New Website for Prospective Child Care Providers

Child Care Aware® has a long history of connecting parents to Child Care Resource and Referral agencies (CCR&Rs) for help with finding quality child care. Check out the new Web site, we will also connect prospective child care providers to their local CCR&Rs for support as they consider starting a child care business.

The new Web site for prospective child care providers includes information and resources needed to begin a career in child care and directs them to their local CCR&Rs for support and guidance. The new site, hosted on NACCRRA's Child Care Aware® Web site at http://getstarted.childcareaware.org/, includes information on how to:

*Contact and make the most of the services offered by their local CCR&R
*Develop a business plan
*Prepare a budget
*Effectively manage a child care program
*Become familiar with state child care licensing requirements
*Professionally market a child care program – (Also coming soon... a brochure filled with simple marketing tips providers can use to sustain their businesses)
*And more!