Child Care Council of Westchester, Inc., a child care resource and referral organization for parents, child care providers, employers, and community organizations.

Accreditation

National Association for the Education of Young Children,
(NAEYC) Accreditation
Ensuring high quality and developmentally appropriate practices in child care centers improves the educational outcomes for young children. NAEYC administers a national, voluntary, professionally sponsored accreditation system to help raise the quality of all types of early childhood programs.. Accreditation benefits parents, children, and program staff.

The process includes:
• Extensive self-study based on the Academy’s Criteria for High Quality Early Childhood Programs.
• A site visit to the program by a team of trained volunteer validators.
• A three-member committee of experts in child care reviews the validated self study, including the program director’s responses to the validation visit.
• The program is judged to be in substantial compliance with the Academy’s Criteria and grant accreditation for a three-year period.

For more information visit their Web site.

National Accreditation Support From CCCW
Child Care Centers who are interested in pursuing national accreditation can receive support and mini-grants through a program offered at the Child Care Council of Westchester, funded by IBM Global Work/Life Fund. The Accreditation support offers peer support workshops and program improvement grants to programs ready to undertake the accreditation process.

For more information, e-mail or call 761-3456 ext. 108.