Arizona Child Care Association has many resources designed to assist and enhance the quality of care provided by the States licensed child care professionals.

Essential Orientation for New Early Care and Education Employees: A new employee orientation package for licensed child care facilities.

• Endorsed by the Department of Health Services Office of Child Care Licensure.
• Meets the licensing requirements for initial training within the first 10 days of employment and provides 4 hours of training.
• Help your new employees start out with the essential information needed to begin providing quality care to the children you serve.

Quality Assessment
Parents, advocates, and state agencies are increasingly demanding quality. No one is more aware than child care operators of the challenge of providing quality care with the resource limitations of what parents can afford to pay and what the State will pay. ACCA developed a Quality Assessment to help guide centers' quality improvements.

Centers that have used the Quality Assessment reported that it helped them identify immediate quality improvements and begin a process of continuous improvement that can lead to national accreditation.

Here are a few reactions from providers to the Assessment:
"The assessment was very helpful. It reminded me of some areas where I can improve and strive to do a better job,"
"This project motivated me to make improvements and apply for accreditation for two of my centers."
"I've already begun to enroll in S*CCEEDS and I'm going to apply for self-study."

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ACCA Fact Sheet on the current condition the State's funding for low income working parents. Download this PDF document to better understand what need to be done. ACCA Fact Sheet

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