CHILD CARE AWARE OF NWA
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A resource center for families and child care providers that refers families to child care facilities in 17 counties, teaches parenting workshops, provides professional development for providers, and has a home visiting program.
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Child Care Aware of NWA is a non-profit organization that provides child care referrals in 17 counties in Northwest Arkansas, the River Valley, and Southcentral Arkansas. Other services include parenting classes, child care provider education, training, and professional development opportunities. We also host the Healthy Families America Home Visiting Program. All services are free to you and the community.
Our History:
The Northwest Arkansas Child Care Resource and Referral Center began operation in August 1994 with the initial funding provided by the Levi Strauss Child Care grant funds. We received our non-profit 501-c3 designation in April 1996. Currently, we receive our primary funding from the Division of Child Care and Early Childhood to assist our agency to provide training and technical support to child care providers. Our mission statement is to improve the quality of child care through professional development: to connect families to childcare and other parent education opportunities and to advocate for the safety and nurturing the development of all children. In 2012 the Division of Child Care and Early Childhood requested all Resource and Referral Centers funded by the Division to operate as a Child Care Aware regionally defined to assist in covering all counties statewide.
We have a 20-year history of assisting parents in their search for child care. We work with child care providers to increase child care capacity and to improve quality. We encourage child care providers to become Better Beginnings accredited and our agency provides professional development training and technical support to assist our providers in becoming certified. Currently, we offer parenting classes 3-4 times per week in English and Spanish.