The Child Development Bureau maintains contracts with a variety of agencies to provide resource and referral (R&R) services for child care in the agency's community.  Parents use these agencies to obtain lists of child care providers who ask to have their names made available to families seeking child care.  All types of child care for all ages of children are represented including accredited licensed child care, licensed center based care, licensed family homes and license-exempt family homes. 

The Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies

For Families: assist families in locating related information and finding the best care for their children. 

For Providers: assist child care providers with an array of services including but not limited to:

• Becoming a licensed child care provider;
• Attaining accreditation; and
• Offering free on-going training/educational courses.