Child Care Professionals > Introduction

Interested in opening a child care center?

Need information on how to become a registered family child care provider?

Would you like to know what training opportunities are available in your community?

New Jersey child care resource and referral agencies have enabled countless early care and education professionals to start a child care business and/or to improve the quality of their program through an array of training and technical assistance services.

Services available at the local CCR&R include:

• Technical assistance on how to become a family child care provider or open a child care center
• Information on New Jersey child care center licensing regulations
• Information on New Jersey family child care regulations
• Professional development opportunities
• Support services for early childhood staff including coalitions, Pre-K Forums, Director's Support Networks, and Teacher Support Networks
• Information on local and state child care conferences
• Employment opportunities
• Community resources

In addition, child care resource and referral agencies work with local and state governments and the private sector to increase and leverage resources for building and maintaining the supply of quality child care.

Click here for a list of the county child care resource and referral agencies.