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Your state's child care licensing

When an early childhood program is accredited means it has to maintain high quality of standards to care for the children they serve. In United States, home-based or family child care programs are accredited by National Association for Family Child Care (NAFCC) and center-based programs are accredited by National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). Look for these marks of quality while you are looking around for a child care program for your child. 

                                        Search NAEYC Accredited programs

Before you make your final decision:

• Consider visiting 3-4 early childhood programs- Consider taking this check-list along- Developed by the National Association for Child Care Resources and Referral Agencies (NACCRRA)
  
• Take a center tour
• Consider talking to your neighbors, friends, and relatives who live in the area
• Make sure that you are comfortable in that facility