About Us
Since 1989, North Dakota Child Care Resource & Referral has been:
• Helping families search for child care.
• Building the knowledge and skills
of early childhood professionals.
• Helping communities assess and respond
to their child care needs.
ND CCR&R services are delivered by two agencies, Lakes & Prairies Community Action Partnership, Inc., in eastern North Dakota and Lutheran Social Services in western North Dakota. ND CCR&R maintains offices in Bismarck, Fargo-Moorhead, Grand Forks, Jamestown and Minot.
ND CCR&R receives funding from the North Dakota Department of Human Services, foundations and local civic groups.
CCR&R helps families search for child care
CCR&R maintains North Dakota’s only comprehensive statewide database of child care options, including family and group care providers, child care centers and school age programs. CCR&R services to families include:
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Resources to help families gain an understanding of early childhood care and evaluate care options
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A web-based searchable database of licensed child care programs where families can create a customized list of programs that match their needs.
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Links to financial assistance to help families pay for child care
CCR&R builds the knowledge and skillls of child care providers
Courses offered through CCR&R help child care providers and center staff fulfill basic training requirements for licensing and advance their professionalism by earning their Child Development Associate Credential (CDA) or other advanced credentials.
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Training opportunities including on-line training options, conferences and courses for caregivers, teachers and administrators
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Assistance in marketing their program and keeping a full enrollment.
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Resource materials and a leading library of book and videos, available by contacting a CCR&R office location, that provide information about teaching and working with children and famiilies.
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Technical assistance on starting a child care, improving their programs and resolving child care challenges.
CCR&R partners with communities to build child care
The quality and availability of child care impacts economic development and the state’s education system. CCR&R partners with communities to implement strategies that address child care challenges and build capacity.
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State and country data about the child care industry including supply and demand, the cost of child care and information about the child care workforce.
- Child care recruitment and retention strategies
- Consultation on employer child care benefits
