State of Indiana Gives Parents More Ways to Locate and Recognize High Quality Child Care

Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Mindy Bennett at Child Care Answers
Phone: 317-636-5727 x 224
Date/Time: September 28, 2010

Paths to QUALITY™, Indiana’s voluntary quality rating and improvement system for child care programs will launch a sign campaign on October 5th designed to provide families with a new tool for recognizing high quality child care.

Child Care Answers will be hosting a Press Conference, with ten other simultaneous press conferences throughout the state on October 5th, 2010 at 10:00 am EST. The local press conference will be held at United Way of Central Indiana Conference Room D: 3901 N. Meridian Street, Indianapolis IN 46208. Exciting news will be announced by Mindy Bennett, Director of Programs and Carrie Ryland owner and operator of Better Beginnings.

Mindy Bennett of Child Care Answers states, “The signs and banners will be revealed at eligible child care programs as part of a single-day, statewide effort. We recognize how essential high quality child care is to our community. Research shows that high quality early learning experiences prepare children for future success in school, work and life. Paths to QUALITY™ is a free resource for families to use when choosing child care. The signs will immediately identify providers enrolled in Paths to QUALITY™ that provide high quality child care.”

According to Melanie Brizzi, Child Care Administrator for the Indiana Bureau of Child Care, “Over 1,900 child care programs have demonstrated their commitment to quality child care by participating in Paths to QUALITY™. The signs are a great way to recognize the efforts of programs rated at Levels 2, 3, or 4 and to tell others that these child care programs are working to give children the rich environments they deserve.”

Learn more about Paths to QUALITY™ and other child care resources in our community by contacting Child Care Answers at 317-631-4643 or www.childcareanswers.com.

To access a free, online search for a Paths to QUALITY ™ child care program, visit childcareindiana.org.
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