Finding New Ways To Improve The Quality of Early Care and Education...
With all the choices available, our services are like a road map to the future.
Today, there is greater recognition of the importance of quality early care and education.
Research indicates that children who attend a high quality early care and
education program are less likely to have problems in school later on. With more
mothers in the workplace than ever before, families are faced with difficult but
important decisions concerning the care of their children. With so many options
available, they are often unsure of exactly where to turn for information.
GRCMA Early
Childhood Directions is a private, non-profit agency that helps people make
informed child care choices. The agency provides information and referral
services and training programs which serve the entire early care and education
community as well as working parents and their employers.
Early Childhood Directions is guided by a primary mission: to improve the quality of
early care and education provided to our children. The professionals at Early
Childhood Directions are committed to increasing the availability of affordable
care for children that is safe, nurturing, and educationally sound. Certainly,
the steps that are taken now will have an enormously positive impact on all our
tomorrows.
Resource and Referral Services:
The Resource and Referral experts at Early Childhood Directions offer a wealth of
informational services pertaining to families with young children. Employees and
employers benefit from a variety of referral services that include finding care
for employees, parenting seminars, and child development counseling.
Community Coordination and Partnerships:
Working with other child care-related agencies in our area as well as business and
government entities, Early Childhood Directions strives to promote public
awareness of early care and education issues and the resources available to
working families through community events and other public education efforts.
Community Child Care Directory:
Early Childhood Directions also publishes
Small Steps, an
informative child care resource guide with listings of child care providers and
programs in the area we serve. This guide includes consumer education articles
as well as checklists to help parents record information as they call and visit
child care programs.