Quality Indicators:

To learn about the Quality

Indicators for childcare, the

types of care available, and

staff/child ratios please view

our Parent Handbook

 

Financial Assistance:

In Georgia, financial assistance or
childcare subsidies are handled
through the Department of Family
and Children’s Services.
For more information visit
or contact your county's
 

Rules & Regulations:

Bright from the Start: Georgia

Department of Early Care and

Learning is the state’s child care

regulatory body.For more

information on the rules and

regulations or to view provider’s

monitoring reports and/or

complaint investigations visit

http://www.decal.state.ga.us

 

 

Other Helpful Information:

Checklist for Parents

Childcare Costs

Resource Lending Library

Services for Special Needs Children 

A child care resource program
helping parents find information
on quality child care and
resources in their community.
 
A network for parents with access
to parenting resources,
information on child development,
and tips on raising children.
 
A bi-monthly parent newsletter of
Child Care Aware.
 
The National Association of Child
Care Resource and Referral Agencies
 
The Georgia Association of Child
Care Resource and Referral Agencies
 
What you may expect to see in a
child’s learning and development,
as well as what you can do to
encourage learning in everyday
experiences.
Search for free summer food sites

 

  
 
For Parents & Families
What is quality child care?

    In today’s busy world, many families seek care outside the home for their children from birth to age four. These experiences are known to have a direct impact on the child’s ability to learn. Quality care includes healthy, safe environments for children with trained teachers, providers and staff offering consistent, positive, responsive interactions with the children while focusing on creative, varied age-appropriate learning activities.

    Considering that 90% of a child’s brain develops during the first three years of life, quality child care from birth can affect the kind of learner a child becomes. So, quality care is at least an investment in your child for the future and in a much larger sense, an investment in the future of your neighborhood, your community and in society at large.

    The people who spend the most time with children during these early years – their parents and child care providers – greatly affect a child’s development. Everyday experiences in a child’s life are learning opportunities and can be taken advantage of and enhanced by parents and caregivers. A child’s physical, nutritional, emotional and social development – most of which occurs at home or in child care – are as important as his or her academic development.


If you are interested in receiving referrals click on CHILD CARE REFERRALS  and complete the intake form. This is a free service and our agency can provide you with referrals, NOT recommendations, to registered or licensed child care programs. All of the information you provide will be kept confidential.

A Parent Counselor will complete your referrals within one business day. You may also speak to a Parent Counselor directly by calling 1-877-935-7575 or 912-443-3011. You may also conduct your own online child care search by going to the link below.

Early Start provides free and confidential child care referrals to parents searching for child care. The Early Start CCR&R maintains a database with information on all licensed and registered child care providers for the nine counties we serve. This allows us to provide parents with referrals to child care providers whose services match what the parent’s needs are.

 

Army Child Care In Your Neighborhood

The goal of the Army Child Care in Your Neighborhood program is to increase the quality of child care in the communities surrounding Fort Stewart and Hunter Army Airfield in order to provide the highest Quality Care to military families. For more information contact the ACCYN Outreach Specialist at 912.443.3396 or visit http://www.naccrra.org 

You may search for child care providers participating in the Army Child Care In Your Neighborhood programs by going to the link below. You will be able to view a virtual tour of the child care program.

Find Military Child Care  

Child Care Provider Complaints
The Early Start Child Care Resource and Referral Agency of Southeast Georgia at Savannah closely tracks all complaintsfielded by the office and maintains detailed records of complaints against child care providers. If you observe actions you believe to be in violation of state rules and regulations and would like to file a complaint, or simply want to discuss any concerns, you may contact the Early Start CCR&R and we will assist you in filing a complaint. You do not have to give your name, if you so choose. You may also contact the Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning at 404-657-5562.
 CCR&R Complaint Policy
All complaints regarding the Early Start CCR&R Parent Referral staff or any other staff member will be directed to the CCR&R Director. The director will follow up on the complaint with the appropriate staff person as necessary, in order to ensure that the services being provided are professional and meet the needs of the service delivery area.
Enter our monthly drawing!!!
Parents, if you received a child care referral from our agency, don't forget to complete your child care follow-up survey and return it to us. It will only take you a moment and you will be entered in a monthly drawing for a $50 Wal-mart gift card. Download the following survey and then fax, email, or mail it back to us.

 

 

 
 


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