they want to have their children cared for in a safe, healthy environment.  Northeast Colorado Child Care Resource and Referral can help parents by:

 

vHonoring the parent’s right to choose the best child care situation for their family

vMaintaining a regularly updated resource directory of legal child care services

vReferring parents to available child care options and helping them become quality-conscious and well-informed consumers

vHelping eligible families access information about the Colorado Child Care Assistance Plan to help them pay for child care.

 

CHILD CARE PROVIDERS:  It has been called the “toughest job you’ll ever love.”  Child care providers work hard in a job that will impact our youngest generation for a lifetime.  Northeast Colorado Child Care Resource and Referral can help providers by:

 

vHaving the Colorado Division of Child Care Services prelicensing packets available at a minimal cost

vHelping new providers set up licensed child care businesses

vHelping providers access Quality and Capacity Building Mini-Grants

vProviding training and technical assistance

vPublishing a quarterly newsletter with information about training opportunities

vSupporting all legal forms of child care.

 

EMPLOYERS:  Today’s employers recognize that child care and other family-friendly workplace programs and policies are the logical links to a productive workforce.  Northeast Colorado Child Care Resource and Referral can help employers by:

 

vProviding enhanced resource and referral services for employees of contracted companies

vProviding information about work/family issues, benefit options and current data

vAssistance in conducting needs assessments and designing benefit programs

vAssisting in the design of on-site child care centers

vOffering workplace parent education seminars.

 

COMMUNITIES:  When individual families are supported, entire communities can be revitalized with an improved quality of life.  Northeast Colorado Child Care Resource and Referral can help communities by:

 

vCollaborating with a variety of services and organizations that support children  and families

vDeveloping new child care resources to meet diverse needs within the  community

vIncreasing public awareness about child care and related family issues.

Who Can Use

Child Care Resource and Referral?

Child Care Is Everybody’s Issue