For Families and Parents
BCCCRC provides information and services for families.
LOCATE: Child Care is a resource and referral service that:
- Helps parents identify and choose child care best suited to their needs, preferences, and ability to pay;
- Offers parents information on all regulated center-based care facilities, kindergartens, family child care, schools, kindergartens, and Head Start programs in their neighborhood or near their work place;
- Documents the need for child care, cost of care, extent of services available and other pertinent data based on information it receives from child care providers and parents;
- Reports its findings to legislators, policy-makers, advocates, child care professionals and the general public.
Guide to Choosing Child Care. Choosing child care is a difficult task and one that only you, the parent, can do. But with care, you can select an arrangement that will add positive experiences to your child's life. This guide is designed to help you collect the information you need to make a well-informed choice about care for your child.
Policies regarding illnesses and attendance in child care centers.