Welcome To Child Care Resources!

Saturday, January 28, 2012

Child Care Resources of Southwest Michigan

Great Start Regional Resource Center (GSRRC)

Child Care Resources (CCR) is a Great Start Regional Resource Center (GSRRC) serving families and providers in the nine southwestern counties of Allegan, Barry, Berrien, Branch, Calhoun, Cass, Kalamazoo, Saint Joseph, and Van Buren.

Training Opportunities

As a Great Start Regional Resource Center (GSRRC), we provide a wide array of training opportunities for child care providers, parents, and interested consumers funded by the Early Childhood Investment Corporation. These can be found on our training tab.

Coaching Program

Child Care Resources offers coaching and technical support that assits both licensed and unlicensed child care providers with the Great Start to Quality system - a continuous quality improvement effort funded by the Early Childhood Investment Corporation.

Community Awareness

Child Care Resources actively seeks to collaborate with other community organizations like United Way, Great Start Collaboratives and Parent Coalitions, Michigan State University Extension, Head Start and others to promote public awareness of the need for quality child care, assistance in finding quality child care, training in the service area, technical assistance and more.

Resource Library

As a Great Start Regional Child Care Resource Center we offer a resource library with themed learning activity totes, packs, books, and equipment that can be borrowed from the libraries located throughout the nine county service area by parents and providers to aid in the education of their children through play promoting school readiness.

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What's New

CDA Support Group Starting in February 2012 - Tuesday, January 17, 2012

If you are wanting to learn more about the CDA or start working on your CDA and need direction and support this group is for you! There is a webinar you must watch before attending the group which is on Monday, 01/30/12 from 6:30P-8:30P. Sign up for both at http://greatstartforkids.org/connect/ or click on the red button above.

New Correspondence Class - Registration begins today! - Monday, January 09, 2012

New class title is "Inclusive Child Care Part 1", 16 hours of training, cost is $50.00, CEU's are pending. Registration begins today. For more information go to Great Start Connect.


Want to become a licensed program?

To answer your questions, begin with a Start Up class. See the description over to the right.

Family child care business in your home? Click here for more information and an application packet

Group child care business in your home? Click here for more information and an application packet

Center? Click here for more information and an application packet


Child Care Resources is a Great Start Regional Resource Center

Child Care Resources is a Great Start Regional Child Care Resource Center, one of nine across Michigan. The Regional Child Care Resource Centers coordinate supports and services for child care providers across all settings, and coordinates supports and services for families searching for licensed and registered child care. Questions? Contact Ella Fabel Ryder at CCR, call 800-343-3470, ext. 227 or email Ella@CCR4kids.org.


Great Start Links

Great Start Quality Child Care Program

Early Childhood Investment Corporation (ECIC)

Great Start Quality Rating and Improvement System

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Child Care Resources is a private, nonprofit agency. All donations are tax deductable!