Mission Statement
Vision Statement
Goals
What is Child Care Resource and Referral?
Who Should Use CCR&R?
Why Does Child Care Matter?
Services Offered

Mission Statement

CCR&R will support and strengthen families and care givers by building a long lasting foundation through education, information, referrals, and shared opportunities.

Vision Statement

CCR&R vision is to exercise leadership in building a diverse, high quality child care system and provide parents access to child care options and consumer education to recognize “indicators of quality child care.

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Goals

Children and Families

To assist families in identifying and locating high-quality child care that is affordable, accessible, and available.
To provide counseling and consumer education materials to families on quality child care.
To provide trainings on parenting skills and quality child care.

Child Care Professionals

To provide technical assistance, support, resources, and training for child care professionals so that they are able to offer high quality child care.
To offer new child care professionals information and technical assistance in setting up their child care businesses.
To continue advocating on child care issues.

Community

To serve as a clearinghouse for child care issues.
To coordinate information and data for the businesses in Duplin County: children and their families, child care professionals, employers, and direct serviceproviders.
To advocate quality child care and children’s issues at the local, state, and national level.

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What is Child Care Resource and Referral?

Child Care Resource and Referral is a community-based service that provides an effective child care delivery system that offers a decentralized, personal approach to child care information and assistance while also acting as a central link among the many diverse parts of the child care system. CCR&R is a link between licensed child care facilities, families seeking child care, and employers and community
planners who address child care needs.

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Who Should Use CCR&R?

Individuals needing child care
Current child care providers
Prospective child care providers
Businesses concerned about child care issuesfor their employees
Community organizations

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Why Does Child Care Matter?

One in ten workers has a child under age six. Families using licensed child care have a combined income of $6.2 billion. Projections indicate a growth in demand for high-skilled professional employees. To fill these jobs, current labor force participants, including dislocated workers, must be able to retain and
update their skills. Parents wanting to enter community college cite the lack of affordable, accessible quality child care as one of their largest barriers to entry. Parents in low-wage occupations need
child care supports to ensure that they can continue working. Average child care costs for an infant and 3 years old are more than half the state median income for single mother households.

The Economic Impact of the Child Care
Industry: Executive Summary- June 2004

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Services Offered

Providers

Referrals
Resource library
Training and technical assistance
Individual consultation
Recruitment of and assistance to new child care professionals
Advocacy for child care issues
Grants
Newsletter

Parents

Counseling and consumer education materials
Referrals (not recommendations) to arrange of child care options
Parenting workshops
Resource library
Newsletters

Community

Public Awareness
Current data on child care needs and services
Resource library
Technical assistance to businessand industry regarding family issues

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	CCR&R Brochure
	Mission Statement Vision Statement Goals What is Child Care Resource and Referral? Who Should Use CCR&R? Why Does Child Care Matter? Services Offered Mission Statement CCR&R will support and strengthen families and care givers by building a long lasting foundation through education, information, referrals, and shared opportunities. >> back to top of page Vision Statement CCR&R vision is to exercise leadership in building a diverse, high quality child care system and provide parents access to child care options and consumer education to recognize “indicators of quality child care. >> back to top of page Goals Children and Families To assist families in identifying and locating high-quality child care that is affordable, accessible, and available. To provide counseling and consumer education materials to families on quality child care. To provide trainings on parenting skills and quality child care. Child Care Professionals To provide technical assistance, support, resources, and training for child care professionals so that they are able to offer high quality child care. To offer new child care professionals information and technical assistance in setting up their child care businesses. To continue advocating on child care issues. Community To serve as a clearinghouse for child care issues. To coordinate information and data for the businesses in Duplin County: children and their families, child care professionals, employers, and direct serviceproviders. To advocate quality child care and children’s issues at the local, state, and national level. >> back to top of page What is Child Care Resource and Referral? Child Care Resource and Referral is a community-based service that provides an effective child care delivery system that offers a decentralized, personal approach to child care information and assistance while also acting as a central link among the many diverse parts of the child care system. CCR&R is a link between licensed child care facilities, families seeking child care, and employers and community planners who address child care needs. >> back to top of page Who Should Use CCR&R? Individuals needing child care Current child care providers Prospective child care providers Businesses concerned about child care issuesfor their employees Community organizations >> back to top of page Why Does Child Care Matter? One in ten workers has a child under age six. Families using licensed child care have a combined income of $6.2 billion. Projections indicate a growth in demand for high-skilled professional employees. To fill these jobs, current labor force participants, including dislocated workers, must be able to retain and update their skills. Parents wanting to enter community college cite the lack of affordable, accessible quality child care as one of their largest barriers to entry. Parents in low-wage occupations need child care supports to ensure that they can continue working. Average child care costs for an infant and 3 years old are more than half the state median income for single mother households. The Economic Impact of the Child Care Industry: Executive Summary- June 2004 >> back to top of page Services Offered Providers Referrals Resource library Training and technical assistance Individual consultation Recruitment of and assistance to new child care professionals Advocacy for child care issues Grants Newsletter Parents Counseling and consumer education materials Referrals (not recommendations) to arrange of child care options Parenting workshops Resource library Newsletters Community Public Awareness Current data on child care needs and services Resource library Technical assistance to businessand industry regarding family issues >> back to top of page

CCR&R Brochure