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Welcome
Child Care Connection,
Inc. is a child care resource &
referral agency. We are dedicated to providing
quality child care information. Child Care Connection works in
partnership with parents, child care providers, business leaders,
and community organizations to make quality care available to all
children and families in Langlade, Lincoln,
Marathon and
Taylor
Counties,
of Wisconsin.
Child Care Connection is a member of
NACCRRA
(National Association of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies),
and the
Supporting Families Together Association
(formerly known as Wisconsin Child Care Resource and Referral
Network)
Child Care Connection's
Mission
is to respond to needs and deliver services that improve and support
a quality child care system.
What is Child Care Resource &
Referral
Child Care Resource and Referral (CCR&R) agencies are
community based experts who make child care work by: developing
professionals who care for children; connecting families with child care
services; and collecting data that impacts communities.
CCR&Rs work to increase the child care supply in the
areas that may lack sufficient care, and offer technical assistance and
training to potential and existing child care programs. CCR&Rs are
heavily involved in community planning. They help communities, school
districts, employers, W-2 agencies, and develop solutions to complex
child care problems.
CCR&Rs are represented on statewide and local groups
that are involved in collaboration and planning to meet early education
and care needs of children and families.
CCR&R agencies manage a
discreet database of existing child care programs and providers, which
is updated continuously. Thousands of changes are made each year as
programs open and close or change their services. This allows CCR&Rs to
provide parents with the most up-to-date information possible, and track
information about family referrals, family demographics (including ages
of children), type of care requested (family or group settings,
licensed, certified or provisional) and specialized child care requests
(care for children with special needs, sick child care, and
transportation issues). CCR&Rs in Wisconsin refer equally to all regulated
child care programs (family child care and group child care centers) and
serve families and children from all income groups.
Child
Care Connection
Funding
Child Care Connection is funded by the Marathon,
Taylor, Langlade, and Merrill United Way
Agencies; government and corporate contracts; local grants and
foundations.
With limited funding,
and increasing demands for services, a donation would be greatly
appreciated. Please consider making a
tax-deductible donation to support quality child care in
Wisconsin. Complete
this form,
and return it with your donation; we will promptly mail you a receipt.
Thank you.
Child
Care Connection Board of Directors
2010 Board of Directors
Child Care Connection, Inc. Resource and Referral Agency
407 W. Main St Merrill, WI 54452
715-539-9779
or 800-848-5229 FAX: 715-539-9771
Email
Serving: Langlade, Lincoln, Marathon, and Taylor Counties
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