Agency: Child Care Resource and Referral

Description: Child Care Resource & Referral is provided in western North Dakota. The CCR&R is state-funded with a 10% match by Lutheran Social Services of North Dakota. The project is through the Department of Human Services.

Assists parents in their search for quality early childhood services;
offers support to those who provide early childhood services; and
builds community awareness regarding child care issues.

North Dakota Contact: Linda Reinicke, (701) 223-1510, lreinicke@lssnd.org

Agency: Dollars and Sense: Planning for Profit in Your Childcare Business

Description: A business development resource tool for small child care business owners. Covers pricing strategies, record keeping, marketing, and includes sample business documents. Developed by Janet Bush, the Montana CCR&R, and the Montana Community Development Center.

Contact: N/A

Agency: Fast Trac Developing your Family Child Care Business (DYFCCB)

Description: This interactive computer software is a 24-clock-hour business-training program including a participant guide as well as a community resource guide.

Contact: N/A

Agnecy: First Children's Finance – North Dakota

Description: A program of the Development Corporation for Children, a Minnesota nonprofit 501(c)(3) corporation. Finances child care business in cooperation with the North Dakota Child Care Resource and Referral Network and local child care agencies.

For more information: 1-866-562-6801, Staff Directory

Agency: National Child Care Information Center (NCCIC)

Description: NCCIC, a service of the Child Care Bureau, is a national clearinghouse and technical assistance center that links parents, providers, policy-makers, researchers, and the public to early care and education information.

Contact: NCCIC, 800-616-2242, info@nccic.org

Agency: North Dakota Kids Count Data

Description: Kids Count is a project of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, which seeks to track the status of children across the United States and within individual states.

Contact: N/A

Agency: State Early Childhood Services Team

Description: The team was established in 1999 to improve communication within the early childhood services delivery system, to identify challenges and issues related to early childhood services, and to enhance the service delivery system.

North Dakota contact: 328-2316, dhscfs@state.nd.us

Agency: The Anne E. Casey Foundation (AECF)

Description: Works to build better futures for disadvantaged children and their families in the United States. The primary mission of the Foundation is to foster public policies, human service reforms, and community supports that more effectively meet the needs of today's vulnerable children and families.

Contact: The Annie E. Casey Foundation, 410-547-6600