About the North Carolina Child Care Resource & Referral (CCR&R) System
Child Care Resource & Referral (CCR&R) programs have provided essential services in North Carolina for more than 50 years. The North Carolina CCR&R Council has organized the CCR&R system into 14 regional lead agencies and 62 local agencies to provide consistency to these essential services across the state for more than 20 years.
What services does CCR&R provide?
CCR&R agencies facilitate essential child care services and support for families, child care professionals and businesses.
CCR&R agencies:
- Help families find the early care, education and school-age child care options that best suit their needs
- Work directly with child care providers, businesses and communities to improve the quality and variety of child care services through:
- Consumer education and referral
- Professional development
- Technical assistance
- Data collection and analysis
- Public awareness
- Provide information and data to public and private sectors for planning and policy development
Many CCR&R agencies also administer child care subsidies, the Child and Adult Care Food Program and employer-supported initiatives.
North Carolina’s CCR&R system is a national model for high performance, achieved by maintaining strong standards and accountability for outputs and outcomes and evaluated each year through an annual review.
Find out how CCR&R agencies make an impact.
