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Choosing a Quality Child Care Program

1. Start early and assess your family’s needs
• schedule, duration, cost, location, etc
2. Speak to your local & national experts:
• Local Expert Resources
  • Child Care Council of Kentucky, Inc.
    Address: 1390 Olivia Lane, Lexington, KY 40511
    Phone: (859) 254-9176 or (800) 809-7076
    Contact: bradley.stevenson@cccofky.com
  • Kentucky Partnership for Early Childhood Services
    Address: Human Development Institute, University of Kentucky
    126 Mineral Industries Building, Lexington, KY 40506-0051
    Phone: (800) 956-8950
    Contact: www.kentuckypartnership.org/contactus.aspx
    
    
• Child Care Information - National Expert Resources
  • National Association for Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
    
  • Child Care Aware
    
  • National Association for Family Child Care (NAFCC)
3. Visit the potential programs and ask questions:
   Sample questions include:
   
   • Facility’s accreditation, certification and/or license.
   • Facility’s physical condition: is it clean, safe, inviting to children?
   • Caregiver’s qualifications, training and length of time at center.
   • Is a staff person certified in CPR and First Aid on duty at all times?
   • Staff to Child ratio? Is this depended on child’s age?
   • Group Size? Is this dependent on child’s age?
   • Balance of quiet and active play?
   • Are there age appropriate activities and materials that promote the development of the child?
     
     
4. Evaluate all options and make a choice
   
   
5. Stay involved!