CCRI, a private non-profit, 501(c)(3) child care resource and referral (CCR&amp;R) agency founded in 1982, was established as a result of a community planning process initiated and commissioned by the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners to improve and expand the county’s child care services.
The agency was the county’s first partnership to privatize government services (it now administers child care subsidy funds), was among the first CCR&amp;Rs in the state and has provided high quality CCR&amp;R services to Mecklenburg, Cabarrus and Union Counties’ children, families, early care and education and school-age child care programs since its founding.
CCRI works with families, early care and education and school-age child care professionals/programs, and communities to ensure that all children have access to high quality, affordable early learning and school-age opportunities and experiences which enable them to succeed in school and in life. CCRI was the first nationally certified CCR&amp;R agency and first IACET approved CCR&amp;R agency in NC and currently serves as lead agency for Region 6 (Mecklenburg, Cabarrus, Union, Rowan and Stanly Counties) with Child Care Development Funds received from NCDCDEE.  Governed by a 25-member Board of Directors, the organization has a long record of sound fiscal management practices, evidenced by annual audit reports. CCRI is based in Charlotte.

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Child Care Resources Inc. (CCRI)

Early Years is a private, nonprofit corporation dedicated to leading efforts to strengthen accessible and affordable quality early care and education by providing supports for families, communities, and the workforce. Established in 1974, the agency has extensive experience administering national, statewide and county level outcome-driven programs addressing critical issues facing children, parents and child care providers. Early Years receives funding from a variety of sources including both public and private dollars.
Much of Early Years&#8217;s work has evolved from research done by the agency. Quality child care is linked to the education and stability of the workforce. In response to research about the early childhood workforce, Early Years created the T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® Program, Child Care WAGE$® Program and Infant-Toddler Educator AWARD$®. These statewide programs have improved the workforce by increasing education and compensation and reducing turnover and have been replicated across the country. Currently, T.E.A.C.H. is licensed in more than 20 additional states and WAGE$ licensed in other states as well. From its inception, Early Years has provided scholarships to low-income families and professional development and technical assistance services to child care programs. Early Years has provided resource and referral services since July 1996, has been nationally certified and is an IACET approved deliverer of Continuing Education Units (CEUs). Early Years began by providing CCR&amp;R services for Orange County only, later expanding into Durham and Wake counties. Early Years serves as the lead agency for Wake, Durham, Orange, Alamance, Caswell, Franklin, Granville, Person and Vance counties.
Currently, CCR&amp;R services provided by Early Years include referrals, scholarships, technical assistance, professional development, the Child and Adult Care Food Program and a child care meal service program. Early Years is based in Chapel Hill and Durham.

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SWCDC is a private, nonprofit agency located in Webster, NC. Established in 1972, SWCDC’s goal is to provide comprehensive high-quality child development services for young children and their families. SWCDC meets this goal locally by the provision of direct care and child development services and regionally/statewide by participation in and contribution to initiatives that provide system changes for early childhood education.
SWCDC has been a State-Level Contractor with NCDCDEE since 1972. Over the years, SWCDC has contracted for a variety of tasks, the largest of these including regional subsidy administration and resource and referral. In this contractual role, SWCDC routinely submits a year-end audited financial statement to NCDCDEE.
SWCDC is governed by a 21-member Board of Directors that is appointed (three from each of the seven counties in the region) by the local Boards of County Commissioners. A management team of six staff hold advanced degrees in early childhood, public policy and other fields related to their individual work and serve locally, regionally, and statewide on a variety of committees and advisory boards that develop public policy to improve the early childhood education field.
SWCDC was among the first CCR&amp;Rs in the state and provides high quality CCR&amp;R services to parents, early childhood providers, school-age care providers, and community partners in their catchment area. SWCDC serves as the lead agency for Region 8 (Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Madison, Polk, Rutherford, Swain and Transylvania Counties) and is an IACET approved provider of CEUs. In addition to direct services and CCR&amp;R, services to the community offered by SWCDC include the provision of child care subsidy funds in 9 counties, the administration of the Child and Adult Care Food Program, the provision of direct early intervention services to preschool children and the operation of a Family Resource Center in Jackson County.

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Southwestern Child Development Commission (SWCDC)

To partner with the North Carolina Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE) and the 14 CCR&amp;R regions to support a strong child care resource and referral statewide system by:
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<li>providing high quality CCR&amp;R services across the state</li>
<li>ensuring that families, child care providers and communities have access to high quality CCR&amp;R services</li>
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This will, in turn, ensure that high quality early childhood education programs with highly competent teachers are available for children and their families.

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<li>Seeking and distributing funding to the 14 Regional Lead Agencies from DCDEE</li>
<li>Managing contracts and overseeing service delivery for regional CCR&amp;R core services and statewide special projects</li>
<li>Providing information and resources, professional development and technical assistance to the Regional Lead Agencies</li>
<li>Providing leadership and coordination in CCR&amp;R and early care and education system change efforts</li>
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In 2003, the North Carolina Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE) began dividing the state’s CCR&amp;R services to establish a strong child care resource and referral system.
DCDEE initially divided the state into 18 service delivery regions and issued a Request for Application to choose Regional Lead Agencies that would be charged to work with their local CCR&amp;Rs to ensure consistent access to comprehensive, high quality CCR&amp;R services in every county.
In July 2010, the state was reorganized into the 14 regions we have today.

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North Carolina’s CCR&amp;R system will be nationally recognized as an essential and highly effective statewide deliverer of research-based and data-driven services that enable families, practitioners and communities to recognize, support and access high quality, affordable, child and family-centered early care and education and school-age child care services.

Child Care Resource &amp; Referral (CCR&amp;R) programs have provided essential services in North Carolina for more than 50 years. The North Carolina CCR&amp;R Council has organized the CCR&amp;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.

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Child Care Resources Inc.
200-B Regency Executive Park Drive, Suite 240 
Charlotte, NC 28217
Phone: <a href="tel:(704) 376-6697" target="_blank" rel="noopener">(704) 376-6697</a>
<a href="https://www.childcareresourcesinc.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.childcareresourcesinc.org</a>

Early Years Inc
1201 S. Briggs Ave., Suite 200 
Durham, NC 27703
Phone: <a href="tel:(919) 403-6950" target="_blank" rel="noopener">(919) 403-6950</a>
<a href="https://www.earlyyearsnc.org">www.earlyyearsnc.org</a>
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Southwestern Child Development Commission
1528 Webster Road 
Webster NC, 28788
Phone: <a href="tel:(828) 586-5561" target="_blank" rel="noopener">(828) 586-5561</a>
<a href="https://www.swcdcinc.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.swcdcinc.org</a>

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