Child Care Resource Center is 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization that works to ensure that all the resources and services children need to grow and learn are accessible to every family and that those resources and services are of the highest possible quality.

CCRC was founded in 1971 as the first child care resource and referral agency in Massachusetts and one of the first in the country. At our founding, our focus was to promote access, affordability, and quality of care for young children. In the three decades since, our work has expanded and evolved with the changing times.

Our mission today is to promote the healthy development and well-being of young children.

All CCRC programs target low- to moderate-income families who come from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds and for whom access to education, skills development, child care, and health care is critical to their well-being and economic success. Our programs and services are designed to:

• Increase access to affordable, high-quality early education and child care, health care and other vital services - such as housing, job training, English as a second language - that support the stability and self-sufficiency of families.

• Build knowledge and skills of early childhood and child care providers in areas critical to their support of children?s development, literacy, and social skills.

• Develop programs and services, in partnership with other local organizations, to meet the emerging needs of our community?s children and their families.

In working to accomplish these goals, we promote:

• Nurturing relationships between professionals, parents, and children to support learning and growth,

• Sharing of knowledge to improve understanding,

• Access to resources and opportunities for all individuals and families in the community,

• Respect for individual and cultural differences, and

• Recognition of the complex contexts in which children live and grow.

All our work has a single purpose: to promote the best interests of all children.

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