Covering the Map: Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies Providing Vital Services to Parents Throughout the United States

NACCRRA’s newest report, Covering the Map: Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies Providing Vital Services to Parents Throughout the United States, takes an in-depth look at the services local Child Care Resource & Referral agencies (CCR&Rs) provide to parents in their local communities. The report reveals that CCR&Rs are making a major impact in the lives of families across the United States, serving parents in 99.3% of all populated zip codes. More specifically, the report reveals that CCR&Rs reached nearly 7 million parents in 2006 with various services, including referrals to child care, subsidy payments, consumer education, language and literacy programs and activities, and training workshops.

In order to ensure the continued work of CCR&Rs across the nation, NACCRRA calls on Congress to improve the quality of child care by reauthorizing the Child Care and Development Block Grant and increasing the quality set-aside to 12 percent. Since most of the services CCR&Rs provide to parents are funded by the CCDBG, reauthorizing and increasing the quality set-aside are critical to the future success of CCR&Rs.

Download the press release, full report, and supporting materials here:

• Press Release (81 KB)
• Covering the Map: Full Report (1.2 MB)
• Covering the Map: Executive Summary (223 KB)
• Covering the Map: Summary and Recommendations (157 KB)
• About NACCRRA (54 KB)
• NACCRRA FAQ (73 KB)