Child Care Resource & Referral staff strive to provide the best child care services to parents, providers, and to employer / community members. We are a child care "Resource" for child care providers who are seeking training, technical assistance, or who are interested in opening a child care center or home. We are a child care "Referral" service for parents needing child care. We also provide child care materials, presentations, and services to employers and community groups.
PARENT SERVICES
To do an electronic search for child care, please click here.
To access tips for choosing child care, please click here.
Websites that are helpful for parents looking for child care:
Child Care Aware
Zero to Three
PROVIDER SERVICES
NEW CHILD CARE REGULATIONS effective July 1, 2008
Click on the links below to access the new child care regulations:
Interpretive Guide for the Regulations!
To access the CDA Renewal Mini-grant application, please click here.
To view the January - March 2010 Newsletter and training calendar, please click here.
To view the January - March 2010 training calendar and registration form, please click here.
Help us keep your information current, please click here.
If you are interested in opening a certified child care home, please click here.
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There are new regulatory requirements effective July 1, 2009. This new regulation requires that information about the Kentucky Consumer Product Safety Program and their website be posted by child care programs. According to the Division of Child Care in Frankfort, either attachment listed below will be acceptable for posting to meet requirements. If the CCR&R can help in any way, please let us know.
Regarding HB 194 relating to child safety signed by the Governor March 20, 2009. The effect date begins 90 days after the General Assembly adjourns, unless it contains a later effective date or an emergency clause, which according to the new section it does not, so the effective date should be July 1, 2009.
A NEW SECTION OF KRS 199.892 TO 199.896 IS CREATED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:
(1) The Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall notify licensed child-care centers and certified family child-care homes on an ongoing basis, including during the license or certification application process and any monitoring visits, of the Kentucky Consumer Product Safety Program and the program's Web site. Licensed child-care centers shall post in a prominent location a notice of the existence of the Consumer Product Safety Program and the program's Web site.
(2) The Cabinet for Health and Family Services may promulgate administrative regulations to carry out this section.
(3) This section may be cited as The Child Safety Act of 2009.
- Kentucky Consumer Product Safety Commission Notice click here.
- Consumer Product Safety Commission Notice click here.
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EMPLOYER & COMMUNITY MEMBER SERVICES
For data related to child care, please contact the CCR&R staff at the PADD office.
Presentations for your employees or community group are available upon request. Topics include tips for choosing child care, child development milestones, and other child-related issues. Contact the PADD office and ask for the CCR&R staff.
For more information about Child Care Resource & Referral services in the Purchase Area, please
click here.
For more information about Child Care Resource & Referral services in Kentucky, the Kentucky Partnership for Early Childhood Services, or the Quality Enhancement Initiative, please click here.
The Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) is available to registered, certified, and Type II homes. The CACFP provides monthly reimbursement for meals provided by in-home child care providers. The meals must meet specific nutritional guidelines defined by the USDA to receive reimbursement.
For more information about Child Care Resource & Referral services
or the Child and Adult Care Food Program,
contact the PADD office at 270-247-7171 or 1-877-352-5183.
Statewide number: 1-877-316-3552
Office hours: Monday - Friday 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and by appointment.
