Community Connections
High-quality child care does more than benefit children; it can create positive results for entire familes and for society as a whole.
Child Care Resource and Referral (CCR&R) is unique in the early learning and schoolage care system because we provide direct services to families and caregivers. For families, we offer customized referrals to child care and other resources. For caregivers, we offer training and technical assistance on how to provide quality care. CCR&R plays a key role in local community coalitions and we are part of statewide and national networks that partner to develop policies and resources to benefit the early learning field. We work toward quality care settings for all young children so they can succeed in school and in life. 
Collaboration
By reaching out to a large number of stakeholders, from business leaders to law enforcement to organized labor and public school teachers, the Resource and Referral field helps make child care an issue that entire communities care about.
Resource and Referral organizations also collaborate with other family support services to promote a holistic vision of child care that includes health, early literacy, mental health and special needs.
Advocacy
The pressures of daily life often keep working families out of the decision-making process. By providing information and resources, by documenting community child care needs, and by creating new ways to meet those needs, Resource and Referral services bring the voices of children, familes and child care providers to policy debates.
