Profile: Child Care Resource and Referral (Phoenix)

Child Care Resource and Referral (CCR&R) is a statewide program that provides FREE assistance to families, child care providers, and the community.

For families, we provide FREE:

•Information about your child care choices including a checklist to help identify quality child care settings
 
•Child care referrals (telephone and Internet), a customized search to find child care that meets your families needs from our database of 1,300 child care centers and 1,200 family care providers. We can search child care based on location (near your home or work), by the hours that care is needed, special needs of your children, and special services offered by the child care provider.
 
•Workshops and community trainings
 

For Child Care Programs, we offer FREE:

•Listing with CCR&R. We have over 1,300 child care centers and over 1,200 family child care providers listed in our database
 
•Referrals to your business/program
 
•Help with business, child care, and regulatory questions
 
•A quarterly CCR&R Training Schedule and Newsletter which includes a comprehensive list of free trainings and workshops

For the Community, we offer:

•Information about free classes and community training
 
•Statistical information regarding the supply and demand for child care

REFERRALS TO CHILD CARE
1. FREE Customized Referrals – Let us do the work
Our most complete service is offered if you call or visit one of our local offices in Arizona. Our friendly staff will take ten to fifteen minutes to gather information on your child care needs. Then, they will offer referrals that meet your needs. Advantages of the customized service include:

Detailed printouts for each referral are mailed to you.
•Vacancy checking — you may request that we call individual child care providers to check for vacancies for your exact needs.
•We can search specific criteria that are not available using the on-line method. For example, if you have a child with allergies or need a child care facility open on holidays, etc. we will search based on those criteria.
•We can answer questions you may have about child care in your community.
•Will send you a checklist to use when visiting child care centers and family child care homes that list indicators of a quality child care setting.
•Child Care Specialists are available to take your calls in English and Spanish

Important note: CCR&R provides referrals only. We do not recommend or endorse any type of child care or particular child care setting. Choosing an appropriate child care setting which meets a family's needs is the responsibility of the parent or guardian. CCR&R does not regulate or monitor child care.

To access our customized service, call our toll-free number (800) 308-9000, stop by our local offices in Tempe at 3910 South Rural Road, Suite O, or visit www.azchildcare.org

PARTNERS & FUNDINGCCR&R is a coalition of the Association for Supportive Child Care and the Arizona Child Care Association. CCR&R is funded by the Department of Economic Security, Child Care Administration.