About KACCRRA

In Kansas we have almost 250,000 children under the age of six in child care every week. We are the resource that enhances quality in child care environments to sustain productivity in the workplace. We ensure children and families have access to affordable, healthy, and safe child care. Our statewide connections to parents, child care providers and professionals in the field make us a valuable resource.

Through our child care referral services we help the business owner and community by helping parents to find quality care. Thus, allowing them to continue working and building stronger communities.

To learn more contact us to find out how we can be of assistance to you.

Kansas Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies (KACCRRA) Achieves National Quality Assurance

National Recognition Establishes KACCRRA as One of the Leading Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies in the Country

Salina, Kansas – KACCRRA announced today that its organization has attained Quality Assurance, a national recognition awarded by the National Association of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies (NACCRRA). As a NACCRRA Quality Assured organization, KACCRRA has established itself as one of the leading Child Care Resource and Referral agencies (CCR&Rs) in the nation.

“We are extremely proud to have achieved NACCRRA Quality Assurance,” said
Leadell Ediger, Executive Director of KACCRRA “Since 1990, we have been helping families in Kansas recognize, find and pay for high-quality child care, and have been working to help communities identify child care needs and create solutions. This national seal of approval proves that we are succeeding.”

NACCRRA Quality Assurance is a voluntary, national certification program for the field of Child Care Resource and Referral, including State Networks and local CCR&Rs. It is a rigorous and comprehensive validation process that enables CCR&Rs to meet Best Practices Criteria for delivering outstanding Child Care Resource & Referral services to parents, providers, businesses and communities. If successful in meeting Best Practices Criteria, State Networks and local CCR&Rs become validated in all service areas and serve as models of excellence in the field of Child Care Resource & Referral.

“KACCRRA’s achievement of NACCRRA Quality Assurance places it in the top quarter of the nation’s CCR&Rs,” said Linda K. Smith, Executive Director of NACCRRA. “KACCRRA has proven itself to be one of the best resources in the area for parents seeking information about child care.”

CCR&Rs are located in every state and most communities across the nation. Together, they serve parents and providers in over 99 percent of all populated ZIP codes. They work with their communities to build the supply and improve the quality of child care in communities by creating 450,000 new child care spaces and recruiting and training nearly 500,000 child care providers annually.

KACCRRA and its state member agencies has provided child care referrals to over 19,000 families, technical assistance to over 40,000 child care providers as well as in-service trainings to over 1,400 child care providers across the state of Kansas in 2008.

NACCRRA, the National Association of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies, is the nation’s leading voice for child care. They work with more than 700 state and local Child Care Resource and Referral agencies nationwide. These agencies help ensure that families in the United States have access to high quality, affordable child care. To achieve its mission, they lead projects that increase the quality and availability of child care professionals, undertake research, and advocate child care policies that positively impact the lives of children and families. To learn more about NACCRRA and how you can join in ensuring access to high-quality child care for all families, visit www.naccrra.org.

KACCRRA strives to ensure that Kansas is the best state in the nation in which to raise a family.

KACCRRA and its seven state member agencies serve all 105 counties in Kansas they include:

Child Care Connection: (Garden City)
Child Start, Inc.: (Wichita)
Cloud County Community College Early Childhood Resource and Referral: (Concordia/Salina)
ERC Resource and Referral: (Topeka)
Northwest Kansas Child Care Resource and Referral: (Hays)
The Family Conservancy: (Kansas City)
The Family Resource Center: (Pittsburg)