| Child
Care Resource and Referral
(R&R) agencies like
CCRC ensure that families of
all incomes have access to
quality, affordable child
care and strengthen the
capacity and quality of
the child care system.
Specifically, R&Rs: |
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Connect
families with quality licensed child care in their
community by providing consumer education, counseling,
referrals to local licensed child care programs
and information on subsidy programs. |
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Strengthen
the field of child care by providing recruitment,
training and technical assistance to child care providers. |
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Administer
the state's voucher child care program including outreach
and counseling to eligible parents, recruitment of
providers to the voucher system, and management of
the voucher waitlist. |
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Collect
and share child care data for community planning purposes
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Some
R&Rs, including CCRC:
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Assist
employers in developing
work/family benefits
packages, and support
employees
with information,
referrals,
workshops and other
services that can help
them to balance work and
family life.
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Provide
information,
advocacy, and advocacy
training so that families, child
care professionals and
others can make their
voices heard within the
child care system.
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