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Overview

Kids Comprehensive Services (KCS), LLC, was recently awarded the Child Care Resource and Referral (CCR&R) grant through the Office of the State Superintendent of Education’s (OSSE) Division of Early Learning. The purpose of the CCR&R system is to create an integrated and effective system of supports and services for families and child care providers in the District of Columbia. The CCR&R system provides responsive services and evidence-based supports that promote high-quality early care and education in DC. These services and supports include, but are not limited to:

  • Connecting families with early care and education opportunities including
    educational and financial resources
  • Connecting early childhood education professionals to an array of professional development
    opportunities including professional memberships and continuing education
  • Providing technical assistance, consultation and coaching to administrators within early childhood education facilities
  • Providing access to a resource-rich CCR&R lending library that allows families and early childhood educators to borrow quality literature and books, digital resources, and
    curriculum resources in person and online; and
  • Creating and maintaining collaborative relationships with agencies within the District government.

 

FAQs

What is the CCR&R?

All fifty states currently have at least one Child Care Resource and Referral program. The purpose of the CCR&R system is to create an integrated and effective system of supports and services for families and child care providers in the District of Columbia. The DC CCR&R services include:

  • Helping connect families with early care and education opportunities, including information on how to access educational and financial resources, understand quality child care and the importance of quality in promoting positive child development, and other supports needed by families seeking child care assistance;
  • Connecting early care and education providers to professional development that adhere to the mission and priorities of the Division of Early Learning and provide information to respond to local and federal regulatory requirements to support the early childhood workforce;
  • Providing technical assistance, consultation and coaching to child development facilities on how to provide inclusive child care settings and meet the needs of children with disabilities and special health needs
  • Providing and maintaining access to a resource –rich CCR&R lending library that allows families and early childhood educators access to quality literature and books, digital resources and curriculum; and
  • Creating and maintaining collaborative relationships with other agencies within the District.

 

 

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